From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Gtk patch version 3, part 1 Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 18:44:42 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200301011944.h01Jim0U011400@stubby.bodenonline.com> <200301040255.UAA16436@eel.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1041725299 18064 80.91.224.249 (5 Jan 2003 00:08:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 00:08:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: storm@cua.dk Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18UyKv-0004hD-00 for ; Sun, 05 Jan 2003 01:08:17 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18UyOF-0003cM-00 for ; Sun, 05 Jan 2003 01:11:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18UyIy-00062h-08 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2003 19:06:16 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Uy1V-0001cY-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2003 18:48:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18UxyD-0000yP-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2003 18:44:50 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Uxy6-0000xc-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jan 2003 18:44:42 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18Uxy6-00047m-00; Sat, 04 Jan 2003 18:44:42 -0500 Original-To: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu In-reply-to: <200301040255.UAA16436@eel.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Fri, 3 Jan 2003 20:55:12 -0600 (CST)) Original-cc: bob@rattlesnake.com Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10490 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10490 People seem to be arguing about a question that isn't real. When information is directly relevant to the topic, a cross reference to another manual (or even another section) is inconvenient for the user. It is much better to duplicate a small amount of information than to ask the user to find it elsewhere. The Emacs Manual should tell people enough information that they can customize Emacs.