From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Should `describe-face' have a global binding? Should C-h i be achoice in C-h C-h?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:31:23 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uslkqeodg.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <857j22lqrx.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:57:38 +0200)
> Cc: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:57:38 +0200
>
> > How about "read manuals installed on your system", or "read installed
> > manuals"?
>
> Possible, but I copy Drew's opinion that people will hardly expect to
> get hardcopy.
I suggested "installed" because that is the real meaning of "online"
in the original text. Hardcopy has nothing to do with this.
> However, they might expect to get a PDF reader or similar (which would
> be nearly as inconvenient), so one might want to qualify with "read
> hypertext manuals", if at all.
PDF format is also hypertext, so strictly speaking "hypertext" doesn't
exclude PDF.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-24 20:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-23 21:14 Should `describe-face' have a global binding? Should C-h i be a choice in C-h C-h? Drew Adams
2006-07-24 14:42 ` Richard Stallman
2006-07-24 16:22 ` Should `describe-face' have a global binding? Should C-h i be achoice " Drew Adams
2006-07-24 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-07-24 19:57 ` David Kastrup
2006-07-24 20:31 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2006-07-24 20:59 ` David Kastrup
2006-07-24 16:33 ` Should `describe-face' have a global binding? Should C-h i be a choice " Kevin Rodgers
2006-07-24 21:50 ` Richard Stallman
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