GNU bug report logs - #17309
24.4.50; Typos in autotype info

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jan.synacek <at> gmail.com (Jan Synáček)

Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:44:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 17309 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Synáček <jan.synacek <at> gmail.com>
To: 17309 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Subject: Re: bug#17309: 24.4.50; Typos in autotype info
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 11:37:44 +0200

On 04/22/2014 04:50 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
>> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:42:51 -0400
>> Cc: 17309 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>>> It's a standard mathematical expression for "if and only if".
>>> In French, we say "ssi" instead.
>>
>> But yes, we should document it in the glossary,
> 
> We already do.

I checked the glossary and this is what it says:

     "Iff" means "if and only if".  This terminology comes from
     mathematics.  Try to avoid using this term in documentation, since
     many are unfamiliar with it and mistake it for a typo.

So yes, I mistook it for a typo:) Another thing is that the Glossary
is located inside the "Emacs" info node, but I reported the bug
against the Autotype info node.

Cheers,
-- 
Jan Synáček
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 22 days ago.

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