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bug#50936: "(emacs) Help" does say how to find external packages
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#50936: "(emacs) Help" does say how to find external packages |
Date: |
Fri, 1 Oct 2021 19:28:30 +0200 |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> The manual explains what is available in Emacs. If the user looks for
> features not in Emacs, it is okay not to find them in our
> documentation. It is unrealistic for use to provide ways to find
> features outside of Emacs, because they are too many.
I'm not suggesting to list features, but to say that 'list-packages'
exist. That command is a part of Emacs.
> When we figure out how to more closely integrate with ELPA, we should
> as part of that try to find ways of searching the documentation of
> those packages as part of our "normal" Help commands. But until we
> have done that, I see no reason to make that section in the manual
> less efficient just so we could say we are more complete. I think
> doing so will result in net loss.
I don't think mentioning 'list-packages' would make the manual less efficient.