From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Documentation for "Clone Buffers" (corrected version) Date: 10 Mar 2004 12:37:44 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1079039039 7929 80.91.224.253 (11 Mar 2004 21:03:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:03:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 11 22:03:54 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 1B1XLO-0007hk-00 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:03:54 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1XLO-0005mu-00 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:03:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1XD8-0000Ow-Rj for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:55:22 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B0uYI-0004om-UK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2004 22:38:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B0uXe-0004hH-NB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Mar 2004 22:38:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.32.8.214] (helo=TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B0uXd-0004gq-VJ; Tue, 09 Mar 2004 22:37:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.184]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id i2A3bmR28247; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:37:48 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id i2A3bl504491; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:37:47 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg03.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.16.203]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id i2A3bke23898; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:37:46 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edtmg03.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2A3bj3d014302; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:37:45 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15 (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id i2A3binX019212; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:37:44 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 6F9F749A; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:37:44 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Alan Mackenzie System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 16 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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:20312 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20312 Alan Mackenzie writes: > >The recommended method is to create one, do M-x rename-uniquely, then > >switch to some other buffer and do M-x info again. This works for all > >sorts of special facilities. > > I'm rather surprised at the preference for leaving an Emacs command like > `clone-buffers' _undocumented_. Does this perhaps signal an intention to > remove this command from Emacs? If so, why? I missed the start of this thread, but what's _wrong_ with documenting clone-buffer for this case? It's more convenient than rename-uniquely, works great, and even already has a convenient keybinding in Info-mode. -Miles -- `The suburb is an obsolete and contradictory form of human settlement'