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Subject: Re: Acronyms believed harmful
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On Friday 09 July 2004 10:49 am, Hiten Pandya wrote:
> Yes, I fully agree on this point.
>
> Lately, I have not seen much use of acronyms/abbreviations in
> section or chapter titles, but that should be reduced too, whenever
> possible.  Especially, IRC style abbreviations.
>
Take a look at the documentation primer.
  -LenZ-

> Regards,
>
> Hiten Pandya
> hmp at freebsd.org