() Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
() Fri, 8 Nov 2013 15:50:44 +0800

   a) it is a term defined by @dfn;

   b) although it is not an Emacs-specific term, there are many other
   non-Emacs-specific terms in the index, like `.mailrc', `7z', `Bazaar'
   etc..

Thanks.

   But now I think that my excuses aren't good enough.

I think if "object replacement character" graduates from conceptual
analog ("as if they were" => not an authoritative affirmation) to
user-visible design detail (say), then those reasons will be fine.
Maybe you were just being prescient!

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