Re: master ab3cb717a08: ; "time stamp" also can be spelled "timestamp"

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:22:43 -0800
> 
> Stephen Gildea <stepheng+savannah@gildea.com> writes:
> 
> > branch: master
> > commit ab3cb717a08ef8a9939e38652f25a5ef312c76ce
> > Author: Stephen Gildea <stepheng+emacs@gildea.com>
> > Commit: Stephen Gildea <stepheng+emacs@gildea.com>
> >
> >     ; "time stamp" also can be spelled "timestamp"
> >
> >     * lisp/time-stamp.el (time-stamp):
> >     * doc/emacs/files.texi (Time Stamps): Be findable as "timestamps".
> > ---
> >  doc/emacs/files.texi | 1 +
> >  lisp/time-stamp.el   | 4 ++--
> >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi
> > index 620d16ddf11..1d3fc59e3fe 100644
> > --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi
> > +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi
> > @@ -996,6 +996,7 @@ File Shadowing is not available on MS Windows.
> >  @node Time Stamps
> >  @subsection Updating Time Stamps Automatically
> >  @cindex time stamps
> > +@cindex timestamps
> >  @cindex modification dates
> >  @cindex last modified time
> 
> Should this be in @ifnottex perhaps, to avoid a duplicate entry in the
> printed index?

IME, it is better to either make it a single index entry, like this:

  @cindex time stamps, timestamps

or qualify the one of the entries with something else, like this:

  @cindex timestamps of files, automatic update