From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package c-intro-and-ref -- was Re: Proposal: Include C Manual from RMS in Emacs git, and/or release Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:10:52 +0200 Message-ID: <86frn1ko4z.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87ser8c230.fsf@jeremybryant.net> <86ser87rut.fsf@gnu.org> <86cyia4503.fsf@gnu.org> <87bjxsbc8h.fsf@jeremybryant.net> <86a5db1vc6.fsf@gnu.org> <87v7vy2cho.fsf@posteo.net> <865xnylznd.fsf@gnu.org> <87bjxp2irj.fsf@posteo.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="33833"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: jb@jeremybryant.net, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Philip Kaludercic Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 06 13:12:28 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1tJXC8-0008al-8W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:12:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tJXBK-0002Cv-C8; Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:11:38 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tJXBF-0002Cb-Nk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:11:34 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tJXBB-0008NX-J8; Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:11:29 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=fVkcAe4Uz1kb5uQb/IxCPlR2T6qgccHiiHSljeprUYs=; b=DYIGWFbdPfr9 Y/GWS51OFdDK8U7iexbokM5qiI/P7FEAQACzDBZXP5PnTO9Fo/1+OrLKiUpHcUEttEjdCdAGXCJFr WJrILwaGD9F5pe0PA+sI6nqvyGl3FpkasppXcxVsrYpNxgm2Klhxk3zbGhtK8fWW2Do+5Ag9Q2BqT Vv6jTxeObNuyOUbMwSElHGDaoL+wcJsMJ/Is9TFkzIz+aNyQAIXsRkMafVhVJavRFLf5dGr/8bkyP ni4zxQdvnAzI22vYR+43qcSqcJrR+GZAmu+jTB2e+16HvrwJItobOgQo5QgqL9IlxuL0pL2zsy9Ca fJ5XS+EsxmGlbyZzBt26/w==; In-Reply-To: <87bjxp2irj.fsf@posteo.net> (message from Philip Kaludercic on Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:44:16 +0000) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:326136 Archived-At: > From: Philip Kaludercic > Cc: jb@jeremybryant.net, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, > monnier@iro.umontreal.ca > Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 10:44:16 +0000 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> From: Philip Kaludercic > >> Cc: Jeremy Bryant , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, > >> Stefan Monnier > >> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:47:31 +0000 > >> > >> It would also make sense to make the Emacs manuals available for easy > >> download > > > > The Emacs manuals are part of the release tarballs, so they are > > already easily donwloadable: just download the release tarball, unpack > > it, and take all the files from the info/ subdirectory. > > While true, I think it is worth making it easier especially for people > who are not familiar with TeXinfo and TeXinfo tooling. What Texinfo tooling is involved? The release tarball includes the generated Info files, so Texinfo doesn't have to be installed or used (which is the primary reason why we include the Info files in the tarball in the first place).