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 17:45:14 +0200 Message-ID: <83r4njromt.fsf@gnu.org> References: <50AFCDA1.8020500@cs.ucla.edu> <831ufjtsrb.fsf@gnu.org> <50B06D14.2070104@cs.ucla.edu> <83zk27savf.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353771937 22331 80.91.229.3 (24 Nov 2012 15:45:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:45:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, 12973@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 24 16:45:48 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 1TcHvO-0005a1-1t for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:45:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54408 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcHvD-0000I0-Bp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:45:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33500) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcHv9-0000Ha-Te for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:45:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcHv8-00089r-K7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:45:31 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54777) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcHv8-00089n-GV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:45:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TcHwc-0006qP-EQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:47:02 -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 15:47:02 +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=B12973.135377200826287 (code B ref 12973); Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12973) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Nov 2012 15:46:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36795 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TcHwN-0006pw-Rw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:46:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:63581) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TcHwJ-0006pk-Gq for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0ME000F000X1Y200@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:45:09 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0ME000FE8139NU70@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:45:09 +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:67400 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: Paul Eggert , 12973@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:17:02 -0500 > > > In any case, in my experience, this kind of changes is quickly made > > futile by future changes to the manuals that re-introduce comma-less > > e.g. and i.e. back into the text. So if we want to adhere to the > > style that prefers the comma, we should IMO install some change that > > enforces these rules, to be run at "make info" time and flag any > > deviations. > > And I think we had better just ignore those differences and move on. Ignore them and install the changes proposed by Paul, or ignore them and don't install?