Re: My emacs was upgraded and I am a novice again

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

"Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com> writes:

> On 23/09/2007, Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> wrote:
>
>> So  Dave, guess what, my advice .....RTFM!
>
>
> No Tim, I'd never found either of those indices.

Then perhaps it would be time to get acquainted with the documentation
system of Emacs.  Use the menu Help/Search Documentation/Look up
Subject in User Manual and type "revert" into it.  Or use Help/Search
Documentation/Emacs Terminology and type "revert".

If you have not found the information, it is because you did not even
think of asking Emacs for it.  The "Help" menu is there for a purpose.

> Yes, another index, presuming familiarity with the oddities of
> texinfo.  Eli tells me that it is the official policy of gnu. I find
> that archaic.

A working fast and efficient tool that is easy to use is not lightly
replaced.  Hammers might be archaic tools, but they still do the job
of driving nails.

> http://savannah.gnu.org/search/index.php?type_of_search=soft&words=%%%
> there isn't even a general gnu documentation list, seems that
> texinfo is a given and not open to a challenge.

There is no working challenge around.  HTML does not contain useful
indexing and structuring information.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum