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26.3; Elisp manual: provide a link to (eintro) up front

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Message #25 received at 46084 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, rms <at> gnu.org, 46084 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46084: [External] : Re: bug#46084: 26.3; Elisp manual:
 provide a link to (eintro) up front
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 17:28:31 +0200

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> CC: "larsi <at> gnus.org" <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
>         "46084 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
> 	<46084 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:16:09 +0000
> 
> > Because there is already a link.
> 
> Not that I see.  At least not in Emacs 26.3
> (or 27.1, or the latest 28 MS Windows
> snapshot I have).

Maybe your Info manuals are (severely) outdated.  This text is there
as far back as Emacs 23.

> > What else is missing?
> 
> A link (as the enhancement request says).  Not just
> a textual mention of the manual's title, but an Info
> link.
> ___
> 
> And while we're at it, please consider adding a link
> (a link) to the Emacs manual, as well.
> 
> Textual references are great.  Linked textual refs
> are even better.
> ___
> 
> BTW, "This manual" can be misunderstood in the last
> sentence you quoted.  We presumably want it to mean,
> like the first "This manual" of the paragraph, the
> Elisp manual.  But immediately following mention of
> Eintr, it becomes a bit ambiguous.  Better to make
> explicit which manual is meant.

Nothing is ever good enough, sigh.

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