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Re: syntax-check warns on parse-datetime.texi


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: syntax-check warns on parse-datetime.texi
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:50:26 +0100

Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Is this something we want to fix?

I'd feel better about "fixing" this if there were some explanation
in comments for *why* avoiding @acronym{...} is a good idea.
Karl?

> doc/parse-datetime.texi:459:@cindex beginning of time, for @acronym{POSIX}
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:460:@cindex epoch, for @acronym{POSIX}
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:462:an epoch---a well-defined point of time.
> On @acronym{GNU} and
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:463:@acronym{POSIX} systems, the epoch is
> 1970-01-01 00:00:00 @sc{utc}, so
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:465:00:00:01 @sc{utc}, and so forth.
> @acronym{GNU} and most other
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:466:@acronym{POSIX}-compliant systems support
> such times as an extension
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:467:to @acronym{POSIX}, using negative counts,
> so that @samp{@@-1}
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:495:For example, with the @acronym{GNU}
> @command{date} command you can
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:519:Gateway}.  A few address@hidden hosts
> require a colon before a
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:526:using a address@hidden host that does
> not support the @samp{tz}
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:527:database, you may need to use a
> @acronym{POSIX} rule instead.  Simple
> doc/parse-datetime.texi:528:@acronym{POSIX} rules like @samp{UTC0}
> specify a time zone without
> maint.mk: found use of Texinfo @acronym{}
> make: *** [sc_texinfo_acronym] Fel 1



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