From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: romain@orebokech.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:18:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5rwqwwxvrn.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83624gqxt9.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:16:18 +0200")
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
[from the Texinfo manual]
> In general, it is best to use `@ref' only when you need some word
> other than "see" to precede the reference. When "see" (or "See") is
> ok, `@xref' and `@pxref' are preferable.
[...]
> The parenthetical reference command, `@pxref', is nearly the same as
> `@xref', but it is best used at the end of a sentence or before a
> closing parenthesis.
It's those two pieces of the manual (I usually look at the online
version), plus the fact that
https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/pxref.html
has a specific example of this very form:
For more information, @pxref{More}.
But I don't think it's very important.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-05 17:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-02 20:04 [PATCH v2] POSIX ACL support Romain Francoise
2012-12-04 20:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-06 19:45 ` Romain Francoise
2012-12-07 8:19 ` Michael Albinus
2012-12-07 9:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-05 2:28 ` Glenn Morris
2012-12-05 3:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-05 4:09 ` Glenn Morris
2012-12-05 16:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-12-05 17:18 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2012-12-06 19:48 ` Romain Francoise
2012-12-06 21:33 ` Stefan Monnier
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