From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12973: @: overused in manual Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:37:14 -0500 Message-ID: References: <50AFCDA1.8020500@cs.ucla.edu> <83a9u8t848.fsf@gnu.org> <50AFE19A.7020805@cs.ucla.edu> <87a9u72800.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> <50B00D18.6070404@cs.ucla.edu> <8738zz271y.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> <8338zztst1.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353782258 3748 80.91.229.3 (24 Nov 2012 18:37:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:37:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, stephen.berman@gmx.net, 12973@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 24 19:37:49 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 1TcKbo-0006mR-IN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:37:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56650 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcKbd-0005QC-Qi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:37:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56539) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcKba-0005Pw-UH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:37:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcKbZ-0007k3-SV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:37:30 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54903) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcKbZ-0007jx-PI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:37:29 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TcKd4-0002IN-6y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:39:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:39:02 +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=B12973.13537823318805 (code B ref 12973); Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:39:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12973) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Nov 2012 18:38:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36920 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TcKcs-0002Hx-HX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:38:51 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:33912) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TcKcq-0002Hq-5y for 12973@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:38:49 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TcKbK-0000K2-DX; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:37:14 -0500 In-reply-to: <8338zztst1.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:32:10 +0200) 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:67405 Archived-At: But if one looks up @:, which is in another section, they will not see that "X." doesn't need a @:. And that is a problem, because "Not Ending a Sentence" should have pointed to "Ending a Sentence" or told explicitly that @: is not required in those cases. I explicitly decided NOT to say this. I don't remember for certain why I made that decision, but it was not an omission. Maybe it was to simplify the rules for Texinfo; maybe it is for some other formatter's sake. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call