From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Auto Fill Comments Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:47:55 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87r1oclvkp.fsf@web.de> <87blffzq7f.fsf@web.de> <871rgbd56m.fsf@zoho.eu> <20201130085828.GB2954@tuxteam.de> <20201130104126.GC7121@tuxteam.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16017"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) Cc: Christopher Dimech , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: tomas@tuxteam.de Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 30 15:17:49 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kjjzx-0003wq-Dt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:17:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57486 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kjjzw-0001DS-DQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:17:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46580) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kjjy1-00009t-1t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:15:49 -0500 Original-Received: from static.rcdrun.com ([95.85.24.50]:50761) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kjjxy-0003Wj-Ea for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:15:48 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.34.183]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by static.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000002C0006.000000005FC4FE8E.00006F2F; Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:15:42 +0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201130104126.GC7121@tuxteam.de> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.85.24.50; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=static.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:125773 Archived-At: * tomas@tuxteam.de [2020-11-30 13:42]: > On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 11:09:52AM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote: > > [...] > > > Correct. Still I am working on that and have included it in formal work. > > If Gnu work continues to be simply a spare time thing many problems will > > arise as we are witnessing. > > I don't know, really. Having seen "paid-for" manuals before, I'd dare > to say that I am spoilt, as an almost-exclusive free software user. > > And having been stranded in more than one support hell, superficially > friendly (but you know it's a template, peppered with "user experience" > and things), but they let you know that all is about reducing per-issue > cost (and you /are/ an issue)... > > ...I seriously prefer the occasional "hey, tomas, go RTFM now" -- > although I try, as well as I can, to not inflict that on people. People need specific references and despite provision in Emacs it is not always obvious. There is Help menu -> Search Documentation and many different queries are there. Even thought search functions are available they may not be as obvious. It is with many software like that.