Re: RFA: Document conventions for terminating query/set packet names

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> From: Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 12:18:23 -0700
> 
> (Argh.  In Emacs, the command to insert '@code{}' in a texinfo-mode
> buffer is C-c C-c c.  But in a mail-mode buffer, C-c C-c is 'send
> message'...)

Yeah, was bitten by that one, too.

> We could replace that last sentence with:
> 
>   New packets should not begin with @samp{qP} or @samp{qL}.@footnote{The
>   @samp{qP} and @samp{qL} packets predate these conventions, and don't
>   have any terminator for the packet name; we suspect they are in
>   widespread use in places that are difficult to upgrade.}
> 
> if you prefer.

Yes, that's what I had in mind, sorry it wasn't immediately clear.

But please start the footnote _before_ the period, and add the period
after the right brace that ends the footnote.