* Re: emacs-27 fda6009: Minor copyedits of Emacs manual
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@ 2021-07-06 12:30 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-07-06 12:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Stefan Kangas @ 2021-07-06 12:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emacs developers, Eli Zaretskii
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> branch: emacs-27
> commit fda60094a2a686323bcf23439e286f2240cfe737
> Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>
> Minor copyedits of Emacs manual
Thanks for working on improving the manual. One small comment:
> Emacs comes with an introductory online tutorial available in many
> -languages. This book picks up where that tutorial ends. It explains
> -the full range of Emacs's power and contains reference material useful
> -to expert users.
> +languages, and this manual picks up where that tutorial ends. It
> +explains the full range of the power of Emacs, now up to @strong{version
> +27.2}, and contains reference material useful to expert users. It
> +also includes appendices with specific material about X and GTK
> +resources, and with details for users of macOS and Microsoft Windows.
I think the final sentence here could be left out. The appendices
aren't super exciting or important in themselves, and the paragraph as
a whole carries more punch without it. Just my two cents.
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* Re: emacs-27 fda6009: Minor copyedits of Emacs manual
2021-07-06 12:30 ` emacs-27 fda6009: Minor copyedits of Emacs manual Stefan Kangas
@ 2021-07-06 12:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-07-06 16:43 ` Stefan Kangas
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-07-06 12:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Kangas; +Cc: emacs-devel
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 14:30:36 +0200
>
> > Emacs comes with an introductory online tutorial available in many
> > -languages. This book picks up where that tutorial ends. It explains
> > -the full range of Emacs's power and contains reference material useful
> > -to expert users.
> > +languages, and this manual picks up where that tutorial ends. It
> > +explains the full range of the power of Emacs, now up to @strong{version
> > +27.2}, and contains reference material useful to expert users. It
> > +also includes appendices with specific material about X and GTK
> > +resources, and with details for users of macOS and Microsoft Windows.
>
> I think the final sentence here could be left out. The appendices
> aren't super exciting or important in themselves, and the paragraph as
> a whole carries more punch without it. Just my two cents.
It's a marketing thing, not a technical one. The text comes from a
person who manages the next printing of the Emacs manual for the FSF
shop.
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* Re: emacs-27 fda6009: Minor copyedits of Emacs manual
2021-07-06 12:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-07-06 16:43 ` Stefan Kangas
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From: Stefan Kangas @ 2021-07-06 16:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: Emacs developers
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> It's a marketing thing, not a technical one.
Yes, that's why I spoke of the text "packing more punch". But I'm
obviously fine either way, so please feel free to do what you decide
is best.
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