From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 50936@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50936: "(emacs) Help" does say how to find external packages
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 19:28:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmkDDavP1WXxX-wBeb5PNV5j7Ao0NVi7-b=sPGOV6wmM=w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83a6jseoir.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> The manual explains what is available in Emacs. If the user looks for
> features not in Emacs, it is okay not to find them in our
> documentation. It is unrealistic for use to provide ways to find
> features outside of Emacs, because they are too many.
I'm not suggesting to list features, but to say that 'list-packages'
exist. That command is a part of Emacs.
> When we figure out how to more closely integrate with ELPA, we should
> as part of that try to find ways of searching the documentation of
> those packages as part of our "normal" Help commands. But until we
> have done that, I see no reason to make that section in the manual
> less efficient just so we could say we are more complete. I think
> doing so will result in net loss.
I don't think mentioning 'list-packages' would make the manual less efficient.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-01 17:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-01 11:48 bug#50936: "(emacs) Help" does say how to find external packages Stefan Kangas
2021-10-01 12:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-01 13:15 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-01 13:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-01 14:42 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-10-01 15:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-01 17:28 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2021-10-01 17:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-03 12:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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