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| author | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> | 2007-08-13 13:48:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> | 2007-08-13 13:48:35 +0000 |
| commit | b2e6b10fe2d40020a75ab0025af98a4abf339cd2 (patch) | |
| tree | db265e5ea93cdc13f8e3b54ed5c7ad2869d50ec9 /lispref/tips.texi | |
| parent | 905350bef3ebc514a418658dd155c1d062664b56 (diff) | |
| parent | 37cc095b6a175fb5a2fb18fa029eaf3aa3b3fa53 (diff) | |
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Merge from emacs--devo--0
Patches applied:
* emacs--devo--0 (patch 846-851)
- Update from CVS
- Merge from emacs--rel--22
* emacs--rel--22 (patch 88-92)
- Update from CVS
- Merge from gnus--rel--5.10
* gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 242-244)
- Update from CVS
Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--unicode--0--patch-246
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref/tips.texi')
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diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi index de590c4cf9d..f3070f4659b 100644 --- a/lispref/tips.texi +++ b/lispref/tips.texi @@ -845,6 +845,12 @@ Instead of, ``Cause Emacs to display text in boldface,'' write just ``Display text in boldface.'' @item +Avoid using ``iff'' (a mathematics term meaning ``if and only if''), +since many people are unfamiliar with it and mistake it for a typo. In +most cases, the meaning is clear with just ``if''. Otherwise, try to +find an alternate phrasing that conveys the meaning. + +@item When a command is meaningful only in a certain mode or situation, do mention that in the documentation string. For example, the documentation of @code{dired-find-file} is: |