Re: Have you all gone crazy? Was: On being web-friendly and why info must die

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:43:31 +0900
> From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,
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> Eli Zaretskii writes:

>  > I think a "typical" user will want to be in that node as well, when
>  > she wants to read about "cut and paste".
> 
> You mean
> 
>     12.3 “Cut and Paste” Operations on Graphical Displays
> 
>     In most graphical desktop environments, you can transfer data
>     (usually text) between different applications using a system
>     facility called the clipboard. 
> 
> right?

And its subsections.

> I agree that the *user* wants to be there, but I'm not sure
> *we* want her to be there.  In particular, on "i cut" I would be very
> tempted to land her in the parent, "Killing and Moving Text".  YMMV,
> but when I introduce students to Emacs, I do want them to read at
> least a little about the power of "killing" vs the limitations of
> "cutting"!

Did you read the text that follows?  If not, please do, it mentions
killing and yanking right away.