From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: On being web-friendly and why info must die Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 11:41:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <177bec31-488d-4458-8751-5ec3eccf36d5@default> References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <87mw72lyzs.fsf@earlgrey.lan> <20141205190925.GA5067@thyrsus.com> <20141206061019.GC14890@thyrsus.com> <87r3wdp0r5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <2e3dd70f-e3b7-4fb7-81c2-72331b5bc520@default> <87d27wofkt.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <0e8bcea1-3da3-4d64-807e-d616b8f38a45@default> <878uikoc81.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417894929 19910 80.91.229.3 (6 Dec 2014 19:42:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 19:42:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 06 20:42:02 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XxLEv-0006Kx-Ur for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 20:42:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55393 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxLEv-0006C9-Io for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:42:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41265) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxLEc-0006Bg-3B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:41:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxLET-00043c-O2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:41:42 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:51038) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxLET-00043X-HP; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 14:41:33 -0500 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id sB6JfWxV029302 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 6 Dec 2014 19:41:32 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.5) with ESMTP id sB6JfVpZ016757 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sat, 6 Dec 2014 19:41:32 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0015.oracle.com (abhmp0015.oracle.com [141.146.116.21]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id sB6JfV2w019047; Sat, 6 Dec 2014 19:41:31 GMT In-Reply-To: <878uikoc81.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:179210 Archived-At: > > Would you like to put this in the form of an enhancement request > > (`M-x report-emacs-bug')? >=20 > Actually, that's ultimately more like a Texinfo enhancement. > Without putting this information into the Info file, it would > need to get provided manually for each of the Info manuals you > want to be using that command on. >=20 > > If not, I will do so, but for the additional information you > > offered I can only point to what you said - I'm no expert on it. >=20 > Well, I can try passing the longterm request to Texinfo and it will > take some time to trickle down into both the sources of people's > manuals as well as into the Info file. But if Emacs info already > provides the necessary functionality for manually provided > information (customization and prompt, likely), that would already > be a benefit. Even though the full benefit with Texinfo help will > probably take years to materialize to significant degree. >=20 > So feel free to file the Emacs functionality request. Done - #19291. http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D19291