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: Should `describe-face' have a global binding? Should C-h i be achoice in C-h C-h? Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:31:23 +0300 Message-ID: References: <857j22lqrx.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153773540 14603 80.91.229.2 (24 Jul 2006 20:39:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:39:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 24 22:38:58 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 1G57Br-0004hc-2m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:38:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G57Bq-0004jD-Br for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:38:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G57Be-0004iz-EK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:37:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G57Bc-0004im-ON for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:37:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G57Bc-0004ij-II for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:37:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.73] (helo=heller.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G57Ad-0004Jh-Qm; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:36:56 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-155-218.inter.net.il [80.230.155.218]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id ABK70232 (AUTH halo1); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:31:19 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: David Kastrup In-reply-to: <857j22lqrx.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:57:38 +0200) 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:57568 Archived-At: > Cc: "Drew Adams" , emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: David Kastrup > Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:57:38 +0200 > > > How about "read manuals installed on your system", or "read installed > > manuals"? > > Possible, but I copy Drew's opinion that people will hardly expect to > get hardcopy. I suggested "installed" because that is the real meaning of "online" in the original text. Hardcopy has nothing to do with this. > However, they might expect to get a PDF reader or similar (which would > be nearly as inconvenient), so one might want to qualify with "read > hypertext manuals", if at all. PDF format is also hypertext, so strictly speaking "hypertext" doesn't exclude PDF.