Re: emacs-28 b7d7c2d9e9: Add cross-reference to alternative syntaxes for Unicode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: rpluim@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:42:19 -0400
> 
> We try to avoid the Latin abbreviations (such as "e.g.") that used to
> be customary in erudite writing.  Many readers don't know them.
> It is better to say "such as" instead.

We use "such as" and "like" and "for example" and others, but we also
use "e.g.".  I find nothing wrong with that; technical literature out
there is full of those, and people who use and develop software should
be familiar with this abbreviation.  (And if they aren't, there's
always Wikipedia, and our Glossary also explains it.)  That is part of
everyone's education, if you will.

I'm sorry, but I refuse to give in to such "winds of change".  Where
it feels natural to say "e.g.", we will not avoid saying that just
because someone might need to go look it up.  Of course, we shouldn't
use it too much: for example, using more than one in places too close
to one another should be definitely avoided.