From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs-Xtra Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:40:27 -0400 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <4nd5flnwtg.fsf@asimov.bwh.harvard.edu> References: <17469.29694.605871.59144@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <17469.53282.265431.557135@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1144953732 11676 80.91.229.2 (13 Apr 2006 18:42:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:42:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 13 20:42:08 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FU6l9-0001ST-RN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:41:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FU6l9-0003cX-9A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:41:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FU6jg-0002mf-H9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:40:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FU6jf-0002lS-IQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:40:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FU6jf-0002lH-7Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:40:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FU6p2-0002r2-9d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:45:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FU6jY-0000yW-Vv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:40:01 +0200 Original-Received: from asimov.bwh.harvard.edu ([134.174.54.119]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:40:00 +0200 Original-Received: from tzz by asimov.bwh.harvard.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:40:00 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 14 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: asimov.bwh.harvard.edu X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Mol8CGjDq7x9yPFU3KkODhMSM6Q= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:52840 Archived-At: On 13 Apr 2006, nickrob@snap.net.nz wrote: > Emacs User Manual Vol 1: Basics > Emacs User Manual Vol 2: Advanced Features Why not just volumes 1 and 2, like the ELisp reference manual? The division could be basics vs. advanced, generally speaking, but there's no need to spell it out in case a third volume is needed, or topics are moved around. I like the idea of one manual, rather than several. The Emacs Manual is how I learned about most of the Emacs features I use. Ted