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Bug 195 - Find replacements for Metasyntactic Variables "Foo", "Bar", etc.
Summary: Find replacements for Metasyntactic Variables "Foo", "Bar", etc.
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Validator
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version: 0.6.1
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: 0.7.0
Assignee: Terje Bless
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Reported: 2003-04-18 20:41 UTC by Terje Bless
Modified: 2004-09-01 17:07 UTC (History)
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Description Terje Bless 2003-04-18 20:41:21 UTC 
As Kynn rightfully points out, these are poor technical writing and a
replacement should be found. Since I have none that are immediately obvious I'm
logging a bug on it in the hopes that someone will be insired to do something
about it. :-)
Comment 1 Terje Bless 2003-05-24 07:42:55 UTC 
Retargetting to 0.7.0.
Comment 2 Terje Bless 2004-05-16 06:41:48 UTC 
Or perhaps we can avoid the issue entirely by improving the "Verbose Messages"
explanations? The error explanations Scott Bigham donated has served us well,
but they're seriously in need of updating and haven't really been touched in ages.
Comment 3 Terje Bless 2004-09-01 13:07:11 UTC 
Resolving WONTFIX. The future is the Verbose Messages; any additional
explanations can cross that bridge when they get to it.