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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: tutorial or guidebook text for some complex topics
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:01:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <uzmbmvm1v.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MEEKKIABFKKDFJMPIOEBKENCDFAA.drew.adams@oracle.com>

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:35:12 -0700
> 
> Suggestion for after the release -

Suggestions for improving the docs don't need to be postponed until
after the release, since docs changes can never screw the program.

> What I would suggest is that the documentation be beefed up a little, to
> help users understand these critters better. I'd like to suggest that these
> topics be dealt with in a tutorial or user-guide manner, with examples to
> help people learn what these critters can look like and how to use them.

Adding tutorial is always a good idea, IMO, but the problem is that
too few people ``in the know'' know how to write good tutorials and/or
have enough time to do the job.  Volunteers are welcome, as always.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-10-23 20:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-23 18:35 tutorial or guidebook text for some complex topics Drew Adams
2006-10-23 19:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-23 21:14   ` Drew Adams
2006-10-23 21:46     ` Nick Roberts
2006-10-23 21:58       ` Drew Adams
2006-10-23 22:54         ` Nick Roberts
2006-10-23 23:24           ` Drew Adams
2006-10-24  0:13             ` Nick Roberts
2006-10-24  7:06               ` David Kastrup
2006-10-24  7:44                 ` David Kastrup
2006-10-24 20:46                   ` Drew Adams
2006-10-24 20:45               ` Drew Adams
2006-10-23 23:33         ` Robert J. Chassell
2006-10-24 17:42         ` Richard Stallman
2006-10-24 20:51           ` Drew Adams
2006-10-23 22:08       ` David Kastrup
2006-10-24 17:42       ` Richard Stallman
2006-10-24 23:49     ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-23 20:01 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2006-10-23 21:19   ` Drew Adams
2006-10-24 17:42 ` Richard Stallman
2006-10-24 19:31   ` Drew Adams
2006-10-25 18:03     ` Richard Stallman
2006-10-25 18:21       ` Drew Adams
2006-10-26  8:52         ` Richard Stallman

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