From: "João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 28814@debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Subject: bug#28814: [BUMP, PATCH] (26.0.90; When *xref* window is needed, original window-switching intent is lost )
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 17:03:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALDnm514pDbKWOybjY2T=XAMyRHCOwNFAovpb4s7inSyqjjLwA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Ping. This was very close to wrapping up and so I wonder if you
had a chance to look at the patches...
I hope my rant isn't putting you off, because it's just that, an
opinion, a data point. I did fix all the parts according to your comments,
I believe.
It's only the last patch with the doc changes that changed significantly
since the last time you looked.
João
On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 8:19 PM, João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> From: joaotavora@gmail.com (João Távora)
> >> Cc: dgutov@yandex.ru, 28814@debbugs.gnu.org
> >> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 00:59:28 +0100
> >>
> >> - In node "Looking up identifiers" there are is a repeated explanation
> >> of what motivates a *xref* buffer (lines 1831 and 1863). I think its
> >> clearer if this only happens once, so I merged the two.
> >
> > People who use the manual as a reference seldom read the entire node.
> > Instead, they read the description of the single subject they were
>
> I think nodes are read from top to bottom, especially if they are short,
> and this is a good thing. It's a small miracle the manual is so good
> since it is a giant patchwork of many different writers. Nevertheless
> it suffers from inconsistent style. I think repetition is very often a
> symptom of bad style. And I think style isn't some abstract and
> innocuous thing, it's a carrier for content and carries content in
> itself. And I think this even more of prose than of code.
>
> So here ends my minirant :-) and I hope I fixed everything in these
> patches.
>
> João
>
>
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João Távora
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-13 16:07 bug#28814: 26.0.90; When *xref* window is needed, original window-switching intent is lost João Távora
[not found] ` <handler.28814.B.150791088020837.ack@debbugs.gnu.org>
2017-10-16 17:58 ` bug#28814: Acknowledgement (26.0.90; When *xref* window is needed, original window-switching intent is lost ) João Távora
2017-10-20 9:13 ` bug#28814: [BUMP, PATCH] " João Távora
2017-10-20 10:39 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-23 2:06 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-23 8:23 ` João Távora
2017-10-23 20:03 ` João Távora
2017-10-25 0:24 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-25 7:43 ` João Távora
2017-10-25 10:24 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-25 13:29 ` João Távora
2017-10-25 14:49 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-25 15:35 ` João Távora
2017-10-25 15:46 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-25 15:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-25 15:27 ` João Távora
2017-10-25 15:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-25 20:56 ` João Távora
2017-10-26 7:56 ` martin rudalics
2017-10-26 16:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-26 22:40 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-27 0:05 ` João Távora
2017-11-02 17:06 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-26 23:59 ` João Távora
2017-10-28 9:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-28 19:19 ` João Távora
2017-11-02 17:03 ` João Távora [this message]
2017-11-02 17:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-02 19:07 ` João Távora
2017-11-02 19:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-03 13:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-03 16:18 ` João Távora
2017-11-03 19:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-26 12:39 ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-25 7:46 ` martin rudalics
2017-10-25 13:19 ` João Távora
2017-10-26 7:56 ` martin rudalics
2017-10-25 0:07 ` Dmitry Gutov
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