From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: Niall Dooley <dooleyn@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] org-texinfo-compile docstring sentence ends abruptly
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 20:56:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZG5d5dKXyl7mxwcw@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADS3Lq7kD1HbLAB8gjH55sjBAHGeX+Piz1DG71ia7z+_QLm+Gw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 08:24:21PM +0200, Niall Dooley wrote:
> The `org-texinfo-compile' docstring contains the following sentence which ends
> abruptly.
>
> "Processing is done through the command specified in `org-texinfo-info-process',
> which see."
>
> I think it is sufficient to remove the "which see" at the end.
I think this is just the English incarnation of the customary Latin
"q.v." [1], which in printed text used to denote a "link" (well,
something you could look up in the index, so printed text's most
close cousin to a link). That usage would be "vintage", but correct.
Cheers
[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/q.v.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-24 18:24 [BUG] org-texinfo-compile docstring sentence ends abruptly Niall Dooley
2023-05-24 18:56 ` tomas [this message]
2023-05-24 20:03 ` Ihor Radchenko
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