GNU bug report logs - #5069
23.1; lispintro manuals for sale url dead anchor

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>

Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:05:05 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 5069 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42 <at> zip.com.au>
Cc: 5069 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5069: 23.1; lispintro manuals for sale url dead anchor
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:49:33 -0500

Kevin Ryde wrote:

> emacs-lisp-intro.texi under "Free Software and Free Manuals" has a link
>
>     http://www.gnu.org/doc/doc.html#DescriptionsOfGNUDocumentation
>
> but that anchor (and section) seems to have gone away.
>
> I can't tell what it should be now.  The two urefs look like they repeat
> each other, I'd be inclined to show a single url without linked text.

I think shop.fsf.org is the right URL to use these days for all "you
can buy copies of FOO" type messages. It's perhaps worth mentioning
that manuals are not always in print.
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