Re: Emacs Manual topics to remove?

[Nick Roberts]

 > > > 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.

But it appears that emacs-xtras is not being distributed with Emacs which will
reduce its reach considerably.  If the size of the printed manual is the main
concern (I'm only guessing), then perhaps emacs-xtras could be distributed
too.  Then the distinction wouldn't be so great and stuff could be moved
across more freely.

 > In any case, it seems silly to avoid doing necessary pruning because
 > of some vague fear of offending somebody.  

I've not suggested not doing it, but just not doing it in an arbitrary manner.
In any case, in my experience, Emacs development has never seemed to worry
about offending somebody - quite the opposite, in fact!

Nick