GNU bug report logs - #78005
[PATCH] doc: use a comma for thousands separator

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From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: use a comma for thousands separator
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:48:02 -0700

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I noticed this occurrence of '.' for a thousands separator while looking
at the manual. As far as I can tell, all other parts of the manual
use ','.

Also, since CONTRIBUTING mentions preferring American English,
using American thousands/decimal separators seems to make the most
sense.

Collin

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 78005-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78005: [PATCH] doc: use a comma for thousands separator
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:19:28 +0300

> From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:48:02 -0700
> 
> I noticed this occurrence of '.' for a thousands separator while looking
> at the manual. As far as I can tell, all other parts of the manual
> use ','.
> 
> Also, since CONTRIBUTING mentions preferring American English,
> using American thousands/decimal separators seems to make the most
> sense.

Thanks.  I don't see why we should use a thousands separator there at
all, so I simply removed it.

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