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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 12973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12973: @: overused in manual
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:33:12 +0200

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:03:33 -0500
> Cc: 12973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 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.

Me too (which isn't surprising, since I wrote some of them ;-).
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