From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 07:54:13 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: ; admin/notes/spelling: Notes on abbreviation of "Emacs Lisp"
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; admin/notes/spelling: Notes on abbreviation of "Emacs Lisp"
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@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ Re "behavior" vs "behaviour", etc.
   consistency.  Leave obsolete aliases, as always.
 
 - https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2005-06/msg00489.html
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+- In comments, docstrings and other documentation that forms parts of
+  Emacs itself, prefer not to abbreviate "Emacs Lisp".
+  Say just "Lisp" whenever the context allows.
+  If you must abbreviate "Emacs Lisp", capitalize it thus: "Elisp".