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29.0.50; [PATCH] Cosmetic change to doc/lispref/tips.texi |
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Wed, 27 Jul 2022 19:59:25 +0200 |
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Hi all,
may I suggest this trivial change to tips.texi:
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/tips.texi b/doc/lispref/tips.texi
index d03698d354..9faf3f33ba 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/tips.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/tips.texi
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ Documentation Tips
punctuation. For example:
@example
- CODE can be `lambda', nil, or t.
+CODE can be `lambda', nil, or t.
@end example
Note that when Emacs displays these doc strings, Emacs will usually
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ Documentation Tips
@item
Try to avoid using abbreviations such as ``e.g.'' (for ``for
example''), ``i.e.'' (for ``that is''), ``no.'' (for ``number''),
-``c.f.'' (for ``in contrast to'') and ``w.r.t.'' (for ``with respect
+``cf.'' (for ``in contrast to'') and ``w.r.t.'' (for ``with respect
to'') as much as possible. It is almost always clearer and easier to
read the expanded version.@footnote{We do use these occasionally, but
try not to overdo it.}
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It deletes a leading space in an example and fixes the abbreviation
cf. which is to my knowledge short for the Latin confer/conferatur,
i.e., only one word.
Best, Arash
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Re: bug#56802: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Cosmetic change to doc/lispref/tips.texi |
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Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:22:25 +0300 |
> From: Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 19:59:25 +0200
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> Hi all,
>
> may I suggest this trivial change to tips.texi:
Thanks, I installed it on the emacs-28 branch. (Please in the future
always check whether a documentation change is applicable for a
release branch, and submit a patch relative to that if so.)
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