RE: standard error not in Elisp manual index

[Drew Adams]

> > 1. These terms are not in the index (at least in these forms):
> 
> I added some of these (about half of what you suggested).

That's much more than I expected. Thanks.

> Some reasons for not adding the others:
>   . Minor differences wrt to existing entries (e.g., "do something"
>     when "doING something" already exists).
> 
>   . Entries that might be suitable for the user manual, not for the
>     ELisp manual, whose readers are programmers looking for Lisp
>     features.  Examples: copy text, cut, FOO mode, utf-8.
> 
>   . Entries for issues that people are unlikely to look up in this
>     specific manual.  Example: gpl.

Sounds good to me.

> > 2. As a rule of thumb, it would be good for each of the 
> >    top-level menu items to be the first or near the first hit
> >    for the keywords in that item name, or
> >    keywords closely associated with that item name.
> 
> While I agree with the feature you suggest, I don't think that its
> implementation should by by tweaking index entries in the manual.
> More likely, this is something Info should do when it sorts hits for
> display.

I agree.

> So I didn't use the suggestions in this group.
> 
> > 3. These terms have no entries for the nodes in parens:
> > 
> > memory (Memory Usage)
> > documentation (Documentation Tips)
> > warning (Warning Tips)
> > key binding (Key Binding Conventinos)
> 
> I'm not sure what you meant by these.  Please explain.

I meant that `i memory' will not find node "Memory Usage", and so on.

Thanks.