[issue13763] Potentially hard to understand wording in devguide

Éric Araujo added the comment: I like the result, thanks! -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: h

[issue13763] Potentially hard to understand wording in devguide

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I do not much like sentences starting with lowercase, so I combined our sentences. The result is good enough, I think. Closing. -- assignee: -> terry.reedy resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___

[issue13763] Potentially hard to understand wording in devguide

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 081106c142ec by Terry Jan Reedy in branch 'default': #13763 Clarify 'hg' usage. http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/081106c142ec -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

[issue13763] Potentially hard to understand wording in devguide

Éric Araujo added the comment: Thanks for commenting. Please commit your wording, or this alternate version: “``hg`` is the name of the Mercurial command-line program, and is often used as an abbreviation for "Mercurial".” (Just to avoid repetition and to add “command-line”.) -- __

[issue13763] Potentially hard to understand wording in devguide

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I read 'program name' as referring to 'Mercurial', not 'hg'. Perhaps Tshepang did also. Read that way, it is not right. Reading it the intended way is not so obvious to one who has never typed 'hg' on a command line. It would be impossible for one who does no

[issue13763] Potentially hard to understand wording in devguide

Éric Araujo added the comment: Adding a native speaker for confirmation. -- nosy: +terry.reedy title: rm obsolete reference in devguide -> Potentially hard to understand wording in devguide ___ Python tracker ___