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

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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:21:02 +0000

Your bug report

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

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#39778: [PATCH] checkdoc: Don't mistake "cf." for sentence end
From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
To: Štěpán Němec <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:19:45 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

> From: Štěpán Němec
>  <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:22:16 +0100
> 
> "Cf." is a common abbreviation in documentation.
> 
> Currently checkdoc warns about lack of double space after "cf." or
> "Cf.". The attached patch adds an exception similar to the already
> handled "eg." and and "ie.".

Thanks, I installed this on the emacs-27 branch.

Subject: [PATCH] checkdoc: Don't mistake "cf." for sentence end
From: Štěpán Němec <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:22:16 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

"Cf." is a common abbreviation in documentation.

Currently checkdoc warns about lack of double space after "cf." or
"Cf.". The attached patch adds an exception similar to the already
handled "eg." and and "ie.".

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Štěpán

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From: =?UTF-8?q?=C5=A0t=C4=9Bp=C3=A1n=20N=C4=9Bmec?= <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:42:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] checkdoc: Don't mistake "cf." for sentence end

* lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el (checkdoc-sentencespace-region-engine):
Recognize "cf." as an abbreviation, not a sentence end.
---
 lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
index ccdddb47c3..e15836ee7d 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el
@@ -2073,7 +2073,7 @@ checkdoc-sentencespace-region-engine
                                     ;; piece of an abbreviation
                                     ;; FIXME etc
                                     (looking-at
-                                     "\\([a-zA-Z]\\|[iI]\\.?e\\|[eE]\\.?g\\)\\."))
+                                     "\\([a-zA-Z]\\|[iI]\\.?e\\|[eE]\\.?g\\|[cC]f\\)\\."))
                                 (error t))))
                   (if (checkdoc-autofix-ask-replace
                        b e
-- 
2.25.1