[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [help-texinfo] @xref best practices for i18n/l10n
|
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
|
Subject: |
Re: [help-texinfo] @xref best practices for i18n/l10n |
|
Date: |
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 09:15:02 +0300 |
> From: Jean-Christophe Helary <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 07:19:27 +0900
> Cc: address@hidden
>
> > Use @ref instead of @xref if you need to be flexible with the word
> > order.
>
> According to the documentation @ref generates a "*note" verb at the beginning
> of the reference in the info manual.
That "*note" is a special marker for the Info reader which indicates
that a reference follows. The fact that in English it reads as a
borderline-normative phrase is just a coincidence ;-)