Subject: bug#39778: [PATCH] checkdoc: Don't mistake "cf." for sentence end

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:57:53 -0500

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      > "It is often tempting to use abbreviations such as 'no.', 'i.e.',
      > 'e.g.' 'c.f.' and 'w.r.t.'  These save little space on the page,
      > but slow readers down.

That is good advice, but it changes the subject.
The question is not whether to use those old abbreviations.
It is whether Emacs should support editing of files that do use them.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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