From: Dave Love <d.love@dl.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: emacs21-branch (Re: ognus)
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:23:23 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200011021723.RAA12718@djlvig.dl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <isk8apncfl.fsf@elk.ps.uni-sb.de>
>>>>> "DD" == Denys Duchier <Denys.Duchier@ps.uni-sb.de> writes:
DD> when you buy a physical device, you expect the manual to contain
DD> instructions about maintenance.
Then you must get disappointed.
DD> Same here, only more so.
It's probably pointless to enumerate why putting details of the CVS
repository in a user manual is a bad idea, but I'll go further and say
they shouldn't be in any manual in the distribution. Consider
alternatives.
DD> Things can be complicated enough as they are.
Yes, like I often can't figure out how I'm supposed to do something in
Gnus without reading the code, and it's often hard even then.
DD> Let's not make them harder by withholding crucial information.
Let's not set up straw men. How about contributing to the
documentation so that it is less complicated for people? Try to
follow rms's exacting standards for user and programmer docs.
--
People have told me the [Emacs] manual is very good. -- rms
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-11-02 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-10-27 22:59 ognus Simon Josefsson
2000-10-28 0:25 ` ognus ShengHuo ZHU
2000-10-28 13:41 ` ognus Simon Josefsson
2000-10-28 15:34 ` ognus Kai Großjohann
2000-10-28 15:41 ` ognus Simon Josefsson
2000-10-29 17:47 ` ognus Dave Love
2000-10-31 22:09 ` S/MIME and PGP/MIME (Was: Re: ognus) Bjørn Mork
2000-10-31 23:18 ` ShengHuo ZHU
2000-11-01 20:41 ` Bjørn Mork
2000-10-28 19:22 ` emacs21-branch (Re: ognus) Karl Eichwalder
2000-10-29 17:47 ` Dave Love
2000-10-29 18:48 ` Karl Eichwalder
2000-10-29 19:50 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-10-29 21:26 ` Florian Weimer
2000-10-29 22:53 ` ShengHuo ZHU
2000-10-30 22:53 ` Dave Love
2000-10-30 23:20 ` Denys Duchier
2000-10-30 23:38 ` Laura Conrad
2000-10-31 9:50 ` Denys Duchier
2000-11-02 17:25 ` Dave Love
2000-11-02 17:34 ` Gunnar Evermann
2000-11-03 19:09 ` Dave Love
2000-11-03 22:07 ` Gunnar Evermann
2000-11-02 21:01 ` Denys Duchier
2000-11-02 22:53 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-11-03 14:31 ` Per Abrahamsen
2000-11-03 14:42 ` luis fernandes
2000-11-04 11:42 ` Steinar Bang
2000-11-04 2:52 ` Russ Allbery
2000-11-03 19:14 ` Dave Love
2000-11-03 19:42 ` Denys Duchier
2000-11-04 0:04 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-11-04 15:04 ` Per Abrahamsen
2000-11-04 20:15 ` Denys Duchier
2000-11-04 22:59 ` Andreas Fuchs
2000-11-05 1:15 ` Russ Allbery
2000-11-02 17:23 ` Dave Love [this message]
2000-10-31 0:17 ` Steven E. Harris
2000-10-31 10:09 ` Kai Großjohann
2000-10-29 17:39 ` ognus Dave Love
2000-10-30 11:35 ` ognus Per Abrahamsen
2000-10-30 13:05 ` ognus Kai Großjohann
2000-10-30 23:24 ` ognus Dave Love
2000-10-31 10:16 ` ognus Kai Großjohann
2000-11-04 20:23 ` ognus Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2000-11-04 22:04 ` ognus Kai Großjohann
2000-11-04 22:34 ` ognus Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2000-10-30 23:22 ` ognus Dave Love
2000-10-31 9:07 ` ognus Russ Allbery
2000-10-31 13:06 ` ognus Karl Kleinpaste
2000-10-31 17:00 ` ognus Sean Doran
2000-10-31 17:55 ` ognus Kai Großjohann
2000-10-31 13:36 ` ognus Per Abrahamsen
2000-10-31 16:49 ` ognus Sean Doran
2000-11-02 17:35 ` ognus Dave Love
2000-11-02 18:08 ` ognus ShengHuo ZHU
2000-11-02 19:31 ` uunassigned code (was: Re: ognus) Per Abrahamsen
2000-11-03 19:01 ` ognus Dave Love
2000-11-02 19:18 ` ognus Per Abrahamsen
2000-11-02 23:01 ` ognus Kai Großjohann
2000-11-03 14:11 ` ognus Per Abrahamsen
2000-11-03 19:04 ` ognus Dave Love
2000-11-04 15:11 ` ognus Per Abrahamsen
2000-11-03 15:39 ` ognus Simon Josefsson
2000-11-04 20:31 ` ognus Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2000-10-31 16:37 ` ognus Sean Doran
2000-11-02 17:22 ` ognus Dave Love
2000-11-04 11:48 ` ognus Steinar Bang
2000-11-04 11:45 ` ognus Steinar Bang
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