RE: order of manuals in Info...

[Drew Adams]

> > 1. What is the ordering scheme used in emacs -Q for the 
> >    Info manuals?
> 
> They are ordered by (loose) topics, with the "main" manuals first.

No problem with that.

But what are the "main" manuals, besides the five I mentioned:
Info, Emacs, Emacs FAQ, Emacs Lisp Intro, and Elisp?

> > If it's supposed to reflect general usefulness or popularity
> 
> It isn't.

Use the term "main-manualness" instead of "usefulness", if you prefer. 

The question was about the order of those manuals that follow the five main
manuals I mentioned. What's the rationale? Is it "mainness"? If so, do you
really think that, e.g., Newsticker is more of a "main" manual than Ediff?

Do you think the current order is the best one?
Is there room for improvement?

> > Simplest would be alphabetical order - easy to find most entries.
> 
> TAB-completion makes everything easy to find.

That's irrelevant to picking a helpful order.
That applies to any order at all.


And what about question #2: shortening the long lines?