Re: emacs-Xtra

[Nick Roberts]

 >     2) All the programming/development topics are moved to a separate manual
 >        (Emacs IDE?) and only the obscure stuff is left in emacs-Xtra.
 > 
 > If this means splitting the Emacs Manual into two manuals, both of which
 > we would print, maybe that is a good idea--but how would we split it?

In such a way that that fairly self contained topics like VC stay together.
You declined to say how much smaller the Emacs Manual needs to be, but I would
keep as much in it as possible.

Without this information, I would guess that the Avanced Features section could
be Volume Two and everything before, and everything after (Recovery from
Problems), could be Volume One.

 > (Version control is not used solely for editing programs, so including
 > VC in a manual for "editing programs with Emacs" would not be right.)

Emacs User Manaual Vol 1: Basics
Emacs User Manaual Vol 2: Advanced Features

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob