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	runtime(doc): clarify :help inclusion section
				
					
				
			Signed-off-by: Ernie Rael <errael@raelity.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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			| @@ -394,17 +394,25 @@ highlighting.  So do these: | |||||||
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| You can find the details in $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/help.vim | You can find the details in $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/help.vim | ||||||
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| 							*inclusion* |  | ||||||
| Vim is for everybody, no matter race, gender or anything.  Some people make a | GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE | ||||||
| big deal about using "he" or "his" when referring to the user, thinking it |  | ||||||
| means we assume the user is male.  That is not the case, it's just a habit of | 						*gender-neutral* *inclusion* | ||||||
| writing help text, which quite often is many years old.  Also, a lot of the | Vim is for everybody, no matter race, gender or anything. For new or updated | ||||||
| text is written by contributors for whom English is not their first language. | help text, gender neutral language is recommended. Some of the help text is | ||||||
| We do not make any assumptions about the gender of the user, no matter how the | many years old and there is no need to change it. We do not make any | ||||||
| text is phrased.  Some people have suggested using "they", but that is not | assumptions about the gender of the user, no matter how the text is phrased. | ||||||
| regular English. We do not want to spend much time on this discussion.  The | The goal is that the reader understands how Vim works, the exact wording is | ||||||
| goal is that the reader understands how Vim works, the exact wording is |  | ||||||
| secondary. | secondary. | ||||||
|  |  | ||||||
|  | Many online technical style guides include sections about gender neutral | ||||||
|  | language. Here are a few: > | ||||||
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|  | 	https://developers.google.com/style/pronouns | ||||||
|  | 	https://techwhirl.com/gender-neutral-technical-writing/ | ||||||
|  | 	https://www.skillsyouneed.com/write/gender-neutral-language.html | ||||||
|  | 	https://ualr.edu/writingcenter/avoid-sexist-language/ | ||||||
|  | < | ||||||
|  | Note: gender neutral language does not require using singular "they". | ||||||
|  |  | ||||||
|  vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |  vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: | ||||||
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| @@ -7670,6 +7670,7 @@ gd	pattern.txt	/*gd* | |||||||
| gdb	debug.txt	/*gdb* | gdb	debug.txt	/*gdb* | ||||||
| gdb-version	terminal.txt	/*gdb-version* | gdb-version	terminal.txt	/*gdb-version* | ||||||
| ge	motion.txt	/*ge* | ge	motion.txt	/*ge* | ||||||
|  | gender-neutral	helphelp.txt	/*gender-neutral* | ||||||
| get()	builtin.txt	/*get()* | get()	builtin.txt	/*get()* | ||||||
| get-ms-debuggers	debug.txt	/*get-ms-debuggers* | get-ms-debuggers	debug.txt	/*get-ms-debuggers* | ||||||
| getbufinfo()	builtin.txt	/*getbufinfo()* | getbufinfo()	builtin.txt	/*getbufinfo()* | ||||||
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