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bug#47416: Strange sentence in documentation of 'insert-file-contents'
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Richard Stallman |
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bug#47416: Strange sentence in documentation of 'insert-file-contents' |
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Sat, 27 Mar 2021 14:31:39 -0400 |
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> > In addition, this function decodes the inserted text from known formats
> > by calling `format-decode', which see.
> It looks like there is something wrong about this sentence.
> "... which see." — See what?
See `format-decode'.
"which see" after some nominal says to go look at that nominal.
It is slightly old-fashioned usage but not obsolete.
There is no obstacle to stating that sentence some other way if that
is clearer.
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Dr Richard Stallman
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bug#47416: Strange sentence in documentation of 'insert-file-contents',
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