From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs cvs newbie problems Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:24:50 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200210011724.g91HOoi09136@f7.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033493174 25987 127.0.0.1 (1 Oct 2002 17:26:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:26:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, eliz@is.elta.co.il, hattons@speakeasy.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17wQmj-0006l0-00 for ; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 19:26:13 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17wRWz-0005bX-00 for ; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 20:14:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17wQmu-0005JQ-00; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 13:26:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17wQlW-0005IL-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 13:24:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17wQlR-0005HH-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 13:24:57 -0400 Original-Received: from consort.superb.net ([209.61.216.22] helo=f7.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17wQlP-0005Gp-00; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 13:24:51 -0400 Original-Received: (from karl@localhost) by f7.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g91HOoi09136; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:24:50 -0400 Original-To: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8299 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8299 How about changing makeinfo to complain when the specified dircategory is not among the few standard ones ? I think that would be too frustrating -- the problem is that there is more than a few. I wouldn't want to prejudge a maintainer's decision on what category to use. I suggest we change `Linux' to `GNU/Linux' Yes. Actually I just removed that category some time ago. and change `GNU Emacs Lisp' to `GNU Emacs' (or maybe `Emacs' which is what Emacs uses). Well, my thought was that the main `Emacs' entry could be in `GNU packages', and then all the manuals for the elisp addons would be `GNU Emacs Lisp'. Then the main emacs entry is not lost in the welter of other emacs-related entries. But I'm certainly not going to insist, whatever you think best. Also I don't understand the difference between `GNU programming tools' and `GNU programming documentation'. GNU packages: programs that any user might use GNU programming tools: programs that only programmers use GNU programming documentation: related documentation for programmers As in: GNU programming documentation * GDB internals: (gdbint). Debugger internals. * Ld internals: (ldint). GNU linker internals. * Source config: (cfg-paper). Some theory on configuring source packages. * Stabs: (stabs). Symbol table debugging information format. GNU programming tools * As: (as). Assembler. * Autoconf: (autoconf). Create source code configuration scripts * Binutils: (binutils). ar/copy/objdump/nm/size/strip/ranlib. * Bison: (bison). LALR(1) parser generator. * CVS: (cvs). Concurrent versions system for source control. * Cpp: (cpp). The GNU C preprocessor. ... I'll see if I can come up with some more concrete recommendations and put them in the manual.