From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: require basic stuff from specific packages Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 07:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3d375445-17b9-415c-9f6c-e84458afcfee@default> References: <864m8671sy.fsf@student.uu.se> <86y45glxpy.fsf@student.uu.se> <86lh16i94u.fsf@student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1468419129 30460 80.91.229.3 (13 Jul 2016 14:12:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:12:09 +0000 (UTC) To: Howard Melman , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 13 16:11:57 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bNKtH-0006wo-SO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:11:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47851 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bNKtH-0004Hv-4B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:11:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38436) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bNKs6-00041R-7g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:10:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bNKs0-0005Z6-3H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:10:41 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:40312) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bNKrz-0005Z2-IS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:10:35 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u6DEAY7O023952 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:10:34 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u6DEAYqH020769 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:10:34 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0010.oracle.com (abhmp0010.oracle.com [141.146.116.16]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u6DEAXY0007727; Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:10:33 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] 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:110807 Archived-At: > > However when it comes to tech details like this > > such books aren't much good, and reference > > manuals are only good if there is a good method > > of looking up things in it. >=20 > FWIW, I find the elisp manual to be pretty good and it's > index pretty complete and easy to use via Emacs' info > system (C-h i and then i in a manual). +1. PLUS: If you find something that you think should be added to the index, `M-x report-emacs-bug' is your friend. Not everything you suggest gets accepted, but it's a lot easier getting something changed in Emacs manuals than in proprietary books. ;-)