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

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <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 21:03:33 -0500

Paul Eggert wrote:

> Other times, it's being used in places where punctuation
> would be better, e.g., "(e.g.@: spaces)".

Stylistically, I prefer the current form in at least some cases.

Anyway, I think a patch of this kind if applied to trunk is likely to
lead to repeated merge conflicts coming from emacs-24. So maybe wait
till there is no active branch.
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