From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:28:44 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87wsvjadfq.fsf@jurta.org> References: <85643ppor9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87sl6sbjaw.fsf@jurta.org> <87fy2oms2y.fsf@jurta.org> <85sl6o3rj1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <873aykml2v.fsf@jurta.org> <87bqd744yp.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzqv1sui.fsf@jurta.org> <87ir7bnm97.fsf@jurta.org> <87absl7sdo.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzqrt8ts.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1188052718 5950 80.91.229.12 (25 Aug 2007 14:38:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:38:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 25 16:38:34 2007 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 1IOwmW-0007ds-W6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:38:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IOwmW-0000xz-C2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:38:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IOwmS-0000xc-7Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:38:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IOwmN-0000xQ-Rd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IOwmN-0000xN-LP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:38:23 -0400 Original-Received: from relay02.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.197]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IOwmA-0007DK-L8; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:38:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay02.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IOwlz-0006mE-UK; Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:38:08 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu\, 23 Aug 2007 16\:58\:49 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: 1678f860418e8694a064f05d5e21ded6 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 1404 [August 24 2007] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0255], KAS30/Release X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:77127 Archived-At: > I think it would be nice to implement About pages as an Info file. > > I don't like that idea. It isn't necessary, and the Info file might > be missing. I don't understand why the Info file might be missing. Like all other Info files it will exist in the `info' directory. And saying that it isn't necessary, do you mean that most of this information already exist in the Emacs manual? In this case I agree. If not using an Info file and not using automatically alternating screens, I see no better UI than clicking on tabs to switch between screens. This is how many programs display information on the About page. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/