From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12973: @: overused in manual Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:11:53 +0100 Message-ID: <8738zz271y.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353715966 30116 80.91.229.3 (24 Nov 2012 00:12:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:12:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12973@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 24 01:12:55 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 1Tc3MX-0006bU-Fg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:12:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46511 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc3MM-0008B5-AS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:12:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58417) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc3MJ-0008Ax-9V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:12:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc3MI-0000yx-A8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:12:35 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53465) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc3MI-0000yn-6P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:12:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc3Ni-0000da-CP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:14:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stephen Berman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:14:02 +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=B12973.13537160122409 (code B ref 12973); Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:14:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12973) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Nov 2012 00:13:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35483 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc3NB-0000ck-4C for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:13:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:44145) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc3N8-0000cb-4q for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:13:27 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 24 Nov 2012 00:11:56 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F54651.versanet.de (EHLO rosalinde.fritz.box) [89.245.70.81] by mail.gmx.net (mp036) with SMTP; 24 Nov 2012 01:11:56 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19xF90dG9hxM1vVVoTp8FAeSBkq5ccgmNjlZ7vdN1 L3dadVMFjCJoKG In-Reply-To: <50B00D18.6070404@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:56:08 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 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:67381 Archived-At: 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. Steve Berman