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bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v.".
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#28790: [PATCH] Replaced "which see" with "q.v.". |
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Sun, 15 Oct 2017 08:31:14 -0700 (PDT) |
> To replace "which see" with something more conventional, I think you'd
> have to re-word the whole sentence in most cases. So like, "See also
> cromulate-frobnicator, which is called by snarf-spavicle in GUI
> environments", as opposed to something like "In GUI environments,
> snarf-spavicle calls cromulate-frobnicator, which see."
Yes, this is true. It is conventional and clear to say
"See XXX for information about YYY." IOW, it's good to
make very clear (a) what you're pointing to and (b) why.
bug#28790: Replaced "which see" with "q.v."., Richard Stallman, 2017/10/12