Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!tivoli!greylock!lark From: lark@greylock.tivoli.com (Lar Kaufman) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: GNU Emacs manual sales figures [summary] Message-ID: <445@tivoli.UUCP> Date: 1 Mar 91 18:57:47 GMT References: <1991Feb28.133858.3648@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> , src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) writes: > hollen@megatek.UUCP (Dion Hollenbeck) writes: > >In article stiller@cs.jhu.edu (Lewis Stiller) writes: > >> I recommend the GNU emacs manual very highly. > >And I have exactly the opposite viewpoint. I DON'T recommend the > >manual. Without knowing the name of exactly the function you want, > >it is impossible to look it up in the index. > > sounds like it needs an additional *permuted* index? That would help. There is a problem with terminology, though, that makes indexing of limited use. If you don't know what to look for specificall (not just the function name, but the specific topic in the terms used in the book) you can get stuck. If you want an example of beautiful documentation, look at the manuals for the Quicken product (PC based). Beautifully done in all regards, and suitable for use by a broad audience. Lar Kaufman I would feel more optimistic about a bright future (voice) 512-794-9070 for man if he spent less time proving that he can (fax) 512-794-0623 outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness lark@tivoli.com and respecting her seniority. - - E.B. White