From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: describe-mode's treatment of minor-modes is annoying Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 18:28:34 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040504222834.GB10432@fencepost> References: <87wu3s96ru.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083710430 19749 80.91.224.253 (4 May 2004 22:40:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:40:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed May 05 00:40:24 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BL8aO-0005pp-00 for ; Wed, 05 May 2004 00:40:24 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BL8aO-0003eJ-00 for ; Wed, 05 May 2004 00:40:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BL8Sr-0002nu-Cz for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 18:32:37 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BL8Pi-0002Fn-My for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 18:29:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BL8PA-000270-Hu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 18:29:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BL8PA-00026u-7r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 18:28:48 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1BL8Ow-0003gB-2g; Tue, 04 May 2004 18:28:34 -0400 Original-To: Richard Stallman Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22767 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22767 On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 04:08:14PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > E.g., make the layout something like: > > (Information on [minor modes] comes after the major mode description) > > This might be ok. It should also suggest typing C-x ] C-x ] to get to > the minor mode information. That should always work, since the major > mode doc string should never contain a page break. You don't think the hyperlink is enough? -Miles -- Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. -- Jerry Garcia