From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Procedure for changing the FAQ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:03:01 +0300 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <2110-Thu24Apr2003090301+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> References: <7680-Wed23Apr2003121503+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> <200304231311.h3NDBAs4012370@rum.cs.yale.edu> <877k9kn8w5.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051164378 15157 80.91.224.249 (24 Apr 2003 06:06:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 06:06:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 24 08:06:15 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 198Zs7-0003wI-00 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:06:15 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 198ZyD-0006iW-00 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:12:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 198Zsg-0003bj-0A for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:06:50 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 198Zs5-0003Pi-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:06:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 198Zs0-0003Aq-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:06:09 -0400 Original-Received: from thor.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 198ZrU-0002lX-00; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:05:36 -0400 Original-Received: from zaretsky (cable-128-145.inter.net.il [213.8.128.145]) by thor.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.2-GA) with ESMTP id AXQ21720; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:05:34 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: alex@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <877k9kn8w5.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Alex Schroeder on Thu, 24 Apr 2003 00:31:22 +0200) Original-cc: ich@Frank-Schmitt.net X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13415 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13415 > From: Alex Schroeder > Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 00:31:22 +0200 > > Perhaps we need "dedicated" pages in the manual. Mail > setup. Indentation. Just to name the two most commonly asked > questions on #emacs. :) Mail setup already has its own manual, added recently to the CVS. As for indentation, that part of the manual was completely rewritten by Richard some time ago, with the explicit purpose of making it more clear, so perhaps you could take a look at it and see what else needs to be improved there. > Perhaps the wiki is an interesting collection of loosely organized > information so that we could pack it into a texinfo file and > distribute it the same way we used to distribute the manuals in the > old days... The wiki is certainly one place where to look for possible additions to the FAQ, especially if there's a way to know how many times each issue was hit by netsurfers.