From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#40011: Remove unnecessary abbreviations from documentation Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:30:46 +0300 Message-ID: <83ftco4w89.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83v9nc9sdk.fsf@gnu.org> <878siha2fl.fsf@stefankangas.se> <83wo613sdu.fsf@gnu.org> <87h7x497qy.fsf@stefankangas.se> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="50089"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 40011@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 27 20:32:12 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jT8Y8-000Cuw-Dq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:32:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58398 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jT8Y6-00081d-TO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:32:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37064) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jT8Xy-00081J-VL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jT8Xy-00080o-Fe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:32:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54826) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jT8Xy-00080j-4R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:32:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jT8Xy-0004qs-2P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:32:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:32:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 40011 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 40011-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B40011.158801226918567 (code B ref 40011); Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:32:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 40011) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Apr 2020 18:31:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38139 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jT8X6-0004pP-NV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:31:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33910) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jT8X4-0004p0-Ny for 40011@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:31:07 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:41850) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jT8Wz-0006hj-Fh; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:31:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4413 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jT8Wq-0000lF-Hc; Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:30:53 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87h7x497qy.fsf@stefankangas.se> (message from Stefan Kangas on Mon, 27 Apr 2020 19:08:21 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:179171 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Kangas > 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.