From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v.". Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 05:36:09 +0300 Message-ID: <83y3odgmsm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <838tggoo8m.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1508035032 28475 195.159.176.226 (15 Oct 2017 02:37:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 02:37:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jrw@pobox.com, 28790@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 15 04:37:08 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e3Ynb-0006an-P6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Oct 2017 04:37:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55851 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3Ynh-0005cr-Gg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:37:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42240) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3Ynb-0005cb-Av for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:37:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3YnX-0001hw-3m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:37:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60340) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3YnX-0001hc-07 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:37:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e3YnW-0007fA-FP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:37:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 02:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 28790 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 28790-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B28790.150803498429406 (code B ref 28790); Sun, 15 Oct 2017 02:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 28790) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Oct 2017 02:36:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40787 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e3Ymu-0007eD-5M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:36:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51141) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e3Ymt-0007dx-3s for 28790@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:36:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3Ymj-00018b-PV for 28790@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:36:18 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60406) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e3Ymj-00018J-LB; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:36:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4218 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1e3Ymi-0003nm-Qa; Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:36:13 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Glenn Morris on Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:07:02 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:138435 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > Cc: John Williams , 28790@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:07:02 -0400 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > The absolute majority of your proposed changes are in the doc strings, > > where we already have a direct link to the documentation of a symbol > > whose name precedes "which see". So whether the reader understands > > that or doesn't, the link is already there to click on, and no harm is > > done by a relatively rare use of this phrase. > > IMO there is no benefit either, as you explain above. "which see" is an > anachronism in the age of hyperlinks. Is there any logic to where these > "rare uses" appear - why do some links get them and most not? If there's > no logic and no benefit, they should be removed as unnecessary verbiage. In my book, if there's no benefit and no harm, the text should stay as it is.