Re: Gnus docs questions/notes

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>
>>> - Page numbering is restarted somewhere in gnus-manual-standard.pdf, so
>>> that the reference on page 2 to the Terminology section points to page
>>> 113, but there's no indication of the restart.  That's confusing.
>>
>> Generating the pdf is a pain, but I'll give it a go...
>
> It looks like the problem is this:
>
> @iftex
> @iflatex
> @chapter Message
> @include message.texi
> @chapter Emacs MIME
> @include emacs-mime.texi
> @chapter Sieve
> @include sieve.texi
> @chapter PGG
> @include pgg.texi
> @chapter SASL
> @include sasl.texi
> @end iflatex
> @end iftex
>
> When including external documents, LaTeX/TeXinfo starts numbering
> pages anew, which kinda makes everything yucky.  Anybody know a fix?

Not a simple one, but do those manuals really have to be included in
the Gnus PDF?  Can't there be one PDF per package?

OTOH, a user manual should be self contained.

OTTH, the Gnus PDF is more of a reference manual than a user manual,
though.

Just some thoughts.