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Re: Emacs Manual topics to remove?
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Chong Yidong |
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Re: Emacs Manual topics to remove? |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:23:41 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Nick Roberts <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > The Emacs Manual is getting bigger and bigger. Could you suggest
> > > some topics to move into the emacs-xtras manual, which we distribute
> > > only on line?
> >
> > I think emerge, picture, the more advanced parts of calendar/diary,
> > and rmail can be moved into emacs-xtras.
> >
> > The chapter on Fortran mode can be moved out too -- there's no reason
> > to have a chapter on Fortran in Emacs, when there isn't one on Perl,
> > Python, or other (nowadays) more common languages.
>
> I think it could cause resentment to suggest removing chapters that others
> have contributed. I wonder if it's possible to count page hits on the online
> version at www.gnu.org and generally remove those chapters that receive the
> least hits?
Well, they are only being moved to emacs-xtras, not deleted.