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Re: Emacs-Guix 0.3.1
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs-Guix 0.3.1 |
Date: |
Wed, 24 May 2017 13:56:14 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) |
Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
> Actually, I think Info is superior, not least because of the index. In
> an Info reader (Emacs, for example) you can hit “i” and start typing a
> concept. A well-written manual will take you right to the section
> explaining the concept, even if the exact phrase is not used in the
> manual text.
>
> For those who aren’t yet familiar or comfortable with Info readers work
> is underway to add some JavaScript to HTML pages that can be generated
> from the Texinfo sources. The added scripts would provide similar
> features as a traditional Info reader application.
>
> Until then I really recommend learning a bit about Info and how to use
> it. It’s a really good system and generally provides better results
> than a web search.
BTW, the manual now has a “getting started” section on how to take
advantage of locally-installed documentation:
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Documentation.html
Ludo’.