From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24283: 25.1; Suggestion: Add to Emacs manual an autogenerated appendix listing packages included with Emacs Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:48:45 +0300 Message-ID: <83fupwc10y.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87pop16f05.fsf@moondust.awandering> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1471877366 5000 195.159.176.226 (22 Aug 2016 14:49:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:49:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24283@debbugs.gnu.org To: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 22 16:49:19 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqXM-0000hZ-4i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:49:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41797 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqXJ-0004w3-I0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:49:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50217) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqXD-0004t0-BZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:49:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqX8-00089z-5z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:49:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:39304) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqX8-00089v-29 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqX7-00027Z-UG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:49:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:49:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24283 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24283-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24283.14718773268130 (code B ref 24283); Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:49:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24283) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Aug 2016 14:48:46 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37016 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqWs-000274-6T for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:48:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59129) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqWq-00026r-Re for 24283@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:48:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqWf-000828-H3 for 24283@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:48:39 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:35954) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqWf-00080u-DI; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:48:33 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1618 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bbqWd-0001HX-L0; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:48:32 -0400 In-reply-to: <87pop16f05.fsf@moondust.awandering> (nljlistbox2@gmail.com) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:122496 Archived-At: > From: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) > Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 17:31:06 -0300 > > If the Emacs manual had an appendix (which could probably be > automatically generated) that listed all the components that come with > Emacs but are separate, along with a pointer to their documentation, it > would, I think be very helpful. > > Then the result of the recipe above could be something like: > > Found `Calc' in Concept Index. (Only match) > > And the text in the entry might say something like this: > > "Calc" is the GNU Emacs advanced desk calculator. Enter `M-: (info "(calc)")' to see the Calc manual. Patches welcome, but please make sure that appendix doesn't get typeset in the printed version of the manual, like a few of the other appendices we have. Thanks.