From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs manual mentioning thumbs mode but not tumme Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:55:41 +1200 Message-ID: <17949.22877.645175.478069@farnswood.snap.net.nz> References: <87slb8szz9.fsf@debby.local.net> <17947.65334.841905.101671@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176328708 21562 80.91.229.12 (11 Apr 2007 21:58:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:58:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 11 23:58:26 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hbkpc-0006Ye-5y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:58:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hbkth-0002vy-5E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:02:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hbktb-0002l2-Nh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:02:31 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hbktb-0002iq-4B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:02:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hbkta-0002iI-SL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:02:30 -0400 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HbkpT-0003EY-Gc; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:58:15 -0400 Original-Received: from farnswood.snap.net.nz (22.62.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.62.22]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A78F3D8837; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:58:12 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by farnswood.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id 3B836627ED; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:55:42 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.97.3 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:69314 Archived-At: > I don't see a need to mention Thumbs mode as well as Tumme mode. > It makes things unnecessarily complex. I think it's quite simple if you do as Dieter suggested i.e give a link to Tumme from the (emacs)File Convenience paragraph to the Thumbnails description and explain that Tumme is more extensive, > We certainly should not mention Thumbs more MORE than Tumme mode > in any given spot. > > So I will take out the description of Thumbs mode and put in an xref > to the Tumme mode section. Yes, that's a good way to ensure no-one finds out about it. If you consider a five line description of a package excessive, you might as well remove it, which is a shame as it's never been included in a release. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob