Re: Split man directory

[Kim F. Storm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     Indeed.  But instead of `man', why not use the GNU-standard `doc'?
>     Thus, we will have
>
>       doc/emacs
>       doc/lispref
>       doc/lispintro
>       doc/contrib (for other manuals)
>
I would suggest doc/userman rather than doc/emacs, as all of the manuals
are about emacs one way or another.

> This is fine with me (I agree with the person who said `misc' is better
> than `contrib').

Agree.


> I just wonder whether the added cleanness of creating a directory to
> hold these four dirs outweights the disadvantage of moving them down
> one level.  If there were many of them, such as 8, then it would be
> clearly yes.  With just 4, it might be more annoyance than it is worth.

I don't think so.  I strongly support creating the doc directory.

I also suggest creating doc/manpages and move all the *.1 files
from etc into it (further cleaning up etc).

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk