GNU bug report logs - #28790
[PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v.".

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: John Williams <jrw <at> pobox.com>

Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 21:25:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch, wontfix

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 28790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jrw <at> pobox.com, joaotavora <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v.".
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 21:55:31 -0400

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

  > Yes, this is true.  It is conventional and clear to say
  > "See XXX for information about YYY."  IOW, it's good to
  > make very clear (a) what you're pointing to and (b) why.

I think it is good to make doc strings clearer in that sort of way.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
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This bug report was last modified 6 years and 27 days ago.

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