> From: Juri Linkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], bug-texinfo@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:16:22 +0300
> 
> > makeinfo _always_ produces either a "::" or a "." at the end of the
> > @pxref cross-reference, before the closing paren, because those are
> > the rules of the Info files.  If you look in the emacs-* files with a
> > pager, you will see that a @pxref with more than one argument always
> > ends in a period, no matter if it's the in the same or another manual.
> 
> The reason not to hide a period is because it may end the sentence.

The problem is that the period is hidden inconsistently: it is hidden
when the @pxref references a node in the same manual, but not if it
references a different manual.  Are you saying that the former can
never end a sentence, while the latter can?


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