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Re: The poor state of documentation of pcase like things.


From: Rasmus
Subject: Re: The poor state of documentation of pcase like things.
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:57:19 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux)

Hi,

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> But by lifting it, it would appear more prominently in the TOC.
>
> Only in the printed book, maybe.  The TOC of the Info manual is flat:
> all the nodes appear on the same level.  Are printed or PDF manuals
> being used a lot these days, in preference to the Info manual?

I very much like the pdf manuals.  They are the prettiest.  I also use the
Info and html versions, depending on mode.

> Besides, did you ever see anyone read the TOC of a large manual?  I
> didn't.  I guess someone might do that, but I cannot imagine this
> being a frequent use case.

I do.  I cannot speak for other people.

> Once again, I won't object to such a change, I just think there are
> lots and lots of much more important things that can and should be
> done in Emacs development, even in the documentation area.  I'd love
> to see the available scarce resource we have applied in those more
> important areas, if possible.

I believe you.

Rasmus

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