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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
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: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 08:58:00 +0300

> Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 12:33:32 -0700
> Cc: 71284 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
> 
> 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.

Thanks, LGTM.

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