From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v.". Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:07:02 -0400 Message-ID: References: <838tggoo8m.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1508018887 18680 195.159.176.226 (14 Oct 2017 22:08:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:08:07 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: John Williams , 28790@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 15 00:08:04 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UbB-0003rT-1Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:08:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55299 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UbI-0007CB-DH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:08:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60313) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UbD-0007C6-32 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:08:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UbC-0008Nv-1p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:08:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60160) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UbB-0008Ng-UA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:08:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UbB-0005Xu-Nt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:08:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:08:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 28790 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 28790-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B28790.150801883621256 (code B ref 28790); Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:08:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 28790) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Oct 2017 22:07:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40608 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UaR-0005Wm-Qp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:07:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40955) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UaP-0005WX-Ta for 28790@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:07:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UaK-0007xF-03 for 28790@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:07:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:51353) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UaG-0007wJ-Ho; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:07:04 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1e3UaE-0005SN-RE; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:07:02 -0400 X-Spook: MDA ASPIC FTS2000 cypherpunk Hazardous MS-13 Drug trade X-Ran: FvyBz_]'Z%aP&M=mN&eTrGBx-z(DWF6%~he'G}bN0uk`q\6['gKA"Mk!\))"4I/_tjlbmN X-Hue: yellow X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <838tggoo8m.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:48:41 +0300") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:138424 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: > The absolute majority of your proposed changes are in the doc strings, > where we already have a direct link to the documentation of a symbol > whose name precedes "which see". So whether the reader understands > that or doesn't, the link is already there to click on, and no harm is > done by a relatively rare use of this phrase. IMO there is no benefit either, as you explain above. "which see" is an anachronism in the age of hyperlinks. Is there any logic to where these "rare uses" appear - why do some links get them and most not? If there's no logic and no benefit, they should be removed as unnecessary verbiage.