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Re: standards.texi: avoid repeat paragraph


From: Alfred M. Szmidt
Subject: Re: standards.texi: avoid repeat paragraph
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:02:06 -0400

Wouldn't it be better to simple delete the whole paragraph in the
Trademark chapter?  It doesn't really deal with trademark usage.

--- standards.texi.~1.248.~     2016-04-14 22:50:44.000000000 +0200
+++ standards.texi      2016-04-26 15:58:53.606221657 +0200
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename standards.info
 @settitle GNU Coding Standards
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
address@hidden lastupdate April 14, 2016
address@hidden lastupdate April 26, 2016
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -252,15 +252,6 @@
 the relationship, so it could be misinterpreted as using ``Objective
 C'' as a label for the compiler rather than for the language.
 
-Please don't use ``win'' as an abbreviation for Microsoft Windows in
-GNU software or documentation.  In hacker terminology, calling
-something a ``win'' is a form of praise.  If you wish to praise
-Microsoft Windows when speaking on your own, by all means do so, but
-not in GNU software.  Usually we write the name ``Windows'' in full,
-but when brevity is very important (as in file names and sometimes
-symbol names), we abbreviate it to ``w''.  For instance, the files and
-functions in Emacs that deal with Windows start with @samp{w32}.
-
 @node Design Advice
 @chapter General Program Design
 @cindex program design



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