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bug#29420: 26.0; doc of `list-packages'
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#29420: 26.0; doc of `list-packages' |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Nov 2017 16:52:43 +0200 |
> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:05:57 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> `C-h f list-packages' should give you a better description of the
> display that results. It wouldn't hurt to succinctly describe each
> column.
I added the list of columns.
> `C-h r g package menu' should give you a better description. It should
> describe each column of the display.
It does that already.
> It could describe column `status' better, for instance. Apparently
> one of the possible values is `dependency', but that is not
> mentioned.
Patches to improve the documentation of package.el in the manual are
most welcome. I generally find its documentation inadequate and
outdated, and tried to improve that as best I could, but I don't know
enough about it to do a better job, and apparently (and sadly) no one
else is interested.
Thanks.