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Re: Emacs Manual topics to remove?
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Miles Bader |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs Manual topics to remove? |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:32:18 +0900 |
On 3/13/06, Chong Yidong <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 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.
In any case, it seems silly to avoid doing necessary pruning because
of some vague fear of offending somebody. Pretty much _everything_ in
Emacs is a contribution, so one simply can't think this way.
Not that it's an easy decision -- a great deal of what exists in emacs
is "marginal" in some sense (is only used by a relatively small
percentage of users).
It does seem that it would be courteous to bring the authors of the
text into the discussion; maybe they could suggest alternatives such
as abridgement?
Anyway, some possibilities for deletion that come to mind:
+ Nroff mode [obscure language these days, and not very useful content]
+ Asm Mode [fairly useless -- doesn't say much you wouldn't get
from just using the mode]
+ Table mode; I'm not sure about this one -- it could be very
popular, I suppose, but it _is_ quite large. Maybe there could be a
shortened version in the printed manual (similar to the way that Gnus
has a short intro in the Emacs, manual, which links to the huge
standalone Gnus manual)?
Personally I think "Nroff Mode" and "Asm Mode" could just be deleted
entirely, there seems not much point to them, even in emacs-xtra.
-Miles
--
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
- Emacs Manual topics to remove?, Richard Stallman, 2006/03/12
- Re: Emacs Manual topics to remove?, Randal L. Schwartz, 2006/03/13
- RE: Emacs Manual topics to remove?, Drew Adams, 2006/03/13
- RE: Emacs Manual topics to remove?, Chip Coldwell, 2006/03/13
- Re: Emacs Manual topics to remove?, Miles Bader, 2006/03/13