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 00:51:27 +0100 Message-ID: <87a9u72800.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> References: <50AFCDA1.8020500@cs.ucla.edu> <83a9u8t848.fsf@gnu.org> <50AFE19A.7020805@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353714763 21996 80.91.229.3 (23 Nov 2012 23:52:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:52:43 +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 00:52:52 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 1Tc33A-0002bf-PG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:52:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43988 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc330-00059D-78 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:52:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58316) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc32x-000598-OL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:52:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc32w-0003W3-Mg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:52:35 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53452) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc32w-0003Vz-Iw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:52:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc34M-0000CQ-H1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:54:02 -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: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:54:02 +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=B12973.1353714782672 (code B ref 12973); Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12973) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2012 23:53:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35470 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc33N-0000Aj-Di for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:53:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:52321) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc33L-0000AZ-9t for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:53:00 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 23 Nov 2012 23:51:28 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F54651.versanet.de (EHLO rosalinde.fritz.box) [89.245.70.81] by mail.gmx.net (mp029) with SMTP; 24 Nov 2012 00:51:28 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19MJN1p36NM2LZQmse3BnVxuCFejiwZ66zraGAlFQ 4amhIL06tJRitl In-Reply-To: <50AFE19A.7020805@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:50:34 -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:67379 Archived-At: On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:50:34 -0800 Paul Eggert wrote: > On 11/23/2012 11:46 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Why do you say it has no effect in this case? > > It has no effect in TeX because TeX already does > the right thing with initials. TeX assumes that > "." ends a sentence unless it's preceded by a capital > letter. "Jay K. Adams" has a capital letter before > the period so no @: is needed after the period. 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." Steve Berman