From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: describe-bindings: ^L, bad order, naming Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:47:08 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131742062 5825 80.91.229.2 (11 Nov 2005 20:47:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:47:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 11 21:47:38 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eafnr-0003f4-6o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:47:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eafnq-0001aH-LR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:47:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eafnj-0001aB-5v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:47:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eafnh-0001Zz-OB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:47:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eafnh-0001Zw-MH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:47:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [69.168.108.225] (helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Eafnh-0001AC-UA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:47:10 -0500 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:47:08 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Eli Zaretskii on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:26:10 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:45772 Archived-At: I'm not a native English speaker, so I wouldn't know how common is this nowadays. To me, "q.v." is a well-known term. I am a native English speaker and to me, "q.v." is also a well-known term, at least in glossaries and the like. My hunch is that if you write "q.v." without a context, many people will not understand. But a glossary provides context. -- Robert J. Chassell bob@rattlesnake.com GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc