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Re: [RFA] gdb.texinfo: Use GNU/Linux instead of Linux
- From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
- To: kevinb at redhat dot com
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:35:51 +0300
- Subject: Re: [RFA] gdb.texinfo: Use GNU/Linux instead of Linux
- References: <1020921004722.ZM28135@localhost.localdomain>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 17:47:22 -0700
> From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
>
> While making the changes that Eli recommended to Jim's charset
> documentation, I noticed some uses of Linux without the GNU/ prefix.
> I assume that this is okay, but I wanted to check with Eli on the use
> of @sc{gnu}. There seem to be uses of plain "GNU" in the docs and
> other uses where @sc{gnu} is preferred. I don't understand the pros
> and cons of each, so I thought I'd send check with Eli before
> committing...
I think in gdb.texinfo the convention is to use @sc{gnu} throughout.
As for GNU/Linux, I'd suggest first to see whether @sc{gnu}/Linux
looks fine in print, and then decide. Kevin, could you please TeX the
manual and see whether the result is plausible?
Otherwise, okay. Thanks.