From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12973: @: overused in manual Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:32:10 +0200 Message-ID: <8338zztst1.fsf@gnu.org> References: <50AFCDA1.8020500@cs.ucla.edu> <83a9u8t848.fsf@gnu.org> <50AFE19A.7020805@cs.ucla.edu> <87a9u72800.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> <50B00D18.6070404@cs.ucla.edu> <8738zz271y.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353738761 26308 80.91.229.3 (24 Nov 2012 06:32:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:32:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, 12973@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 24 07:32:51 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9IF-0000N6-LB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 07:32:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35544 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9I4-0007Vh-CU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:32:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46111) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9I2-0007Vc-70 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:32:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9I1-0002J2-3J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:32:34 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53721) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9I0-0002Iw-W7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:32:33 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9JS-0001kv-BH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:34:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12973 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 12973-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12973.13537388246726 (code B ref 12973); Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12973) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Nov 2012 06:33:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35739 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9J7-0001kP-WA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:33:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:52513) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9J4-0001kG-La for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:33:40 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MDZ00B00B3F6600@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:32:07 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MDZ00AU6BHIZH30@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:32:06 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <8738zz271y.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:67388 Archived-At: > From: Stephen Berman > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , 12973@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:11:53 +0100 > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:56:08 -0800 Paul Eggert wrote: > > > On 11/23/2012 03:51 PM, Stephen Berman wrote: > >> What does TeX do with sentences like these: > >> > >> "Mary would never do that, nor would I. Would you?" > >> "We met the mysterious Madame X. She's younger than I thought." > >> "Walk ten paces to point A. Turn left, then walk 7 paces to point B." > > > > It assumes that "I.", "X.", "A.", and "B." do not end sentences. > > To fix this in Texinfo, use "I@." instead of "I.", and similarly > > for the others. > > > > This is documented in the Texinfo manual, though apparently the > > documentation isn't clear enough. > > I hadn't actually looked before, but I just did, and it's quite clear in > (texinfo)Ending a Sentence. But if one looks up @:, which is in another section, they will not see that "X." doesn't need a @:. And that is a problem, because "Not Ending a Sentence" should have pointed to "Ending a Sentence" or told explicitly that @: is not required in those cases.