Re: Refcard for Gnus

[Richard Stallman]

Please forgive me for taking a long time to follow up on this.
I was too busy to really think about it when your message came in,
so I saved the message.

    currently the Reference Card for Gnus is not included in Emacs.  I
    think it should be included.

It would be good to include it.

    Is it necessary that all input files required to produce refcard.ps
    (or refcard.pdf) are included in Emacs or would it be sufficient to
    add only the resulting PS (or PDF) file as gnus-ref.ps (gnus-ref.pdf)?

Inclusion of the source code is an ethical imperative.
    currently the Reference Card for Gnus is not included in Emacs.  I
    think it should be included.

    Gnus refcard.ps and refcard.pdf are created by running latex/dvips (or
    pdflatex resp.) on a refcard.tex (a completely different file compared
    to etc/refcard.tex in Emacs).  Other files used are
    gnuslogo-refcard.eps (and gnuslogo-refcard.pdf; generated using
    epstopdf).

    Is it necessary that all input files required to produce refcard.ps
    (or refcard.pdf) are included in Emacs or would it be sufficient to
    add only the resulting PS (or PDF) file as gnus-ref.ps (gnus-ref.pdf)?

    If all files should be included, we would need the following files.
    We may stick to the original names if we create a subdirectory
    etc/gnus, else we should rename them, I think.

      Bytes  Original name           proposed new name

       1792  Makefile [1]            gnus-Makefile

Why does this need makefile rules?  Assuming there is a real need for
them, we should put the rules into etc/Makefile, rather than making
a separate file.

        539  bk-a4.tex               gnus-bk-a4.tex
        542  bk-lt.tex               gnus-bk-lt.tex
       3851  booklet.tex             gnus-booklet.tex
       5279  refcard.tex             gnus-ref.tex
      54730  gnusref.tex [2]         gnusref.tex

What role does each of those files play?

The Emacs refcard is just one file.  Can the Gnus refcard be
just one file?