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bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment"
From: |
Noam Postavsky |
Subject: |
bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment" |
Date: |
Tue, 29 May 2018 21:58:10 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > If that's the intention then I think it might be clearer
>> > if the index entry were "; outside a comment" or maybe
>> > "; not in a comment".
> But certainly the `;' that starts a comment is part of the
> comment itself. No one would doubt that, I think.
I'm a bit puzzled then. How would "; outside a comment" make sense for
a page which talks about comments? That seems to be the opposite of
what it's about.
> The entry should indicate something about the subject
> indexed. "; in comment" does not do that, for me, at
> least.
What do you think about the "(...) in lists" entry?
> Or perhaps you have a suggestion.
I don't really see a problem with the current one, but I guess "; for
commenting" (in the same vein as "' for quoting") could be okay.
- bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment", Drew Adams, 2018/05/28
- bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment", Noam Postavsky, 2018/05/29
- bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment", Drew Adams, 2018/05/29
- bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment", Noam Postavsky, 2018/05/29
- bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment", Drew Adams, 2018/05/29
- bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment",
Noam Postavsky <=
- bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment", Drew Adams, 2018/05/29