From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs-Xtra Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:35:39 +0300 Message-ID: References: <17469.29694.605871.59144@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <8z4q0xcoa3.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145000165 28388 80.91.229.2 (14 Apr 2006 07:36:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:36:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 14 09:36:01 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FUIqP-0001Op-I6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:35:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FUIqO-0001Bq-SG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:35:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FUIq7-0001BN-Qm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:35:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FUIq5-0001Aw-V6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:35:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FUIq5-0001At-RP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:35:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FUIva-0005Jr-BU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:41:14 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-89-169.inter.net.il [80.230.89.169]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id DZC35118 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:35:31 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-reply-to: <8z4q0xcoa3.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Glenn Morris on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:40:20 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:52859 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > Cc: Nick Roberts , emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:40:20 -0400 > > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > >> I think the all the documentation for VC should be in one manual. > > > > I agree. And the same goes for Calendar. > > Just to comment that the Calendar manual has never (AFAIK) been in one > place. The fact that this problem always existed doesn't mean we shouldn't try to fix it. > So putting it all in the main manual (since it's already been > established previously that it should not all be removed from there) > would mean that the introduction of emacs-xtra would have the effect > of _increasing_ the size of the main manual in this area, the opposite > of the intent. The intent is to make the _printed_ manual smaller (because this makes FSF's publishing costs higher). The on-line version's size matters much less, especially since we now compress it at "make install" time.