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Small mistake in emacs manual ?

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From: Jon Krom <jon <at> krom.eu>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44962: Small mistake in emacs manual ?
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 11:09:48 +0100

On 30/11/2020 19.56, Jean Louis wrote:
> * 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."


Sounds good to me !

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