GNU bug report logs - #61325
30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>

Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 16:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 23:19:52 -0500

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  > No, the first paragraph does not make the following paragraphs less
  > clear. My problem with this paragraph is different: if contains
  > technical information that is hard to understand without understanding
  > the joke.

That may be a key to making progress.  If some readers can't understand
the technical information, that is indisputably a problem.  The question
is how to fix it.

Can you show is concretel what technical information is hard to understand
for those who don't get the joke?  I have never used GNUS.


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