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: On being web-friendly and why info must die Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:52:16 +0100 Message-ID: <87vblgdiov.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <87ppbqb6s1.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9x2f9me.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87a92uf8ik.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <8761dif6ib.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87k31xkue1.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87mw6tj8gp.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87k31xhqnq.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418395967 4972 80.91.229.3 (12 Dec 2014 14:52:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:52:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lennart Borgman , Emacs-Devel devel To: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 12 15:52:37 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRa8-0003PR-S7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:52:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57658 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRa8-000294-Hk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:52:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41204) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRZu-0001w2-MH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:52:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRZp-0005X3-UF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:52:22 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55954) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRZp-0005Wx-SO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:52:17 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34896 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzRZo-0002w4-Uw; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:52:17 -0500 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 61C24E6644; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:52:16 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <87k31xhqnq.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> (Phillip Lord's message of "Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:46:33 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:179915 Archived-At: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) writes: > I would agree with this. I am, of course, glad that Emacs doc has an > index, but in general, indexes are disappearing from documentation, > because it's just as easy to search and less effort for the authors. Just as easy to search? No. Less effort for the authors? Yes. Search becomes fabulously useless where command names are built from common words or get frequently referenced elsewhere. Finding the actual definition without the help of a manually prepared or polished index is unrealistic. -- David Kastrup