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RE: doc for locate-file - unclear, typos
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: doc for locate-file - unclear, typos |
Date: |
Sat, 9 Feb 2008 07:55:07 -0800 |
> > The Elisp manual also has some typos: It has several cross refs that
> > are followed by periods, all within parentheses in the middle of
> > sentences.
>
> These are not typos: an xref in parens (a.k.a. pxref) is followed by a
> period in Info if the source Texinfo specified a second argument for
> that pxref.
>
> > And one of these is split over two lines, with the period following
> > the newline.
>
> That's because Emacs tries to remove part of the pxref when it
> displays it. It's a (mis)feature, not a bug.
>
> Thanks for reporting this, nonetheless.
I was afraid this might be the case. Too bad. Looks worse than if the entire
source text were present, IMO. But no biggee.