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Re: [groff] 1.22.4.rc4 - Final RC before official 1.22.4
From: |
G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
Re: [groff] 1.22.4.rc4 - Final RC before official 1.22.4 |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:07:47 -0500 |
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At 2018-12-03T06:27:35+0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > Sounds interesting, but what is it exactly? I've skimmed through
> > his home page (https://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/) but haven't seen
> > any mention of that.
>
> Cf. this message on the TeXLive mailing list.
>
> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2018-November/042697.html
I only mention this because it's an error that has crept into our
documentation before (and which I've fixed).
"Cf." means "compare" (Latin: "confere"). People seem to use it as if
it were a synonym of "q.v." ("quod vide" -> *"which see"), but it is
not.
Regards,
Branden
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