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: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 13:33:31 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200301041432.h04EWje0032078@stubby.bodenonline.com> <200301041616.KAA16998@eel.dms.auburn.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1041792387 24578 80.91.224.249 (5 Jan 2003 18:46:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 18:46:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jan.h.d@swipnet.se Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18VFmz-0006OI-00 for ; Sun, 05 Jan 2003 19:46:25 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18VFqh-0007aw-00 for ; Sun, 05 Jan 2003 19:50:15 +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 18VFn0-0004Yf-03 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2003 13:46:26 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VFln-0004Bm-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2003 13:45:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VFcJ-0001Jj-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2003 13:35:25 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18VFaW-0000MT-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2003 13:33:32 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18VFaV-0008Om-00; Sun, 05 Jan 2003 13:33:31 -0500 Original-To: teirllm@dms.auburn.edu In-reply-to: <200301041616.KAA16998@eel.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:16:59 -0600 (CST)) 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:10506 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10506 Anyway, if the document can be automatically converted to Texinfo, as Alfred and Alex suggest and if GTK were willing to distribute the Texinfo form with the project, then that completely solves the problem anyway. They don't necessarily need to distribute the Texinfo file; it is enough if they have makefile targets to produce Info and DVI files from their source files. But none of that substitutes for writing the text that needs to be in the Emacs manual. Pointing to GTK documentation is good for telling the user where to find more info about GTK, but the essential points about customizing Emacs should be given in the Emacs manual, focusing specifically on Emacs, addressed to Emacs users.