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Re: [PATCH] more use of @dots{} in texinfo files


On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Matt Kraai wrote:

> The other uses of `@dots{}' in examples do not put it in
> comments, e.g.,
> 
>  void *ptr;
>  @dots{}
>  ptr = &&foo;
> 
> This makes more sense to me.  If not, should I submit a patch to
> convert them, e.g.,

Whichever use is made, it should be consistent - but patches to change ...  
to @dots{} should be separate from patches changing whether it is in a
comment.

The C standard's usage would be written in Texinfo as /* @r{@dots{}} */,
which I think is the best usage (the C standard has been used to indicate
style before, e.g. the spellings of nonzero and bit-field), though I don't
know whether in Texinfo using @r makes any difference to the appearance
and spacing of @dots{}.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk


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