From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12973: @: overused in manual Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:33:12 +0200 Message-ID: <831ufjtsrb.fsf@gnu.org> References: <50AFCDA1.8020500@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353738816 26550 80.91.229.3 (24 Nov 2012 06:33:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:33:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, 12973@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 24 07:33:47 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9JC-0000vx-SR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 07:33:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35690 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9J2-0007d8-3K for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:33:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46290) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9Iz-0007cp-7X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:33:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9Iy-0002ch-Bf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:33:33 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53725) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9Iy-0002cd-8J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:33:32 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9KP-0001mT-RG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:35:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:35:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12973 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 12973-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12973.13537388826817 (code B ref 12973); Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:35:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12973) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Nov 2012 06:34:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35743 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9K6-0001lt-5q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:34:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:58830) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc9K3-0001ll-QI for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:34:40 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MDZ00B00BE24H00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:33:08 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MDZ00ANMBJ8M5A0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:33:08 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:67389 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:03:33 -0500 > Cc: 12973@debbugs.gnu.org > > Paul Eggert wrote: > > > Other times, it's being used in places where punctuation > > would be better, e.g., "(e.g.@: spaces)". > > Stylistically, I prefer the current form in at least some cases. Me too (which isn't surprising, since I wrote some of them ;-).