From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Documentation Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:02:24 -0400 Message-ID: <87tzbkfknz.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1223658062 3532 80.91.229.12 (10 Oct 2008 17:01:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:01:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 10 19:01:58 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KoLN5-0004Ph-Jy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:01:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60767 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KoLM1-0002Vn-PX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KoLLx-0002VA-Ru for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KoLLw-0002UT-GE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45497 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KoLLw-0002UM-8k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:36 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]:55823) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KoLLt-0003CF-En; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:00:33 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C974D57E210; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:02:24 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:26:12 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:104459 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > What's the plan for updating the documentation for Emacs 23? > > So many new and improved features are in dire need of documenting > them, and so few people actually contribute to the manuals, that I > have a hard time believing we'll be done by the pretest. IIRC, just > reviewing the manuals, _after_ they were already updated, was a > formidable job that took quite a few weeks. > > I suggest we start this ASAP. If anyone would like to volunteer, please email me.