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

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 12973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12973: @: overused in manual
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:37:26 -0500
Consistent style and proper usage do not alone make a manual good, but
the lack of them makes any manual worse.  We should correct these
style issues for each Emacs release.

It would be good to invite some people who are good at this
to do the work and install the fixes directly.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin St
Boston MA 02110
USA
www.fsf.org  www.gnu.org
Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
  Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call





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