(Acknowledgments): Consolidate explanatory text at start.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 01f3ddd14f96c5bb9ab0b22414e3cf8393acc48d..2b6a353c87d03cc296ee72707f4d60f6892b3eeb 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2008-12-19  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
        * ack.texi (Acknowledgments): Small grammar fix.
+       Consolidate explanatory text at start.
 
        * display.texi (Text Display):
        * indent.texi (Indentation): Use @acronym with ASCII.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ack.texi b/doc/emacs/ack.texi
index 8c94b4c742980e8ea6352f6f7b3461b3c83bcbc1..8c5a4cc825f7bec3172b8566e6912c51a5a6dcc5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/ack.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/ack.texi
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@
 Many people have contributed code included in the Free Software
 Foundation's distribution of GNU Emacs.  To show our appreciation for
 their public spirit, we list here in alphabetical order those who have
-written substantial portions.
+written substantial portions.  Others too numerous to mention have
+reported and fixed bugs, and added features to many parts of Emacs.
+We thank them for their generosity as well.
+
+This list intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
+feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
+please report that as a manual bug.  More comprehensive information is
+available in the @file{ChangeLog} files, summarized in the file
+@file{etc/AUTHORS} in the distribution.
 
 @c We should list here anyone who has contributed a new package,
 @c and anyone who has made major enhancements in Emacs
@@ -1349,15 +1357,6 @@ with visual feedback.
 
 @end itemize
 
-Others too numerous to mention have reported and fixed bugs, and added
-features to many parts of Emacs.  (Many are mentioned in the
-@file{ChangeLog} files, summarized in the file @file{etc/AUTHORS}
-in the distribution.)  We thank them for their generosity as well.
-
-This list intended to mention every contributor of a major package or
-feature we currently distribute; if you know of someone we have omitted,
-please report that as a manual bug.
-
 @ignore
    arch-tag: bb1d0fa4-0240-4992-b5d4-8602d1e3d4ba
 @end ignore