From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: angeli@caeruleus.net, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Split man directory
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:27:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877in51myr.fsf@kfs-lx.testafd.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1ISbWd-00074O-HB@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue\, 04 Sep 2007 12\:45\:15 -0400")
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> Indeed. But instead of `man', why not use the GNU-standard `doc'?
> Thus, we will have
>
> doc/emacs
> doc/lispref
> doc/lispintro
> doc/contrib (for other manuals)
>
I would suggest doc/userman rather than doc/emacs, as all of the manuals
are about emacs one way or another.
> This is fine with me (I agree with the person who said `misc' is better
> than `contrib').
Agree.
> I just wonder whether the added cleanness of creating a directory to
> hold these four dirs outweights the disadvantage of moving them down
> one level. If there were many of them, such as 8, then it would be
> clearly yes. With just 4, it might be more annoyance than it is worth.
I don't think so. I strongly support creating the doc directory.
I also suggest creating doc/manpages and move all the *.1 files
from etc into it (further cleaning up etc).
--
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
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Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <E1IPj9V-0003Yo-MM@fencepost.gnu.org>
2007-09-01 2:49 ` Split man directory Glenn Morris
2007-09-01 6:03 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-02 15:50 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-02 15:57 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-03 18:25 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-03 18:39 ` Glenn Morris
2007-09-04 16:45 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-01 8:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-01 19:11 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-01 19:47 ` Glenn Morris
2007-09-02 16:42 ` Andreas Schwab
2007-09-03 18:25 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-03 18:42 ` Glenn Morris
2007-09-03 19:19 ` Ralf Angeli
2007-09-03 19:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-03 20:04 ` Leo
2007-09-03 21:32 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-04 12:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-09-04 12:25 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-04 13:43 ` Stephen Berman
2007-09-04 22:58 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-04 13:46 ` Miles Bader
2007-09-04 16:45 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-04 23:06 ` Juri Linkov
2007-09-05 20:02 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-24 17:10 ` Splitting gnus.texi (was: Split man directory) Reiner Steib
2007-09-25 10:44 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-26 0:23 ` Splitting gnus.texi Katsumi Yamaoka
2007-09-26 6:07 ` Reiner Steib
2007-09-30 20:50 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-09-30 21:34 ` Reiner Steib
2007-09-30 21:46 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2007-09-26 8:55 ` Juri Linkov
2007-09-26 18:14 ` Directory doc/gnus in Emacs CVS (was: Splitting gnus.texi) Reiner Steib
2007-10-20 22:33 ` Directory doc/gnus in Emacs CVS Bill Wohler
2007-10-21 9:37 ` Reiner Steib
2007-10-21 16:26 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-26 0:30 ` Splitting gnus.texi Jay Belanger
2007-09-26 16:29 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-05 9:27 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2007-09-05 10:10 ` Split man directory David Kastrup
2007-09-05 11:57 ` Miles Bader
2007-09-06 4:59 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-06 5:23 ` Glenn Morris
2007-09-08 10:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-04 16:45 ` Richard Stallman
2007-09-04 17:57 ` Ralf Angeli
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