From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs cvs newbie problems Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:15:42 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200210012015.g91KFgd21423@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <200210012007.g91K79O18488@f7.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1033503420 30320 127.0.0.1 (1 Oct 2002 20:17:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:17:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, eliz@is.elta.co.il, teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, 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 17wTRw-0007sh-00 for ; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 22:16:56 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17wUCF-0001HC-00 for ; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 23:04:48 +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 17wTSE-0007Qv-00; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:17:14 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17wTQn-0007Nl-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:15:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17wTQl-0007NZ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:15:44 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17wTQl-0007NE-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:15:43 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g91KFgd21423; Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:15:42 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) 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:8307 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8307 > * Foo: (foo)bar. The GNU Foo program. > vs > * Foo: (foo)baz. The One and Only GNU FooBar program. > > No, these definitely should not be merged, IMHO. bar != baz. But note that `m Foo RET' will ignore the second one. As said, it might still be usable by middle-clicking on it, but it's still rather bogus overall anyway. Which is why I wouldn't object to merging such entries. > However, I think these can be merged: > * Foo: (foo)bar. GNU Foo. > * Foo: (foo)bar. The one and only GNU Foo. > where only the commentary differs. It's a judgement call, but personally I > think having one menu entry is better in this case, because it's fewer > entries in the dir file. Most likely one or the other them will be the > older commentary, so why bother having it? Agreed. Stefan