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Re: Emacs Windows FAQ


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Emacs Windows FAQ
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:02:48 +0200

> From: Uday S Reddy <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:51:12 +0100
> 
> On 9/25/2010 8:40 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > That FAQ has become obsolete a long time ago.  Most of its information
> > is outdated and misleading.  In particular, many "problems" it
> > mentions were solved in the stock Emacs sources long ago.  IMO, this
> > FAQ should be simply removed from the GNU Emacs site.
> 
> I would prefer if you keep it around but perhaps add a note at the top saying 
> that parts of it may be out of date.
> 
> Just the other day, I answered somebody's query in emacs.help newsgroup by 
> referring to the FAQ.  It didn't give him the right answer, but it pointed 
> him in the right direction.

What was the issue, and why wouldn't it be more useful if it were
described in the Emacs FAQ instead?

> The FAQ still has tons of information that I don't find anywhere else.

Like what?



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