From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: missing src/ directory for eval.c Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 01:01:24 +0100 Message-ID: <861s4dyiwb.fsf@zoho.eu> References: <87zhr26oci.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="42163"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 12 01:29:02 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gtLwc-000Apj-IW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 01:29:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58718 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gtLwb-0005xo-Ct for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:29:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35083) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gtLuw-0003bV-Rb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:27:19 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gtLeI-0002WZ-SZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:10:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=43562 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gtLeI-0002S6-Hl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:10:06 -0500 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gtLeE-000ybY-Kh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 01:10:02 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:xDVqTtkOA5di1IKXhHrYOiZZSL0= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:119363 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: >> "forward-char is an interactive built-in >> function in `C source code'. C-source codes >> isn't usually available unless Emacs was >> installed from source." > > That's too wordy for all those users who'll > never want to see the source anyway. > Much better would be if when the user clicks > on the `C source code` button, Emacs > explained the situation and provided guidance > for the user to download the source. > Patch welcome. I agree, good idea! -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573