From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Realgud documentation: (Was: realgud now in elpa) Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:12:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1470694429 3460 195.159.176.226 (8 Aug 2016 22:13:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 22:13:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Rocky Bernstein Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 09 00:13:46 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bWsnp-0000ln-CV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2016 00:13:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60161 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bWsnm-0003oR-3S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:13:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56859) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bWsmc-0003lv-So for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:12:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bWsmb-0002M0-Kw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:12:30 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39181) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bWsma-0002Kj-4b; Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:12:28 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bWsmY-0003Xe-IY; Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:12:26 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Rocky Bernstein on Tue, 2 Aug 2016 19:42:49 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:206499 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] I encourage people to give you the help you've asked for, but I disagree with one point: > Don't know this particular package that well? Well, the best way to > learn it is to start documenting what's there as > you go along. A good manual is not just a description of the features, but rather a description of the best way to use them, and that often includes things that experienced users figure out. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.