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Don't contrast `separate' TRAMP syntax to XEmacs syntax

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Message #19 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 57061 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57061: Don't contrast `separate' TRAMP syntax to XEmacs syntax
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 13:52:47 -0700

close 57061 28.2
thanks

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

>> Or perhaps "... syntax originating in XEmacs"?
>
> No problem for me. My point is that this syntax is inherited from XEmacs,
> and it should be said so. The concrete wording doesn't matter.

Thanks.

Lars' suggestion sounds good to me, so I installed this on emacs-28:

diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index 06df319296..3dc6da6e7d 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -3161,7 +3161,7 @@ Change file name syntax
 @item @code{simplified}
 @cindex simplified syntax

-The remote file name syntax is similar to the syntax used by Ange FTP@.
+This remote file name syntax is similar to the syntax used by Ange FTP@.
 A remote file name has the form
 @code{@value{prefix}user@@host <at> value{postfix}path/to/file}.  The
 @code{user@@} part is optional, and the method is determined by
@@ -3173,7 +3173,7 @@ Change file name syntax
 @clear unified
 @set separate
 @include trampver.texi
-The remote file name syntax is similar to the syntax used by XEmacs.
+This remote file name syntax originated in the XEmacs text editor.
 A remote file name has the form
 @code{@trampfn{method,user@@host,path/to/file}}.  The @code{method}
 and @code{user@@} parts are optional.

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