Re: When will emacs 27.1 be officially released?

[Paul Eggert]

On 7/2/20 1:29 PM, Tassilo Horn wrote:
> I just looked at the docs and it seems that in large parts the
> function descriptions in the manual read
> 
>   This function takes a @var{coin} and returns a @var{beer}.
> 
> (indicative) whereas the docstring reads
> 
>   Take a COIN and return a BEER.
> 
> (imperative).  I know the latter is our convention for function
> docstrings.  Is the former our convention for documenting functions in
> the manual?

Yes but I'd rather we switched to imperative, for consistency and brevity.