From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Checking the Emacs Lisp manual Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:57:21 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87wu7d9n35.fsf@tf2.tapsellferrier.co.uk> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075317093 26672 80.91.224.253 (28 Jan 2004 19:11:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 19:11:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 28 20:11:18 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 1Alv5p-000311-00 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:11:17 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Alv5o-0008Qk-00 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:11:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Aluvm-0001f4-Vn for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:00:54 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Alutc-0001Cf-6P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:58:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Alut2-00011k-4W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:58:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Alut1-000113-DJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:58:03 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.24) id 1AlusL-0008K8-7l; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:57:21 -0500 Original-To: Nic Ferrier In-reply-to: <87wu7d9n35.fsf@tf2.tapsellferrier.co.uk> (message from Nic Ferrier on 27 Jan 2004 20:02:38 +0000) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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:19529 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:19529 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.