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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Auto Fill Comments
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:28:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83pn3zp8bu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-878f6b95-e9e7-4431-959d-bbf323277c4c-1606438028794@3c-app-mailcom-bs06> (message from Christopher Dimech on Fri, 27 Nov 2020 01:47:08 +0100)

> From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 01:47:08 +0100
> Sensitivity: Normal
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> The manuals should be rewritten because they are incomprehensible.
> Perhaps it was good in the eighties.  It continues forever.  Consider
> "face customisation" for instance, which just means font.  Nobody
> fuckin reads a manual with 17 nodes.  You don't know which one to use,
> which commands are most useful, and so on.  The problem gets compounded
> because every esoteric command is there.
> 
> You are just insisting on something bad and inefficient.

Fair warning: if that is your attitude towards our documentation,
please be aware that there will be some people here who'd refrain from
helping you.  We don't work for you, so if you refuse to help yourself
by becoming more proficient with the extensive documentation features
in Emacs, we cannot be expected to hold your hand forever.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-11-27  7:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 155+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-24 17:05 Auto Fill Comments Christopher Dimech
2020-11-24 19:42 ` daniela-spit
2020-11-24 19:52   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-24 20:02     ` daniela-spit
2020-11-24 20:53     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-25  0:56       ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  4:40   ` Dante Catalfamo
2020-11-27  4:56     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  5:47       ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-25  7:11 ` Robert Thorpe
2020-11-25  7:59   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26  3:56     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 15:13       ` daniela-spit
2020-11-26 15:23         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 16:00           ` tomas
2020-11-26 17:22             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 17:35               ` daniela-spit
2020-11-26 18:27               ` tomas
2020-11-26 18:44                 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 19:19                   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 20:16                   ` tomas
2020-11-26 20:29                     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 20:44                     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 21:14                     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-26 21:51                   ` Drew Adams
2020-11-27  0:47                     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  1:57                       ` arthur miller
2020-11-27  2:20                         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  3:04                           ` arthur miller
2020-11-27  3:46                           ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27  6:27                             ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27  6:34                               ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  7:02                                 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27  7:15                                   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  7:29                                     ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27  7:00                               ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27  7:10                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  8:26                                 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 13:26                                   ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27  7:33                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-27  2:15                       ` Drew Adams
2020-11-27  2:41                         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  3:21                           ` Drew Adams
2020-11-27  5:47                           ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27  6:06                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  6:21                               ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27  6:27                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  6:34                                   ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27  6:35                                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27  3:32                         ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27  5:32                           ` Drew Adams
2020-11-27  6:02                             ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27  7:28                       ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-11-27  7:59                         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  8:11                           ` Robert Pluim
2020-11-27  9:07                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  8:25                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-27  9:11                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27  8:51                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27  9:23                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 13:44                               ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27 16:02                                 ` tomas
2020-11-27 17:41                                   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 17:53                                     ` tomas
2020-11-27 18:07                                       ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 18:45                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 21:16                                           ` tomas
2020-11-27 21:32                                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 19:03                                         ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 19:39                                           ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 21:26                                             ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 21:40                                               ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 22:15                                                 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-11-27 22:38                                                   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-28  1:06                                                     ` Jean Louis
2020-11-28  1:24                                                       ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 22:55                                                   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-28  1:08                                                     ` Jean Louis
2020-11-28  1:45                                                       ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-28  2:54                                                         ` Jean Louis
2020-11-28  7:46                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-28 12:05                                                     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-28 15:58                                                       ` Andy Moreton
2020-11-28 16:15                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-28 16:29                                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-29  0:08                                                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-29  0:21                                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-29  0:25                                                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-29  0:44                                                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-29  1:15                                                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-11-29  2:24                                                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-29  2:56                                                               ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-11-29  3:21                                                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-29 23:41                                                                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-11-30  0:06                                                                     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-30  1:06                                                                       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-11-30  1:49                                                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-30  2:05                                                                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-11-30  8:58                                                                           ` tomas
2020-11-30 10:09                                                                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-30 10:41                                                                               ` tomas
2020-11-30 11:47                                                                                 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-30 12:43                                                                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-30  2:38                                                                         ` Drew Adams
2020-11-30  3:03                                                                           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2020-12-01 18:47                                                                           ` Andreas Eder
2020-11-30  6:45                                                                       ` Jean Louis
2020-11-30 21:19                                                                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-11-30 22:14                                                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-30 22:26                                                                           ` tomas
2020-11-30 22:32                                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-30 23:44                                                                               ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-01  8:45                                                                               ` tomas
2020-11-30 22:45                                                                           ` Drew Adams
2020-11-30 23:22                                                                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-01  8:42                                                                               ` tomas
2020-12-01 15:50                                                                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-01 16:35                                                                                   ` Jean Louis
2020-12-01 18:14                                                                                     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-01 19:33                                                                                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-12-01 19:56                                                                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-01 21:42                                                                                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-12-01 22:13                                                                                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-01 22:55                                                                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-01 23:16                                                                                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-12-01 23:27                                                                                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-12-02  4:49                                                                                         ` Jean Louis
2020-12-01 16:07                                                                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-30 23:12                                                                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-11-30 23:38                                                                             ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-29  7:52                                                               ` Yuri Khan
2020-11-29 18:43                                                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-28 12:08                                                     ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-28  7:33                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-28 12:02                                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-29  0:05                                                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 19:06                                         ` Drew Adams
2020-11-27 19:43                                           ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 16:25                               ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 13:31                             ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27 16:42                               ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 17:00                                 ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27 17:54                                   ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 18:40                                     ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 18:47                                       ` Christopher Dimech
2020-11-27 18:30                                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27  8:48                       ` tomas
2020-11-27 13:27                         ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27 14:20                         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-26 20:45           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-26 20:45         ` Stefan Monnier
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2020-11-27 17:51                           ` Drew Adams
2020-11-27 18:00                             ` Jean Louis
2020-11-27 19:00                               ` Drew Adams
2020-11-28  0:59                                 ` Jean Louis

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