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

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, 12973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12973: @: overused in manual
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:43:14 -0500

    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.

Maybe other Texinfo formatters do not treat the capital letter as
special.

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