From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "D. D. Brierton" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: GTK2 support in Emacs 21.3.1? Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:10:25 +0100 Organization: DZR Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <5l3ckgnbe2.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050610731 22556 80.91.224.249 (17 Apr 2003 20:18:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:18:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 17 22:18:49 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 196FpH-0005nk-00 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 22:17:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 196Fn4-0000ad-03 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 16:15:26 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!skynet.be!skynet.be!landlord!stones.force9.net.POSTED!not-for-mail User-Agent: Pan/0.13.3 (That cat's something I can't explain) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 33 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.159.101.92 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@plus.net.uk Original-X-Trace: stones.force9.net 1050610148 212.159.101.92 (Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:09:08 BST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:09:08 BST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112075 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8575 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8575 On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:59:17 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs will tell you how to get the > CVS code where you can find the etc/NEWS file, the manuals, > the source elisp code, ... > > You'll immediately see that the NEWS file is right now just a long list > of things with no structure and is thus inconvenient for new users > who can't easily skip things they're not interested in. > > You can also read, re-read, re-re-read the manual and send us patches > for typos, or point out places where the doc is difficult to understand, > or incomplete, or out-of-date, or plain wrong. > > Same thing for the docstrings, of course. Passing the various elisp > packages through ispell is also a good idea. Passing them through > checkdoc-current-buffer is also a good idea (although it requires more > skill and judgment to decide whether a warning should be fixed or not). > > You can do the proofread the elisp manual, which will also help > you to get acquainted with the actual code, so you can start sending > us patches to the code. Okay, thanks for the info. I think the NEWS file and the manual are the obvious places for me to start. I'll be especially suited to pointing out which bits are hard to understand. I wouldn't hold your breath for any code patches from me, however! -- ====================================================================== D. D. Brierton darren@dzr-web.com www.dzr-web.com Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson) ======================================================================