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texinfo ChangeLog doc/texinfo.txi
From: |
Karl Berry |
Subject: |
texinfo ChangeLog doc/texinfo.txi |
Date: |
Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:45:37 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/texinfo
Module name: texinfo
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 09/02/07 19:45:36
Modified files:
. : ChangeLog
doc : texinfo.txi
Log message:
mention ) and sentence ending
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/ChangeLog?cvsroot=texinfo&r1=1.978&r2=1.979
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/doc/texinfo.txi?cvsroot=texinfo&r1=1.239&r2=1.240
Patches:
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/texinfo/texinfo/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.978
retrieving revision 1.979
diff -u -b -r1.978 -r1.979
--- ChangeLog 1 Feb 2009 01:11:47 -0000 1.978
+++ ChangeLog 7 Feb 2009 19:45:36 -0000 1.979
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-02-07 Karl Berry <address@hidden>
+
+ * doc/texinfo.txi (Not Ending a Sentence): also mention ).
+
2009-01-31 Karl Berry <address@hidden>
* autogen.sh: No need for --enable-maintainer-mode any more.
Index: doc/texinfo.txi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/texinfo/texinfo/doc/texinfo.txi,v
retrieving revision 1.239
retrieving revision 1.240
diff -u -b -r1.239 -r1.240
--- doc/texinfo.txi 19 Jan 2009 01:56:13 -0000 1.239
+++ doc/texinfo.txi 7 Feb 2009 19:45:36 -0000 1.240
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
\input texinfo.tex @c -*-texinfo-*-
address@hidden $Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.239 2009/01/19 01:56:13 karl Exp $
address@hidden $Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.240 2009/02/07 19:45:36 karl Exp $
@c Ordinarily, Texinfo files have the extension .texi. But texinfo.texi
@c clashes with texinfo.tex on 8.3 filesystems, so we use texinfo.txi.
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
License.''
-(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You are free to copy and modify
-this GNU Manual. Buying copies from GNU Press supports the FSF in
+(a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and
+modify this GNU manual. Buying copies from the FSF supports it in
developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
@end quotation
@end copying
@@ -10304,14 +10304,14 @@
@cindex Sentence non-ending punctuation
@cindex Periods, inserting
Depending on whether a period or exclamation point or question mark is
-inside or at the end of a sentence, less or more space is inserted after
-a period in a typeset manual. Since it is not always possible
-to determine when a period ends a sentence and when it is used
-in an abbreviation, special commands are needed in some circumstances.
-Usually, Texinfo can guess how to handle periods, so you do not need to
-use the special commands; you just enter a period as you would if you
-were using a typewriter, which means you put two spaces after the
-period, question mark, or exclamation mark that ends a sentence.
+inside or at the end of a sentence, slightly less or more space is
+inserted after a period in a typeset manual. Since it is not always
+possible to determine automatically when a period ends a sentence,
+special commands are needed in some circumstances. Usually, Texinfo
+can guess how to handle periods, so you do not need to use the special
+commands; you just enter a period as you would if you were using a
+typewriter: put two spaces after the period, question mark, or
+exclamation mark that ends a sentence.
@findex <colon> @r{(suppress end-of-sentence space)}
Use the @code{@@:}@: command after a period, question mark,
@@ -10319,11 +10319,15 @@
For example, use @code{@@:}@: after periods that end abbreviations
which are not at the ends of sentences.
+Also, When a parenthetical remark in the middle of a sentence (like
+this one!)@: ends with a period, exclamation point, or question mark,
address@hidden@@:} should be used after the right parenthesis.
+
For example,
@example
-foo vs.@@: bar
-foo vs. bar
+foo vs.@@: (this?)@@: bar
+foo vs. (this?) bar
@end example
@noindent
@@ -10332,12 +10336,14 @@
@end ifnottex
@iftex
produces the following. If you look carefully at this printed output,
-you will see a little extraneous space after @samp{vs.}@: in the second
-line.
+you will see a little extraneous space after the @samp{vs.}@: and
address@hidden(this?)}@: in the second line.
@end iftex
@quotation
-foo vs.@: bar @*
+foo vs.@: bar (or?)@: address@hidden
+foo vs. bar (or?) address@hidden
+foo vs.@: address@hidden
foo vs. bar
@end quotation
@@ -19265,7 +19271,7 @@
(@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs}) version control systems, which
expand it into a string such as:
@example
-$Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.239 2009/01/19 01:56:13 karl Exp $
+$Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.240 2009/02/07 19:45:36 karl Exp $
@end example
(This is useful in all sources that use version control, not just manuals.)
You may wish to include the @samp{$Id:} comment in the @code{@@copying}
@@ -19341,7 +19347,7 @@
@verbatim
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
address@hidden $Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.239 2009/01/19 01:56:13 karl Exp $
address@hidden $Id: texinfo.txi,v 1.240 2009/02/07 19:45:36 karl Exp $
@comment %**start of header
@setfilename sample.info
@include version.texi
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