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Small mistake in emacs manual ?

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From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jon <at> krom.eu
Subject: bug#44962: Small mistake in emacs manual ?
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:56:40 +0300

* Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> [2020-11-30 21:54]:
> > From: Jon Krom <jon <at> krom.eu>
> > Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:52:06 +0100
> > 
> > On this web-page
> > 
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/PostScript-Variables.html
> > 
> > appears the sentence:
> > 
> > "Alternatively, you can set ps-print-color-p to black-white to print 
> > colors on black/white printers."
> > 
> > Shouldn't this be:
> > 
> > "Alternatively, you can set ps-print-color-p to black-white to print 
> > black/white on color printers."
> 
> No, I don't think so.  This setting is supposed to produce a better
> looking printout on black/white printers, so it makes no sense to use
> it when your printer supports colors.

Then maybe:

"Alternatively, you can set ps-print-color-p to black-white to produce
a better looking printout on black/white printers."

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