unofficial mirror of bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 
 help / color / mirror / code / Atom feed
From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: 12695@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12695: 24.2.50; Describe file-name cache at (emacs) `File Conveniences'
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:45:52 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <786D9A0CE0614EB8B4FF1781E571C211@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878va0rbbl.fsf@gnu.org>

> > This is a node about "convenient facilities for finding" files.  It
> > should mention the file-name cache and cross-reference node 
> > `File Name Cache'.  That feature too provides a way to quickly
> > find files that might be far from the current directory.
> 
> File Name Cache is the immediately preceding node, so this is 
> redundant.

Not at all redundant.  There is nothing in that node that refers you to the
other or even mentions file-name caching.

People do not necessarily read the manual from start to finish in a linear
fashion.  They can land in a given node in any number of ways, including via the
index or a cross reference.

It makes no sense to say that because some information is in a sibling node
there is no reason to cross reference it.  Whether to cross reference it should
depend only on whether its content is relevant/related.  Which it is, in this
case.






      reply	other threads:[~2012-11-17  6:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-20 23:12 bug#12695: 24.2.50; Describe file-name cache at (emacs) `File Conveniences' Drew Adams
2012-11-17  6:30 ` Chong Yidong
2012-11-17  6:45   ` Drew Adams [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

  List information: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=786D9A0CE0614EB8B4FF1781E571C211@us.oracle.com \
    --to=drew.adams@oracle.com \
    --cc=12695@debbugs.gnu.org \
    --cc=cyd@gnu.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox

	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).