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30.0.50; [PATCH] Add support for outline-minor-mode to Eshell

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 71284 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#71284: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Add support for outline-minor-mode to Eshell
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 12:33:32 -0700

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On 5/30/2024 11:05 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Seriously, though: since it is completely un-obvious what would
> outline-minor-mode mean for command-line-oriented modes like Eshell,
> both NEWS and the Eshell manual should say at least a couple of words
> about what that does.  We cannot get away by just mentioning the
> support and keeping silent about the rest.

Good point. I'd tried to write some more docs previously but was very 
unsatisfied with my attempt. After sleeping on it, I've tried again (see 
attached).

I added a preliminary commit here to move some of the existing docs into 
a new "Interaction" section, since I think the manual should really 
split out the documentation of commands and their syntax from how to use 
Eshell *interactively*. (I split this out since the diff is fairly 
large, but the changes aren't all that exciting: it just moves things 
from one spot to another, and adds some new index entries.)

That provides a better spot to explain this new outline-minor-mode 
support. I also filled in documentation for a few of the existing 
navigation commands available in Eshell.

[0001-Add-an-Interaction-chapter-to-the-Eshell-manual.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[0002-Add-support-for-outline-minor-mode-in-Eshell.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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