From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: makeinfo 4.7 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:52:50 +0200 Message-ID: <85hczumtxp.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <200608261711.k7QHBUS15318@f7.net> <85lkpaywjk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85irkd3j86.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85mz9psrvk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156931699 25340 80.91.229.2 (30 Aug 2006 09:54:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:54:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: karl@freefriends.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 30 11:54:58 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GIMm2-00055g-FF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:54:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GIMm2-0007II-2r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:54:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GIMlq-0007ID-Ox for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:54:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GIMlq-0007I1-Ap for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:54:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GIMlq-0007Hy-4V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:54:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GIMvD-0000MD-59 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:03:47 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1GIMlp-0000o3-Ay; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:54:05 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 056711C4D3A4; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:52:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:48:16 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:59100 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, karl@freefriends.org >> From: David Kastrup >> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:03:59 +0200 >> >> >> That is nothing an inexperienced user would do. >> > >> > There's nothing in "make info" that requires any particular >> > experience, IMO. >> >> "make info" will not do anything in a released tarball unless you >> touched the manual sources. > > The manual is mostly plain text, so there's no special experience > required to touch that, either. For example, suppose one finds a > typo or stale info. If one feels inclined to meddle with the manual, one will have the required experience for using not completely outdated software for the purpose of compiling brand new software. Eli, it is abundantly clear that no matter what I'll say regarding this topic, you will have the last word on this matter. Suit yourself. I guess everything that is not plain silly has been said already, and then some. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum