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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 29420@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29420: 26.0; doc of `list-packages'
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 16:52:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <838tevafus.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eb6a7e65-28f5-4a3a-86af-c4cca01e0427@default> (message from Drew Adams on Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:05:57 -0800 (PST))

> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:05:57 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> 
> `C-h f list-packages' should give you a better description of the
> display that results.  It wouldn't hurt to succinctly describe each
> column.

I added the list of columns.

> `C-h r g package menu' should give you a better description.  It should
> describe each column of the display.

It does that already.

> It could describe column `status' better, for instance.  Apparently
> one of the possible values is `dependency', but that is not
> mentioned.

Patches to improve the documentation of package.el in the manual are
most welcome.  I generally find its documentation inadequate and
outdated, and tried to improve that as best I could, but I don't know
enough about it to do a better job, and apparently (and sadly) no one
else is interested.

Thanks.





  reply	other threads:[~2017-11-24 14:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-24  2:05 bug#29420: 26.0; doc of `list-packages' Drew Adams
2017-11-24 14:52 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-10-19  2:04 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-19  5:25   ` Drew Adams
2019-10-19  6:42   ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-20 15:42     ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-20 15:58       ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-21 23:43         ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-22 15:20           ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-10-23 14:57             ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-23 15:47               ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-11 14:53                 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-14 11:07                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-15  3:38                     ` Stefan Kangas
2020-01-15  1:27                       ` Stefan Kangas
     [not found] <<eb6a7e65-28f5-4a3a-86af-c4cca01e0427@default>
     [not found] ` <<838tevafus.fsf@gnu.org>
2017-11-24 17:02   ` Drew Adams

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