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@: overused in manual

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From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 12973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12973: @: overused in manual
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:11:53 +0100

On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:56:08 -0800 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> On 11/23/2012 03:51 PM, Stephen Berman wrote:
>> What does TeX do with sentences like these:
>> 
>> "Mary would never do that, nor would I.  Would you?"
>> "We met the mysterious Madame X.  She's younger than I thought."
>> "Walk ten paces to point A.  Turn left, then walk 7 paces to point B."
>
> It assumes that "I.", "X.", "A.", and "B." do not end sentences.
> To fix this in Texinfo, use "I@." instead of "I.", and similarly
> for the others.
>
> This is documented in the Texinfo manual, though apparently the
> documentation isn't clear enough.

I hadn't actually looked before, but I just did, and it's quite clear in
(texinfo)Ending a Sentence.

Steve Berman

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