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Re: C-h r and Images


From: Xue Fuqiao
Subject: Re: C-h r and Images
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 16:56:14 +0800

On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Drew Adams <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Btw, looking at Glossary for Window, I am surprised that I don't know
>> what (q.v.) stands for.  The Emacs crowd *was* scholarly and academic
>> and it is to some extent even so today.  But using things like q.v. etc
>> and assuming that it will be understood by *lay* crowd is a bit too much
>> for the asking...
>
> Yes, it's silly, if not downright pretentious in this context.
>
> What's more, it would be helpful to hyperlink directly to an explanation
> of the term in question, rather than just saying "which see" or some such
> English alternative to "q.v."

I made a patch for it.  See bug#15254.

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Best regards, Xue Fuqiao.
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