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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Update to programs.texi for CC Mode 5.30, and incidental amendments.
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 07:04:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1BPfuw-0005pq-9K@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jk8yftkytd.fsf@glug.org> (message from Thien-Thi Nguyen on 15 May 2004 20:20:14 -0400)

I'd prefer this way:

    @vindex comment-multi-line
      The variable @code{comment-multi-line} controls how @kbd{C-M-j}
    (@code{indent-new-comment-line}) behaves when used inside a comment.
    Specifically, when @code{comment-multi-line} is @code{nil} (the
    default value), the command inserts a comment terminator, begins a new
    line, and finally inserts a comment starter.  Otherwise it does
    not insert the terminator and starter, so it effectively
    continues the current comment across multiple lines.  In languages
    where multi-line comments work, the choice of value for this
    variable is a matter of taste.

To use @dfn here is a mistake because the text is not written so as to
define the concepts of "comment starter" and "comment terminator".
The first actual reference to these things is above, where the
variables comment-start and comment-end are defined.  Perhaps that
text ought to introduce and explain the terms "comment starter" and
"comment terminator", using @dfn.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-05-17 11:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E1BKF0Z-0007LZ-Kh@fencepost.gnu.org>
2004-05-15 21:51 ` Update to programs.texi for CC Mode 5.30, and incidental amendments Alan Mackenzie
2004-05-16  0:20   ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-05-17 11:04     ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2004-04-29 21:47 Alan Mackenzie

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