Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> It would be fine with me, but there are a lot of pedants out there,
> and I'd rather we avoided bug reports telling us "why don't you do as
> you say and remove all the e.g.'s from your own manuals."  I'd like to
> avoid the endless disputes such bug reports tend to cause.
>
> So could you make the above even less definitive, either by saying
>
>   "Try to avoid using abbreviations like ... as much as possible."
>
> Maybe even add a footnote saying something like "We do occasionally
> use these, but try not to overdo it.".
>
> OK?

Yes, that makes sense, thanks.  Please see the attached patch with
your suggestions (and Drew's input) incorporated.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas