Why is this node in the manual? What is the point of mentioning possible future anythings? I really don't understand this.
To ask people if they want these features. I don't think anyone has said he wants them. I'm not for or against these particular features. I think it's inappropriate to place this kind of thing in the user manual. There are other ways to ask for input from users, and there is no reason to single out this or that particular potential feature for mention in the doc (or is there?). Technical doc usually tries to avoid mentioning what might or might not be done in the future. Apparently, this has been in the manual for almost a decade. Adding stuff like this to the doc tends to pollute it with wannabe and hasbeen info that can be confusing to users of the latest version. It seldom gets weeded out because people lose track of what it was for. It's better to put this kind of thing on a Web site (e.g. a wiki) or in a list of stuff to be discussed by a mailing list. Or, a list of such possibilities could be delivered _as such_ to users, along with Emacs (e.g. in directory etc or made available via a Help menu). If we want to solicit user input on particular questions, let's do so explicitly, not via stuff that's buried in the manual. _______________________________________________ emacs-pretest-bug mailing list emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-pretest-bug