Re: table.el

Ville> On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 08:52, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: SJT> If you do put it into one of the existing packages, it would SJT> be a good idea to add a one-line blurb saying where table.el SJT> is found to man/xemacs/packages.texi. SY> I'd strongly recommend *against* doing this... SY> find ./xemacs-packages/ ./mule-packages/ -name "*.el" | wc -l SY> 1708 >> Uh, yes? So what? Package listings that are pretty damn useless for >> identifying what's in them is not a design goal I ever heard about. >> Not to mention a FAQ. Ville> Yep, but IMO man/xemacs/packages.texi isn't the correct place for them, Ville> because packages change. Not that often, but they do. Instead, leaving Ville> it the way it is now, and adding a blurb like "For up to date Ville> information, please consult the detailed packages listing at Ville> <http://www.xemacs.org/......>." (The blurb might already be there, Ville> haven't checked.) Having only one thing to update would at least make Ville> my and Rendhalver's lives easier :) brilliant plan ville :) i am all for lazyness in its purest form (thanks for accepting the name change BTW make me happy) Ville> I'm already (slowly) working on a comprehensive package listing, which Ville> would include the descriptions, authors/maintainers (both XEmacs and Ville> upstream) and URLs (along with the information already at [1]). Ville> And this would not only be for regular packages, but all the stuff Ville> inside single-file packages too. IMO, placing this on the website would Ville> be the way to go. excellent how far have you got ?? need some help ?? Ville> Hmm, actually, the bunch of package descriptions could be a downloadable Ville> package... what do you think? yes defiantly Ville> [1] <http://www.xemacs.org/Develop/packages.html> Ville> -- Ville> \/ille Skyttä Ville> ville.skytta at xemacs.org -- XEmacs Advocate | Do not try the patience of Wizards, FreeBSD Devote | for they are subtle and quick to anger. Perl Hacker | - Elric (Technomage) , Babylon 5. Apache God | <mailto:rendhalver at xemacs.org> <GnuPG KeyID: AE51D190>