From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/9398 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: elf@ee.ryerson.ca (luis fernandes) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Acronym expansion caveats Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:37:13 -0500 Message-ID: <199701141737.MAA00755@gemini.ryerson.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035149431 18237 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 21:30:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 21:30:31 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by deanna.miranova.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id KAA20457 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 10:55:17 -0800 Original-Received: from ee.ryerson.ca (eccles.ee.ryerson.ca [141.117.1.2]) by ifi.uio.no with SMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 18:43:04 +0100 Original-Received: from gemini.ryerson.ca (gemini.ee.ryerson.ca) by ee.ryerson.ca (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA08184; Tue, 14 Jan 97 12:43:16 EST Original-Received: by gemini.ryerson.ca (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA00755; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:37:13 -0500 Original-To: ding@ifi.uio.no ((ding) mailing list) X-Mailer: VM Version 5.94 (beta)on emacs Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:9398 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:9398 I've not been following the AE thread but I had some thoughts on the matter last night (excuse me if this has already been discussed). (One assumption I have made is that there is a function that expands all the acronyms in a buffer). 1) When someone's post is cited in a follow-up, acronyms in the cited text should not be expanded; i.e. the original author's post should be reproduced verbatim. 2) What happens when an acronym has two possiblities; e.g. CGI, in the www newsgroups is "Common Gateway Interface", and "Computer Generated Imagery" in the visual-effects/computer graphics newsgroups.