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Re: How to cite the Emacs and Calc manuals?
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: How to cite the Emacs and Calc manuals? |
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Mon, 29 Dec 2014 08:35:11 -0500 |
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> - what is the author?
Usually the question is "who", but admittedly, the "what" is also an
interesting question in this case.
> It says on the first page: "This manual, also
> written (mostly) by Dave Gillespie [...]" - so is it "Dave Gillespie"
> or "Dave Gillespie et al." or what?
I think for Calc, "Dave Gillespie et al." would be fine, yes.
For the Emacs manual, OTOH, the authorship is a lot more diluted.
I guess you could opt for "Richard Stallman et al." and there wouldn't
be too many objections.
> - what is the year of publication? It says on the first page:
> "Copyright (C) 1990-1991, 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc." -
> so is it 2013?
Pick the version Emacs whose manual you want to cite, then use the
release date of that version as the date of publication.
> - what is the publisher? I guess FSF, but they don't have it in their
> dead trees web page shop.
Yes, the publisher is the FSF, regardless if they only publish it
electronically.
> - not to mention the place of publishing (usually it's the name of a
> city).
You can probably leave this blank. If you really insist on choosing
a place, Boston would make some kind of sense.
Stefan