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Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Xie Shynur <one.last.kiss <at> outlook.com>
Cc: "60639 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <60639 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#60639: Improvement to the Wording of GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2023 18:46:08 -0700

reopen 60639
thanks

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> A simple sentence such as this in Wikipedia can
> make things clear:
>
>  "The symbol # is known variously in
>   English-speaking regions as the number sign,[1]
>   hash,[2] or pound sign.[3]"
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign

Fair enough.

The patch actually just adds it as an alternative, so in that sense it's
already okay.  If there are no objections, I think we could install this
patch, then.  Let's see if there are any other opinions first though.

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