From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emms: how to display the current track? Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:20:10 +0100 Message-ID: <87wq3iusal.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> References: <87fva7wioe.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> <87y4nyef1z.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1424078517 9405 80.91.229.3 (16 Feb 2015 09:21:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:21:57 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 16 10:21:46 2015 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 1YNHs8-0003jn-NW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:21:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38318 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNHs7-0004vk-LR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 04:21:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56634) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNHqo-0003US-0b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 04:20:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNHqk-00084x-1A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 04:20:21 -0500 Original-Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([2001:808:114:2::50]:50636) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YNHqj-000839-Qi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 04:20:17 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568215207E for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:20:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id KC6xZG2YnJ7A for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:20:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (117-116.echostar.pl [213.156.117.116]) by msg.wmi.amu.edu.pl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1629452063 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:20:14 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: <87y4nyef1z.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:808:114:2::50 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:102742 Archived-At: On 2015-02-16, at 04:00, Robert Thorpe wrote: > Emms has an info manual. It describes things like this. Ooh, thank you. And there's the source code. I have no idea why this list exists in the first place. And to stop being a jerk, let me mention that I read the manual two or three times, and somehow missed that. I did what is usually advised - "ask the system" - grepping (actually, icicling;-)) the emms-* functions (as I said in the first email). OTOH, I find the manual for Emms... strangely organized. It's not /bad/, but it's strange. There are more than one section devoted (at least partially) to installation: "installation", "simple setup", "configuration" and "quickstart guide". It doesn't explain exactly what the "browser" is and how it relates to the playlist visible after M-x emms. The "detailed node listing" is /not/ an extension of the "menu", as is customary in info manuals. So - while technically you are right - the manual is imho not exactly /that/ friendly, and it's rather easy to get lost in it. > BR, > Robert Thorpe Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University