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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: andrewjmoreton@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Opaque objects and Emacs documentation
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 17:56:46 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <91040299-384b-b952-7273-4da432ecb1ea@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83v9idea9m.fsf@gnu.org>

On 24.07.2020 08:45, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 03:43:41 +0300
>>
>> Doesn't the Commentary cover most (all?) of the above?
> 
> Documenting stuff in the commentary is better than nothing, but it is
> sub-optimal: our Help commands don't scan comments, so the information
> that is only in comments is less discoverable, certainly by users.

We do have 'M-x describe-package', though (C-h P).

> Therefore, I think any information important to users should be in doc
> strings and the manual, not just in comments.

I agree, but it's not like we can describe what the "current project" is 
in concrete terms in a user-facing command.

As for the manual, we already talked about this. Hopefully when you 
start on the alternative project backend, it can persuade you to include 
more higher level language in the descriptions.



  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-24 14:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2020-07-12 20:07   ` master 0339325: ; * lisp/progmodes/project.el (project-current): Doc fix Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-13  3:48     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-13 11:09       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-13 13:21         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-13 14:14           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-16 22:40           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17  6:56             ` Opaque objects and Emacs documentation Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-17  8:13               ` tomas
2020-07-17 10:40                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 15:38                   ` tomas
2020-07-17 10:37               ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-07-17 10:46                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 10:53                   ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-07-17 10:53               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 11:14                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-17 12:02                   ` Noam Postavsky
2020-07-17 12:52                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-17 13:09                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 13:56                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-17 14:35                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 14:59                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-17 15:03                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-18  1:54                           ` Richard Stallman
2020-07-18 19:17                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-19  2:27                               ` Richard Stallman
2020-07-19 14:48                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-21 19:00                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21 19:36                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-21 20:56                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21 21:06                                       ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-07-21 20:49                                     ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-07-21 20:59                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21 21:20                                         ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-07-21 21:25                                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21 19:08                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21 19:38                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-21 21:02                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21 20:29                                     ` John Yates
2020-07-22  0:45                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-22 14:08                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-19 22:02                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-20  2:44                               ` Richard Stallman
2020-07-21  1:09                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21  8:57                                   ` tomas
2020-07-21 10:14                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21 10:29                                       ` tomas
2020-07-21 14:34                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-21 18:56                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21 19:33                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-21 21:31                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-22 14:28                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-22 15:44                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-22 16:30                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-22 16:37                                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21 19:36                                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2020-07-21 21:17                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-21 22:12                                       ` Edebug (was: Opaque objects and Emacs documentation) Stefan Monnier
2020-07-22 14:31                                       ` Opaque objects and Emacs documentation Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-22 15:33                                         ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-22 16:22                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-22 16:26                                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-23  4:04                                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-07-23 13:42                                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-22 11:43                               ` João Távora
2020-07-17 13:08                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 13:42                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 14:22                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-17 14:56                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 16:56                   ` John Yates
2020-07-17 17:13                     ` Drew Adams
2020-07-17 19:04                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-17 19:26                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 19:25                     ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 11:53                 ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-07-17 13:13                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 14:26                     ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-07-17 16:58                       ` Drew Adams
2020-07-17 19:22                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 22:30                         ` Gregory Heytings via Emacs development discussions.
2020-07-18  0:00                         ` Yuan Fu
2020-07-18  1:01                           ` Drew Adams
2020-07-18  1:55                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-07-17 16:48               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-07-23 23:24                 ` Andy Moreton
2020-07-23 23:40                   ` Andy Moreton
2020-07-24  5:32                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-24 11:23                       ` Andy Moreton
2020-07-24 11:43                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-24  0:43                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-24  1:22                     ` Andy Moreton
2020-07-24  5:47                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-25 16:33                         ` Andy Moreton
2020-07-25 16:51                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-25 20:18                             ` Andy Moreton
2020-07-26  2:27                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-26  9:16                                 ` Andy Moreton
2020-07-26 14:02                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-24 20:49                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-25 16:38                         ` Andy Moreton
2020-07-24  5:45                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-07-24 14:56                       ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2020-07-24 17:21                         ` Drew Adams
2020-07-24 17:42                           ` Eli Zaretskii
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2020-07-17 15:41               ` Drew Adams
2020-07-17 15:49                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-07-17 15:59                   ` Drew Adams

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