Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New packages: elquery, file-ring, metamorph

[T.V Raman]

The better solution would be for the package to come with a short info
file -- see packages like  embark. Then the info file just shows up
when you hit  info.
Adam writes:
 > On 3/28/22 23:43, Karl Fogel wrote:
 > > On 28 Mar 2022, T.V Raman wrote:
 > >> Sadly putting the examples in README is not very helpful since
 > >> installing your package from melpa doesn't appear to bring down the
 > >> README; one shouldn't need to click through to Github to find out how to
 > >> use it if one has installed the package.
 > > 
 > > Hunh.  Would that be something we should make a general fix for? E.g., 
 > > when a package 'foo' gets installed from melpa or from some similar 
 > > package repository, and it has a README, then the README gets installed 
 > > alongside the package as 'foo-README', or something like that?
 > 
 > I think that's a good way of going about it. From a cursory glance it 
 > looks like the most popular out-of-tree libraries (s, f, a, ht, epl, 
 > async, ov, popup, uuidgen) have most of their usage examples and 
 > documentation in the README.
 > 
 > Even if NonGNU's supposed to be a bit more curated, having everybody 
 > synchronize their README with docstrings or texi manuals might be a bit 
 > wasteful. I don't know if there's a way to do that automatically.

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Thanks,

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Thanks,

--Raman(I Search, I Find, I Misplace, I Research)
♉ Id: kg:/m/0285kf1  🦮