[slime-devel] Re: [Re: SLIME manual fixes]

[Bill Clementson]

On 1/28/07, Christophe Rhodes <csr21 at cantab.net> wrote:
> Jeffrey Cunningham <jeffrey at cunningham.net> writes:
>
> > I wouldn't take much to put it back. But at this point I'm waiting to
> > see some consensus from the community.
>
> I think that a good index adds to the value of any piece of
> documentation, and I have to confess to being slightly baffled that
> there's an opposing view.

I've listed the reasons why I'm opposed to the index in these posts:
http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/slime-devel/2007-January/005803.html
http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/slime-devel/2007-January/005869.html
http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/slime-devel/2007-January/005872.html

You can disagree with me, but I don't think you need to be baffled. ;-)

>  If there were a way of automatically
> ensuring that the documentation matched the code, whether through
> automatic generation or automatic testing, that might make the
> maintainer's job easier, but that may not be practical.

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Bill Clementson