From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5069: 23.1; lispintro manuals for sale url dead anchor Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:52:54 -0500 Message-ID: <2f3a3vceqx.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <87d432pdve.fsf@blah.blah> Reply-To: Glenn Morris , 5069@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259654875 17802 80.91.229.12 (1 Dec 2009 08:07:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:07:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: user42@zip.com.au, 5069@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 01 09:07:48 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NFNlz-0001bg-Dz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:07:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41511 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFNly-0001NX-Lp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:07:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFNlt-0001Mh-Nk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:07:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFNlp-0001Lo-8S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:07:41 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59917 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFNlp-0001Lg-4j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:07:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:28697) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFNlo-0008Hc-H6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:07:36 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFNll-0001LB-T2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:07:34 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB187N6i002698; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:07:23 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB1804OI001184; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:04 -0800 Resent-Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Glenn Morris Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5069 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5069-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B5069.1259653982624 (code B ref 5069); Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5069) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 1 Dec 2009 07:53:02 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org (fencepost.gnu.org [140.186.70.10]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nB17r0G4000618 for <5069@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:53:02 -0800 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NFNXb-0001ea-30; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:52:55 -0500 X-Spook: Ft. Knox Kh-11 ASDIC Lexis-Nexis Bruxelles Baranyi fraud X-Ran: !UqkEtGS1THgR_N?gzD!1DKxgrCWe]zbp List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:33106 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > It's perhaps worth mentioning that manuals are not always in > print. > > It is better not to mention that, because people would be likely not > to even look at the site. That seems pessimistic. The reason behind my suggestion was that out-of-print manuals don't seem to be listed on the site (eg the Elisp manual), and I think it is confusing to be referred to a web-page and then find no mention of the thing you came to find.