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25.0.50; explain where to find skeletons in autotype info manual

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20780 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, youngfrog <at> members.fsf.org
Subject: bug#20780: 25.0.50; explain where to find skeletons in autotype info manual
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:44:07 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
>> Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 05:46:29 +0200
>> Cc: 20780 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> I wonder why the autotype manual is linked from the Emacs manual at
>> all.  It's a very low-level (lispref-like) manual, and doesn't really
>> seem to be something we should steer users towards?
>
> AFAIR because some user-level feature(s) is/are described only there.
> But I might be mistaken.

You're right; I didn't look closely enough.  Basically the least
user-friendly bit is the "Skeleton Language" node -- the rest are more
or less something users can be expected to relate to.

Would it make sense to just move that node to after the more user-facing
nodes?

@menu
* Using Skeletons::        How to insert a skeleton into your text.
* Wrapping Skeletons::     Putting existing text within a skeleton.
* Skeletons as Abbrevs::   An alternative for issuing skeleton commands.
* Skeleton Language::      Making skeleton commands insert what you want.
* Inserting Pairs::        Typing one character and getting another
                             after point.
* Autoinserting::          Filling up empty files as soon as you visit them.
* Copyrights::             Inserting and updating copyrights.
* Executables::            Turning interpreter scripts into executables.
* Timestamps::             Updating dates and times in modified files.
* QuickURL::               Inserting URLs based on text at point.
* Tempo::                  Flexible template insertion.
* Hippie Expand::          Expansion of text trying various methods.


[...]

@end menu


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