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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 40011@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org
Subject: bug#40011: Remove unnecessary abbreviations from documentation
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:30:46 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83ftco4w89.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h7x497qy.fsf@stefankangas.se> (message from Stefan Kangas on Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:08:21 +0200)

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Cc: 40011@debbugs.gnu.org,  rms@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:08:21 +0200
> 
> > So could you make the above even less definitive, either by saying
> >
> >   "Try to avoid using abbreviations like ... as much as possible."
> >
> > Maybe even add a footnote saying something like "We do occasionally
> > use these, but try not to overdo it.".
> >
> > OK?
> 
> Yes, that makes sense, thanks.  Please see the attached patch with
> your suggestions (and Drew's input) incorporated.

Thanks, this is fine by me.





  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-27 18:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-10 13:54 bug#40011: Remove unnecessary abbreviations from documentation Stefan Kangas
2020-03-10 14:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-27  6:05   ` Stefan Kangas
2020-04-27 14:39     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-27 17:08       ` Stefan Kangas
2020-04-27 18:30         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-04-30 16:05           ` Stefan Kangas
2020-04-28  2:46       ` Richard Stallman
2020-04-27 16:08     ` Drew Adams
2020-04-27 16:21       ` Stefan Kangas
2020-04-27 16:41         ` Drew Adams
2020-04-28  2:49     ` Richard Stallman

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