GNU bug report logs - #12973
@: overused in manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:27:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 12973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 12973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12973: @: overused in manual
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:47:20 +0200

> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:50:34 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> CC: 12973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On 11/23/2012 11:46 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Why do you say it has no effect in this case?
> 
> It has no effect in TeX because TeX already does
> the right thing with initials.  TeX assumes that
> "." ends a sentence unless it's preceded by a capital
> letter.  "Jay K. Adams" has a capital letter before
> the period so no @: is needed after the period.

This ought to be in the Texinfo manual, then.  I suggest to report
this to Texinfo maintainers, because the latest manual doesn't mention
that.
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