From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Engster Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What would an "An Official" GNU Emacs Book look like? Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 08:04:49 +0200 Message-ID: <87vbfqe7zy.fsf@isaac.fritz.box> References: <554CED70.1080705@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1431929117 3412 80.91.229.3 (18 May 2015 06:05:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 06:05:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Vaidheeswaran C Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 18 08:05:07 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YuEAl-0001Ho-A2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 May 2015 08:05:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39244 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YuEAk-0001hT-KW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 May 2015 02:05:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57431) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YuEAh-0001g6-QV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2015 02:05:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YuEAe-0004e7-Je for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2015 02:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from randomsample.de ([5.45.97.173]:40873) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YuEAe-0004dh-CE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2015 02:05:00 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=randomsample.de; s=a; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From; bh=62ENHEL4paACx3oYVWlcA7XDy2iplDwYJn2GlTia2cU=; b=Ex048Q24apWNFhKMEsoQjBebzuQwM0SFvkRGfP7zsej/mcTyc7RYa8+QKyWDif9mzNm/b7/QxydDhTiBoZpxz3FExFLq2HGlzGEq8PYbypAjzPucekjrEdAIy10n63F2; Original-Received: from ip4d152b77.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([77.21.43.119] helo=isaac.fritz.box) by randomsample.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YuEAX-0007Yc-KF; Mon, 18 May 2015 08:04:53 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Vaidheeswaran C.'s message of "Mon, 18 May 2015 07:51:13 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 5.45.97.173 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:186571 Archived-At: Vaidheeswaran C. writes: > On Monday 18 May 2015 03:25 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: > >> If you contribute a book that helps people learn Emacs, better than >> the Emacs Manual, we will appreciate it very much. > > Thanks for the kind words. > > I am trying to get senior Emacs developers involved (early in the > cycle) to ensure that the Emacs Primer I am proposing is of comparable > quality to Emacs Manual. > > I am new to the list. So it is understandable that there is some > reluctance (even in principle) to lend me some help. Actually, what bothers me much more is that you posted several times with Jambunathans K old mail address on the Org mailing list. Care to explain? -David