From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Checking the Emacs Lisp manual Date: 08 Mar 2004 12:20:13 +0000 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87oer734zm.fsf@tapsellferrier.co.uk> References: <87wu7d9n35.fsf@tf2.tapsellferrier.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1079008705 19344 80.91.224.253 (11 Mar 2004 12:38:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:38:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 11 13:38:02 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1PRq-0006ps-00 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:38:02 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1PRp-0006JC-00 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:38:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1MZL-000488-0u for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 04:33:35 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B0Jlo-00005Z-BQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:22:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B0Jl0-0007s3-3V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:21:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.168.156.73] (helo=tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.30) id 1B0Jkz-0007pD-3w; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:21:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.205.87.162] (helo=kanga) by tf1.tapsellferrier.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.30 #1 (Debian)) id 1B0JkV-0005YG-Qw; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 12:20:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=kanga ident=nferrier) by kanga with esmtp (Exim 4.30 #1 (Debian)) id 1B0Jjy-0006Dp-3D; Mon, 08 Mar 2004 12:20:14 +0000 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 29 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20301 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20301 Richard Stallman writes: > Could you tell me a little bit about what sort of checking needs to > be done? Do you want checks for code functioning correctly, or for > obvious ommisions or changes in emacs? > > That is a good question, so I will send the answer to the list. > > The idea is to check the Emacs Lisp Manual, primarily for inaccuracies > (perhaps due to changes in Emacs since the text was updated). Of > course, I would not mind being informed of other kinds of errors, but > people can spot those without being Emacs experts. So it makes sense > for Emacs experts to focus on looking for the errors that only Emacs > experts could spot. > > Before checking part of the manual, I suggest you refresh your memory > of the changes, by rereading etc/NEWS as far back as Emacs 21.1's > release announcement. After some network problems, I'm just at the point where I'm able to start checking parts of the Emacs Lisp Reference manual. Is there a list somewhere of what has already been checked? If there isn't maybe we should add a file to the CVS? -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk