From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hadron Quark Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why I can't use `info' in emacs? Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:54:54 +0100 Message-ID: References: <458268D7.6020203@163.com> <1166191335.058714.266970@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com> <1166206305.278573.25520@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <5qlkl7cw3z.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166472074 12231 80.91.229.2 (18 Dec 2006 20:01:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:01:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 18 21:01:11 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GwIjh-00063T-AU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:40:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GwIjd-00031t-MF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:40:53 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.cw.net!cw.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Trace: individual.net uUM9PdgDVCO/W16vm0qLGwiDnaHWax/4YfyO1ZGLyNTTQZEULD X-Orig-Path: news.individual.net!news X-Face: 2h#||Cd#d%F*NCm59[_6/{1a@jy%; |j>{D~4^gKg(^i%7j0IK?+,/GmW&:CD5fEKb_! User-Agent: Gnus Cancel-Lock: sha1:qLWlUYb/vlbus8RIvC4/kIQVfPY= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:144083 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:39704 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Hadron Quark >> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:30:08 +0100 >> >> Again : Did you *read* the excerpts I posted coming up from the code? As a first >> page context help, the man page is superior to the info file node which >> first appears. From a programming perspective. Here it is again : > > Instead of insisting that the superiority is obvious, why don't you > tell what you, from your programming perspective, expect to find when > you ask the help system about a function? Then, if that information > is missing from the glibc manual, perhaps some day it will be added. > > If you keep insisting that it's obvious, one thing is certain: the > manual will never be changed to your liking. Maybe that is your > goal... I would have thought that me stating I wanted context help from the code would make it obvious if you look at the two excerpts. One gives the function API and the overview, the other doesnt.