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diff --git a/runtime/doc/helphelp.txt b/runtime/doc/helphelp.txt index 7771a505ba..8dcaa1f509 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/helphelp.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/helphelp.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*helphelp.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2020 Mar 01 +*helphelp.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2020 Jul 27 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -369,14 +369,16 @@ highlighting. So do these: You can find the details in $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/help.vim *inclusion* -Some people make a big deal about using "his" when referring to the user, -thinking it means we assume the user is male. That is of course not the case, -it's just a habit of writing help text, which quite often is many years old. -Also, a lot of the text is written by contributors for who English is not -their first language. We do not make any assumptions about the gender of the -user, no matter how the text is phrased. And we do not want to waste time on -this discussion. The goal is that the reader understands how Vim works, the -exact wording is secondary. +Vim is for everybody, no matter race, gender or anything. Some people make a +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 +writing help text, which quite often is many years old. Also, a lot of the +text is written by contributors for whom English is not their first language. +We do not make any assumptions about the gender of the user, no matter how the +text is phrased. Some people have suggested using "they", but that is not +regular English. We do not want to spend much time on this discussion. The +goal is that the reader understands how Vim works, the exact wording is +secondary. vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |