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24.3; clarify emacsclient(1) manpage link to "(emacs)Emacs Server"

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From: Samuel Bronson <naesten <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3; clarify emacsclient(1) manpage link to "(emacs)Emacs Server"
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 14:01:27 -0400

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Tags: patch

It would be helpful if the manpage for emacsclient had a more prominent
(i.e. bold) and more explicit link to (info "(emacs)Emacs Server"),
perhaps using something like the included patch.

In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2013-12-22 on binet, modified by Debian
Windowing system distributor `Colin Harrison', version 11.0.60900031
System Description:	Debian GNU/Linux testing (jessie)

Important settings:
  value of $LC_COLLATE: C
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

[emacsclient.1.patch (text/x-patch, inline)]

diff -u /home/naesten/hacking/emacsclient.orig.1 /home/naesten/hacking/emacsclient.1
*** /home/naesten/hacking/emacsclient.orig.1	2014-04-21 13:04:31.000000000 -0400
--- /home/naesten/hacking/emacsclient.1	2014-04-21 13:37:07.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 93,99 ****
  .SH "SEE ALSO"
  The program is documented fully in
  .IR "Using Emacs as a Server"
! available via the Info system.
  .SH AUTHOR
  This manual page was written by Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer <at> debian.org>,
  for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
--- 93,108 ----
  .SH "SEE ALSO"
  The program is documented fully in
  .IR "Using Emacs as a Server"
! available via the Info system.  You should be able to reach it using the
! shell command
! .IP
! .B info emacs \(aqEmacs Server\(aq
! .PP
! or by evaluating
! .IP
! .B (info \(dq(emacs)Emacs Server\(dq)
! .PP
! in Emacs.
  .SH AUTHOR
  This manual page was written by Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer <at> debian.org>,
  for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

Diff finished.  Mon Apr 21 13:37:21 2014

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