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Strange sentence in documentation of 'insert-file-contents'

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Tim Lee <progscriptclone <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 47416 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47416: Strange sentence in documentation of 'insert-file-contents'
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 14:31:39 -0400

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  > > In addition, this function decodes the inserted text from known formats
  > > by calling `format-decode', which see.

  > It looks like there is something wrong about this sentence.

  > "... which see." — See what?

See `format-decode'.

"which see" after some nominal says to go look at that nominal.
It is slightly old-fashioned usage but not obsolete.

There is no obstacle to stating that sentence some other way if that
is clearer.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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