From: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: require basic stuff from specific packages
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 04:11:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86h9bui8x8.fsf@student.uu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.1251.1468375187.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> Neither the Emacs manual nor the Elisp manual
> documents all commands, let alone all
> functions, that are useful. (And libraries
> are typically not mentioned as such.)
>
> It's always a judgment call what to put in
> a manual, but there will always be tons of
> functions and variables that cannot (and in
> most cases should not) be documented in
> the manuals.
>
> This one is essentially a utility function.
> If it were autoloaded then it would be
> relatively easy to discover using completion:
> `C-h f string TAB'. (And if you have a better
> completion system you can also use `C-h
> f trim TAB'.)
>
> If you think that a particular thing (e.g.
> function) should be documented in the manual,
> the way to get your voice heard is to file
> a bug report (aka enhancement request): `M-x
> report-emacs-bug'. Likewise, if you would
> like to suggest that such a function
> be autoloaded.
I think it is probably better to focus on the
methods and structure of the problem than on
particular data items, but yes, one can do
that, for sure.
I agree a manual as in a text item isn't going
to solve it, perhaps a SQL database (and a web
interface) with every single Elisp function
(name, argument list, docstring, and location)
would be better...
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-03 23:13 require basic stuff from specific packages Emanuel Berg
2016-07-04 8:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-07-04 8:31 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2016-07-05 0:44 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-07-13 1:26 ` Howard Melman
2016-07-13 1:58 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.1251.1468375187.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-13 2:11 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.1248.1468373420.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-13 2:06 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-07-13 13:31 ` Howard Melman
2016-07-13 14:10 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.1273.1468416740.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-13 13:40 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-07-13 15:13 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.1301.1468422827.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-13 16:07 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-07-13 16:16 ` Kaushal Modi
2016-07-13 16:19 ` Kaushal Modi
2016-07-13 16:41 ` Drew Adams
2016-07-13 16:25 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.1322.1468427133.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-13 19:24 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-07-14 3:12 ` Howard Melman
[not found] ` <mailman.1377.1468465957.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-15 1:49 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-07-16 7:07 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-07-19 20:43 ` EB double-grep function for bash Tomas Nordin
2016-07-14 1:35 ` require basic stuff from specific packages Emanuel Berg
2016-08-09 14:16 ` Udyant Wig
2016-08-10 15:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-08-10 15:51 ` Drew Adams
2016-08-10 17:54 ` Udyant Wig
2016-08-10 19:43 ` Emanuel Berg
2016-08-11 5:38 ` Udyant Wig
2016-08-11 14:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
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