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bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v.".
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v.". |
Date: |
Sun, 15 Oct 2017 05:36:09 +0300 |
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Cc: John Williams <jrw@pobox.com>, 28790@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:07:02 -0400
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > The absolute majority of your proposed changes are in the doc strings,
> > where we already have a direct link to the documentation of a symbol
> > whose name precedes "which see". So whether the reader understands
> > that or doesn't, the link is already there to click on, and no harm is
> > done by a relatively rare use of this phrase.
>
> IMO there is no benefit either, as you explain above. "which see" is an
> anachronism in the age of hyperlinks. Is there any logic to where these
> "rare uses" appear - why do some links get them and most not? If there's
> no logic and no benefit, they should be removed as unnecessary verbiage.
In my book, if there's no benefit and no harm, the text should stay as
it is.
- bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v."., (continued)
- bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v."., Eli Zaretskii, 2017/10/12
- bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v."., Glenn Morris, 2017/10/14
- bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v."., João Távora, 2017/10/14
- bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v."., John Williams, 2017/10/14
- bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v."., Drew Adams, 2017/10/15
- bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v."., Richard Stallman, 2017/10/15
- bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v."., Alan Third, 2017/10/16
- bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v.".,
Eli Zaretskii <=
bug#28790: Replaced "which see" with "q.v."., Richard Stallman, 2017/10/12