From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Major and minor modes Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:07:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <0e512810-e486-474d-9c71-5eceac5838a5@default> References: <5202e0d6-4476-4e97-a5cb-f1ee66d562c3@default> <366AD726-AE6A-4138-909E-DCA3C9F2B203@gmail.com> <83y3su3axp.fsf@gnu.org> <41AE1409-13B6-404F-BE28-FE43D482360B@gmail.com> <83bmpp2svz.fsf@gnu.org> <1750a088-5dfd-4aba-8d45-1e013f587ed7@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1497582490 5167 195.159.176.226 (16 Jun 2017 03:08:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 03:08:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Jean-Christophe Helary Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 16 05:08:06 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dLhcD-00014a-V1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 05:08:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56923 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLhcJ-0004js-8k for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2017 23:08:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50724) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLhbp-0004jm-Fd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2017 23:07:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLhbo-0003TP-MG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jun 2017 23:07:41 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:39815) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dLhbj-0003Lh-3U; Thu, 15 Jun 2017 23:07:35 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id v5G37VTE015231 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 16 Jun 2017 03:07:32 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v5G37Vje014450 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 16 Jun 2017 03:07:31 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0012.oracle.com (abhmp0012.oracle.com [141.146.116.18]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v5G37U3X024555; Fri, 16 Jun 2017 03:07:31 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6767.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:113480 Archived-At: > Shall we move this discussion to emacs-devel ? I would say no (but feel free). Eli will decide anyway, and probably already has. I don't see much point in a big discussion about it. It's not a very big deal. It's mainly about communication - referring someone to a manual section. In Emacs that's done by (MANUAL) `NODE'. And on the web it's done by a URL (e.g., a link). FWIW, in Info I have `G' bound to command `Info-goto-web', from Info+. It takes you directly to the same section in the online manual. There I copy the URL and post it on the web, when I want to point someone to the html manual. I probably use `G' at least once a day, to point someone to something in the manual, by linking to it. Pointing them to (MANUAL) `NODE' (i.e., in Emacs) is generally better, but both are useful. (https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InfoPlus)