From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Reiner Steib Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Splitting gnus.texi Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:07:16 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87fy1v36be.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> <87fy1ut4hp.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: Reiner Steib NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190786883 11601 80.91.229.12 (26 Sep 2007 06:08:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:08:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, rms@gnu.org, ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Katsumi Yamaoka Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 26 08:07:58 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IaQ3x-0002PY-AF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:07:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IaQ3u-0008By-13 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:07:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IaQ3r-0008BF-DZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:07:51 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IaQ3p-00089y-OJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:07:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IaQ3p-00089r-Kg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:07:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.uni-ulm.de ([134.60.1.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IaQ3m-0006mO-7Q; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:07:46 -0400 Original-Received: from bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de (bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de [134.60.41.37]) by mail.uni-ulm.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l8Q67f7R019138; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:07:42 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from localhost (bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de [134.60.41.37]) by bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6521412C67; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:07:41 +0200 (CEST) X-Face: 3Phac&+dw=IZHjhua]bp}LH<*p{qzj8u+ 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:79887 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:65261 Archived-At: On Wed, Sep 26 2007, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote: >>>>>> Richard Stallman wrote: > >> It would be good to split gnus.texi into 10 to 15 files >> just because it is so big. Similar for calc.texi. > > At least for gnus.texi, I don't see the benefit of splitting. > It's indeed big, but is not too big to edit with Emacs. Rather, > I cannot ignore a disadvantage of splitting it. I sometimes > write in it. Since various Gnus functions are related mutually, > I frequently check other items concerned when I write something. > [...] But if gnus.texi is split into 10 to 15 files, it will be > quite troublesome. > > I can agree with splitting if it is very useful to users, though. Additionally, splitting destroys CVS annovate (vc-annotoate). I also see no problem with the size. Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- | PGP key available | http://rsteib.home.pages.de/