From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 10451@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org
Subject: bug#10451: 24.0.92; Bad cross reference in Info manual
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:25:42 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ppmwamcp.fsf@building.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8D2AE03A32444871A12AB1FEF6E31673@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 8 Feb 2013 13:09:45 -0800")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> I've reopened this bug. It was closed with no explanation, and the bug is still
> there.
>
> This is about _Emacs_ users who are reading the Info manual, which is an
> introduction to using Info to read manuals.
>
> The text tries to teach you about links to other manuals, and tells you to
> follow the given cross-book link. That link is broken, because it links to a
> manual that is not even included with Emacs. We are sending readers down the
> garden path, confusing them and making them wonder whether they might be doing
> something wrong.
>
> Such instructions (essentially tutorial text) should just plain work.
When you hit that link "Info file texinfo does not exist", which I think
is a clear enough signal to the user that they might consider installing
the relevant info file. Closing.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-09 5:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-08 6:40 bug#10451: 24.0.92; Bad cross reference in Info manual Drew Adams
2012-01-08 8:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-08 15:29 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-08 18:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-08 18:56 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-08 19:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-08 19:19 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-08 22:34 ` Richard Stallman
2013-02-08 21:09 ` Drew Adams
2014-02-09 5:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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