Mercurial > emacs
changeset 78503:a3be21a96dd1
(Documentation Tips): Recommend against `iff'.
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:56:45 +0000 |
| parents | 5798b9d885ed |
| children | 0203a38a9036 |
| files | lispref/tips.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/tips.texi Wed Aug 08 07:56:20 2007 +0000 +++ b/lispref/tips.texi Wed Aug 08 07:56:45 2007 +0000 @@ -845,6 +845,12 @@ ``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: