Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Please consider removing the following acronyms from the
>> documentation, both the manual(s) and doc strings:
>> 
>> 1. no. ("number")
>> 2. e.g. ("for example")
>> 3. i.e. ("that is", "namely", etc.)
>> 4. c.f. ("in contrast to", "compared with", etc.)
>> 5. w.r.t. ("with respect to")
>
> Let's not be too extreme: I'm against removing "e.g." and "i.e." at
> the least.

There are many such instances to get right, so maybe we can find a way
forward which avoids changing all of them.

How about adding something along the lines of the attached patch, and
leave it at that?  Would that be acceptable?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas