From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Documentation for expiry target in group customize
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 12:55:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4nof3f8vag.fsf@holmes.bwh.harvard.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <usmsthyh8.fsf@ariel.co.uk> (Mike Woolley's message of "Tue, 08 Apr 2003 15:09:55 +0100")
On Tue, 08 Apr 2003, mike@ariel.co.uk wrote:
> "which see" makes no sense in English :-)
Agreed, I don't like that construct.
> English Dictionaries /et al/ use "q.v.", as Jesper indicates...
What's wrong with omitting that whole expression? It's redundant and
unnecesarily repetitive.
"Overrides `nnmail-expiry-target'."
As long as `nnmail-expiry-target' can be followed as a link in some
way (click in a X window, hit a key in a terminal) to its explanation,
there's no need for extraneous language there. In fact, such language
serves no purpose other than being confusing, since users today are
familiar with the concept of reference links.
Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-09 16:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-07 10:59 Niklas Morberg
2003-04-07 14:27 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-04-08 7:12 ` Niklas Morberg
2003-04-08 10:11 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-04-08 11:51 ` Jesper Harder
2003-04-08 14:09 ` Mike Woolley
2003-04-09 16:55 ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2003-04-12 21:42 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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