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: John Williams <jrw <at> pobox.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v.".
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:22:50 -0700
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
This patch fixes a grammar issue that's been bugging me for a while.
Full description from the patch:

While it may seem strange to replace an English phrase with a
relatively obscure Latin abbreviation, there are a number of
advantages.  As someone whose first language is English, I've never
seen "which see" used anywhere else the way it is in Emacs.  It looks
totally ungrammatical to me, and I found it quite confusing when I
first encountered it.  It's a difficult phrase to search for because
it's formed from such common words.  OTOH, q.v. is easily searchable,
it has a well-defined meaning, and the conventional way to use it
serves as a drop-in replacement for the way "which see" is used in
Emacs.
[0001-Replaced-which-see-with-q.v.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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