From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chip Coldwell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Emacs Manual topics to remove? Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:29 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142270593 1876 80.91.229.2 (13 Mar 2006 17:23:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:23:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 13 18:23:09 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FIqkr-0003xA-OX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:22:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FIqkr-0004R7-79 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FIqkf-0004R2-KH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FIqkd-0004Qe-RX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FIqkd-0004QW-N9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.187.233.31] (helo=mx1.redhat.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FIqoe-0005a5-Kd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:26:44 -0500 Original-Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k2DHMTPC017492 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.boston.redhat.com (mail.boston.redhat.com [172.16.76.12]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k2DHMS122634 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:28 -0500 Original-Received: from chiptop (vpn83-188.boston.redhat.com [172.16.83.188]) by mail.boston.redhat.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2DHMSWs020782 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:22:28 -0500 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: 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:51563 Archived-At: On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Drew Adams wrote: > The xtras "manual" needs a name that doesn't just say "extras". It could be > as simple as making the main manual "Volume 1" and the extras manual "Volume > 2". [ ... ] > I agree with those who mentioned that some way should be found to include > the emacs-xtras topics in the main Emacs-manual index, at least in Info. It > should be possible to use Info to navigate to all of the topics (including > xtras) more or less seamlessly. I agree; and I'll point out that there is precedent. The printed version of the GNU C Library is split in two volumes, but in Info it appears contiguous. Chip -- Charles M. "Chip" Coldwell Senior Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc