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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: stefan@marxist.se, 36408@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36408: [PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:19:03 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1hh3tH-0002je-Gr@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83imsqi5hc.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:33:35 +0300)

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  > > -       doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you
  > > can read it.)
  > > +       doc: /* Return t if file FILENAME exists (whether or not you
  > > can read it).

In this case, the latter is correct.  You put a period inside the
parentheses only when its contents consist of complete sentences.

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-06-29  3:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-28  0:12 bug#36408: [PATCH] Fix typo in doc string of file-exists-p Stefan Kangas
2019-06-28  6:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-06-29  3:19   ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2019-06-29  7:38     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found] <<CADwFkmnVvd4ki1K+-pjdp_okHL0vFQnTxfWmNbZMeNqt1q1RnA@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <<83imsqi5hc.fsf@gnu.org>
2019-06-28 15:38   ` Drew Adams

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