From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 39778@debbugs.gnu.org, "Štěpán Němec" <stepnem@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#39778: [PATCH] checkdoc: Don't mistake "cf." for sentence end
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:41:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87imjumxff.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7982367d-3711-4dd3-ac78-097bfe966235@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 25 Feb 2020 08:35:00 -0800 (PST)")
Hi Drew and Štěpán,
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> Is "cf." really so much less common?
>
> I think it is, but I won't try to support that as a fact.
FWIW I think "cf." is pretty common. It also has the advantage
of being understood by non-english speaker.
>> Anyway, it is probably largely subjective, but unless you can bring up
>> many examples of potential further requests (I can't think of anything
>> else myself), just adding "cf." shouldn't hurt, should it?
>
> I never said that removing the bug of 2-spaces after
> "cf." would hurt or is a bad idea.
>
> In fact, I said, "Yes." It's a good idea.
I also think it is a good idea.
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-25 16:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-25 12:22 bug#39778: [PATCH] checkdoc: Don't mistake "cf." for sentence end Štěpán Němec
2020-02-25 15:49 ` Drew Adams
2020-02-25 16:02 ` Štěpán Němec
2020-02-25 16:35 ` Drew Adams
2020-02-25 16:41 ` Bastien [this message]
2020-02-25 21:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-02-25 21:41 ` Drew Adams
2020-02-26 2:57 ` Richard Stallman
2020-02-26 15:03 ` Drew Adams
2020-03-10 2:41 ` Richard Stallman
2020-03-10 13:58 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-02-28 13:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
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