From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@elta.co.il>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Documentation for "Clone Buffers" (corrected version)
Date: 14 Mar 2004 07:53:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uhdws7z4y.fsf@elta.co.il> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1040311141627.311A-100000@acm.acm> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:55:54 +0000 (GMT))
> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:55:54 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
> >The Emacs manual does not attempt to document all Emacs features.
> >Probably half of them are not included. It would be a bad idea to add
> >them; that would make the book too expensive. Please don't think they
> >are "missing".
>
> Ah, right, the book. I hadn't thought of that, and most people round
> emacs-devel probably never use it anyway. But it's presumably an
> important source of income for the FSF. It would seem there are three
> desirable attributes goals for the manual:
>
> 1/- It should be complete and accurate.
> 2/- The printed and online versions should be the same.
> 3/- The printed version should not be too big.
>
> We can decide upon any two of these, but we can't have all three at the
> same time. :-(
Yes we can: we could make a separate manual that isn't printed as part
of the Emacs manual. Then users can print it on their own.
We already do that for several major Emacs features.
Any volunteers?
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2004-03-05 10:05 ` Documentation for "Clone Buffers" (corrected version) Alan Mackenzie
2004-03-09 15:40 ` David Kastrup
2004-03-10 11:29 ` Alan Mackenzie
2004-03-12 5:12 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-12 16:34 ` Karl Berry
2004-03-14 2:32 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-14 7:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-14 18:17 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-14 18:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-14 18:37 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-14 19:58 ` Karl Berry
2004-03-15 3:14 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-15 6:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-15 23:35 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-16 5:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-15 23:41 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-16 12:09 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-14 13:39 ` Karl Berry
2004-03-14 16:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-15 4:57 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-12 5:22 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-12 1:24 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-15 5:05 ` Juri Linkov
2004-03-15 13:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-03-15 17:06 ` Miles Bader
2004-03-15 17:08 ` David Kastrup
2004-03-16 7:02 ` Juri Linkov
2004-03-12 2:45 ` Miles Bader
2004-03-09 23:40 ` Alex Schroeder
2004-03-12 10:57 ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-04-25 4:32 ` Juri Linkov
2004-04-25 13:37 ` Karl Berry
2004-06-17 16:33 ` C-h C-i Juri Linkov
2004-06-17 10:29 ` Karl Fogel
2004-06-18 7:16 ` Juri Linkov
2004-06-18 8:18 ` Karl Fogel
2004-06-18 14:55 ` Juri Linkov
2004-06-18 12:33 ` Karl Fogel
2004-06-18 19:00 ` Juri Linkov
2004-06-19 3:19 ` Richard Stallman
2004-06-19 0:19 ` Karl Fogel
2004-06-20 0:42 ` Juanma Barranquero
2004-06-20 1:17 ` Miles Bader
2004-06-20 1:29 ` Juanma Barranquero
2004-06-20 1:51 ` One possible bug-tracking system Karl Fogel
2004-06-20 13:23 ` Alex Schroeder
2004-06-20 12:42 ` Karl Fogel
2004-06-20 19:39 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-06-20 13:38 ` Karl Fogel
2004-06-21 9:31 ` Richard Stallman
2004-06-21 9:41 ` Juanma Barranquero
2004-06-22 23:17 ` Richard Stallman
2004-06-21 12:02 ` Arne Jørgensen
2004-06-22 23:16 ` Richard Stallman
2004-06-21 18:26 ` Karl Fogel
2004-06-21 22:28 ` Juri Linkov
2004-06-22 2:00 ` Marcelo Toledo
2004-06-22 23:17 ` Richard Stallman
2004-06-20 19:18 ` C-h C-i Richard Stallman
2004-06-20 20:47 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-06-20 23:15 ` Juri Linkov
2004-06-20 23:37 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-06-22 2:49 ` Richard Stallman
2004-06-22 2:48 ` Richard Stallman
2004-06-21 5:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-06-22 2:49 ` Richard Stallman
2004-06-22 5:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-06-26 10:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-06-22 2:04 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-06-22 23:17 ` Richard Stallman
2004-06-18 21:51 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-14 21:55 ` Documentation for "Clone Buffers" (corrected version) Stefan Monnier
2004-03-16 12:09 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-15 6:28 ` Juri Linkov
2004-03-16 19:03 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-10 3:37 ` Miles Bader
2004-03-10 18:45 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-10 18:45 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-11 14:55 ` Alan Mackenzie
2004-03-14 5:53 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2004-03-14 9:48 ` David Kastrup
2004-03-14 16:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-16 12:09 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-15 18:18 ` Matthew Mundell
2004-03-15 5:18 ` Juri Linkov
2004-03-15 6:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-15 13:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-03-15 14:35 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-15 20:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-15 20:40 ` Luc Teirlinck
2004-03-15 19:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-16 19:02 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-16 7:05 ` Juri Linkov
2004-03-16 19:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-18 7:21 ` Juri Linkov
2004-03-19 5:01 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-18 18:37 ` Karl Berry
2004-03-18 18:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-03-19 14:11 ` Karl Berry
2004-03-19 17:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-03-21 4:58 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-19 14:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-19 17:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-03-19 17:47 ` Karl Berry
2004-03-20 14:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-21 5:00 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-21 6:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-22 5:24 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-22 6:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-22 5:24 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-22 6:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-23 3:04 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-21 17:18 ` Karl Berry
2004-03-22 5:25 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-22 7:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-23 3:04 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-23 3:04 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-23 6:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-24 5:34 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-22 16:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-03-22 16:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-03-23 0:20 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-03-23 2:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-03-23 6:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-20 14:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-20 18:01 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-19 15:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-19 15:15 ` Karl Berry
2004-03-20 14:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-20 14:15 ` Karl Berry
2004-03-20 15:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-20 19:27 ` Miles Bader
2004-03-21 5:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-22 5:25 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-22 6:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-21 5:00 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-21 6:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-20 18:01 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-21 5:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-22 5:25 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-22 6:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-03-15 4:56 ` Richard Stallman
2004-03-10 18:45 ` Richard Stallman
2004-02-25 10:15 Alan Mackenzie
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