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: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:47:20 +0200 Message-ID: <837gpct2jb.fsf@gnu.org> References: <50AFCDA1.8020500@cs.ucla.edu> <83a9u8t848.fsf@gnu.org> <50AFE19A.7020805@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353707263 30833 80.91.229.3 (23 Nov 2012 21:47:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:47:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12973@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 23 22:47:52 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 1Tc16C-00076M-IN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:47:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49974 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc161-0002PB-PT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:47:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40168) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc15z-0002P1-6D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:47:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc15y-00065t-8H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:47:35 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:53309) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc15y-00065p-5J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:47:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc17N-000429-SJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:49:01 -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: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:49:01 +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=B12973.135370733015483 (code B ref 12973); Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:49:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12973) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2012 21:48:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35327 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc17C-00041g-9n for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:48:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:63235) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tc17A-00041Y-Dv for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:48:49 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MDY00600MXQTB00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:47:18 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MDY0064QN6TTJ10@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:47:18 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <50AFE19A.7020805@cs.ucla.edu> 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:67374 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:50:34 -0800 > From: Paul Eggert > CC: 12973@debbugs.gnu.org > > On 11/23/2012 11:46 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Why do you say it has no effect in this case? > > It has no effect in TeX because TeX already does > the right thing with initials. TeX assumes that > "." ends a sentence unless it's preceded by a capital > letter. "Jay K. Adams" has a capital letter before > the period so no @: is needed after the period. This ought to be in the Texinfo manual, then. I suggest to report this to Texinfo maintainers, because the latest manual doesn't mention that.