GNU bug report logs - #50936
"(emacs) Help" does say how to find external packages

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 11:50:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 50936 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: bug#50936: "(emacs) Help" does say how to find external packages
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 14:46:34 +0200

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

>> I'm not sure if the recommendation should be changed, or simply
>> amended to also mention M-x list-packages.
>
> It's okay to also mention list-packages, but if so, the text should
> explicitly say that it's for features and packages not included in
> the core distribution.

I've now done this in Emacs 29.
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