From: "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>, Bastien <bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr>
Subject: Re: org.texi vs. orgmode.org/manual
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:34:09 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A4509DB-0036-4E0D-BE7C-943BDE66B7D5@tsdye.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <80D18519-B3DC-47D3-83A2-44660C5A717E@gmail.com>
Aloha Carsten,
Perhaps it would be possible to make available online different
versions of the manual corresponding to the major variants of Org-mode
in circulation, e.g. the latest release, the version(s) distributed
with emacs, and the leading edge?
All the best,
Tom
On Jan 2, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Hi Tom, Bastien,
>
> On Jan 2, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
>
>> Aloha Bastien,
>>
>> This is a nice improvement to the Org-mode environment. Thanks for
>> implementing it.
>
> there was once a good reason for only updating the manual at release
> time. Because
> then the online manual does reflect the released version of Org.
>
> However, the times between releases are getting longer, the Emacs
> version is always behind,
> and we are making many small changes to the manual all the time. So
> I do agree that this is a good development. Do we need to say on
> the home page that the manual documents the leading edge and that
> some of the documented features may disappear again in the course of
> iterations?
> But then, maybe we do not need to do that because changes to the
> manual are often made a bit later, when a new feature has been
> agreed on.
>
> All the best
>
> - Carsten
>
>>
>> All the best,
>> Tom
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2011, at 9:00 AM, Bastien wrote:
>>
>>> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> up to now, the online manual was only updated at release time.
>>>> But Bastien
>>>> is changing this right now, it looks like it will be updated much
>>>> more
>>>> often
>>>> from now on.
>>>
>>> Yes, the manual is updated every day now.
>>>
>>> Happy 2011 everyone!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bastien
>>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-02 20:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-02 0:15 org.texi vs. orgmode.org/manual Thomas S. Dye
2011-01-02 4:33 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-01-02 19:00 ` Bastien
2011-01-02 19:52 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-01-02 20:12 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-01-02 20:34 ` Thomas S. Dye [this message]
2011-01-04 9:34 ` Bastien
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