From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lute Kamstra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Version of the Lisp Manual. Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:40:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87oeagambh.fsf@xs4all.nl> References: <87acm1dsyb.fsf@xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1118245298 25758 80.91.229.2 (8 Jun 2005 15:41:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:41:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 08 17:41:25 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dg2el-0004oo-C3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:39:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dg2lV-0000zs-8f for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:46:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dg2jz-0000SS-KW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:45:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dg2jn-0000Nc-5e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:45:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dg2jm-0000N6-B2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:45:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [194.109.24.30] (helo=smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dg2jK-0007JN-Ug; Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:44:35 -0400 Original-Received: from pijl (a80-127-67-124.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.127.67.124]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j58Fepwm031891; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:40:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Lute.Kamstra@xs4all.nl) Original-Received: from lute by pijl with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Dg2fi-00014M-00; Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:40:50 +0200 Original-To: Eli Zaretskii In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 08 Jun 2005 17:41:59 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Original-Lines: 23 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner 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:38337 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38337 Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Lute Kamstra >> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:49:16 +0200 >> >> The Lisp Manual has its own version number (2.9 currently). Does this >> serve any purpose now that we release it together with Emacs? Why not >> remove the version number and just say that it is the Lisp Manual >> corresponding to Emacs version so-and-so? > > The ELisp manual is printed as a book, and books have _editions_. The > 2.9 thingy is used as the printed manual's edition (see @titlepage), > whose count is independent of the Emacs version documented in that > edition of the manual. The edition is printed on the first pages of > the manual's printed copy. Why not let the edition of the manual equal the version of Emacs? When you see edition 2.5 of the Lisp manual, that probably doesn't tell you much. The first thing you will do is figure out to which Emacs version that corresponds. (I guess the same goes for the edition of the Emacs manual.) Lute.