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 22:39:33 +0200 Message-ID: <83ip8uzqey.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> <8338zztst1.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353789643 25645 80.91.229.3 (24 Nov 2012 20:40:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:40:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, stephen.berman@gmx.net, 12973@debbugs.gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 24 21:40:52 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 1TcMWr-0007PZ-Hb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 21:40:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49099 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcMWg-0000mu-H8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:40:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41667) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcMWd-0000mk-3Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:40:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcMWa-0002s6-Pe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:40:31 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54993) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcMWa-0002s2-MV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:40:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TcMY5-0005zm-O5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:42:01 -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 20:42:01 +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=B12973.135378966622987 (code B ref 12973); Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:42:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12973) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Nov 2012 20:41:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37011 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TcMXC-0005yi-0E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:41:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:39915) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TcMX9-0005yW-JG for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:41:04 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0ME000I00ENKKZ00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:39:28 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0ME000ID1EPR2GC0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:39:28 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: 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:67413 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:37:14 -0500 > From: Richard Stallman > CC: stephen.berman@gmx.net, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, 12973@debbugs.gnu.org > > 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. > > I explicitly decided NOT to say this. I don't remember for certain > why I made that decision, but it was not an omission. That suggests we shouldn't make those parts of the proposed changes, where initials are involved.