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texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: 11146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, automake-patches <at> gnu.org, texinfo-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#11146: texinfo: could automake start using the '--tidy' option in its dvi and pdf rules?
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:23:41 +0200

Hi Karl, thanks for the review.

On 04/01/2012 11:02 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
>     Since the '--tidy' option has only been introduced in Texinfo
>     4.9
> 
> More ordinary English syntax would be:
>   Since the '--tidy' option was introduced in Texinfo 4.9
> 
> (Though the meaning is clear in the original.)
> 
>     The users should be warned about the planned behavioural change
> 
> I have the impression that Automake (mostly) uses American English,
> rather than British English.  Since that's where it was created, after
> all.  Hence, I suggest: behavioral.
>
Both your objections are correct, and I've amended my patch to address
them.

> The actual change seems fine to me, FWIW.
>
Good :-)

Thanks,
  Stefano

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