>From d12c5c21c5aa143965e41e7cd6f8f4a62818e0b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 17:24:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Omit edition numbers and dates in manuals MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit These seem to cause more confusion than they cure; e.g., https://shop.fsf.org/books/gnu-emacs-manual-18th-edition-v-261 currently advertises "18th edition" even as it points to https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/pdf/emacs.pdf which says "Seventeenth Edition". It is simpler and less confusing to stick to one version number like "26.3". If we need a separate edition number for each printed manual for some reason (marketing?) we can put “@ifset printed-edition” around anything specific to the printed editions. (as opposed to online PDF copies). * doc/emacs/emacs.texi (EDITION): * doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (edition-number, update-date): * doc/lispref/elisp.texi (VERSION, DATE): Remove, and remove uses. --- doc/emacs/emacs.texi | 20 +------------------- doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi | 7 ------- doc/lispref/elisp.texi | 13 +------------ 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi index a7967ecaee..678ccb9ba5 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi @@ -3,28 +3,10 @@ @setfilename ../../info/emacs.info @settitle GNU Emacs Manual @include docstyle.texi - -@c The edition number appears in more than one place in this file -@c I don't really know what it means... -@c For example, it has said "Sixteenth" since sometime in the Emacs 22 -@c series, all through 23, and into 24. So it is not very useful IMO, -@c and offers nothing that EMACSVER does not. I guess it relates -@c mainly to the published book sold by the FSF. Hence no longer -@c bother including it except iftex. Really, I think it should not be -@c here at all (since anyone can make a pdf version), but should just -@c be something added by the FSF during the publishing process. -@c Also, the lispref uses a float (3.0), whereas this uses an ordinal, -@c so the format is not even consistent. -@set EDITION Seventeenth @include emacsver.texi @copying -@iftex -This is the @value{EDITION} edition of the @cite{GNU Emacs Manual},@* -@end iftex -@ifnottex This is the @cite{GNU Emacs Manual}, -@end ifnottex updated for Emacs version @value{EMACSVER}. Copyright @copyright{} 1985--1987, 1993--2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -82,7 +64,7 @@ @sp 6 @center @titlefont{GNU Emacs Manual} @sp 4 -@center @value{EDITION} Edition, Updated for Emacs Version @value{EMACSVER}. +@center Updated for Emacs Version @value{EMACSVER} @sp 5 @center Richard Stallman et al. @page diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi index 489ba8d6ef..9ad4cf102e 100644 --- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi +++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi @@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ \global\hbadness=6666 % don't worry about not-too-underfull boxes @end tex -@c These refer to the printed book sold by the FSF. -@set edition-number 3.10 -@set update-date 28 October 2009 - @c For next or subsequent edition: @c create function using with-output-to-temp-buffer @c create a major mode, with keymaps @@ -106,9 +102,6 @@ This is @cite{An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp}, for people who are not programmers. @sp 1 -@iftex -Edition @value{edition-number}, @value{update-date} -@end iftex @ifnottex Distributed with Emacs version @value{EMACSVER}. @end ifnottex diff --git a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi index d667c51d78..652175c395 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/elisp.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/elisp.texi @@ -52,12 +52,7 @@ @end ifset @end tex - -@c Version of the manual and of Emacs. -@c (See comments for EDITION in emacs.texi) -@set VERSION 3.1 @include emacsver.texi -@set DATE October 2014 @c in general, keep the following line commented out, unless doing a @c copy of this manual that will be published. The manual should go @@ -91,12 +86,7 @@ @c @syncodeindex tp fn @copying -@iftex -This is edition @value{VERSION} of the @cite{GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual},@* -@end iftex -@ifnottex -This is the @cite{GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual} -@end ifnottex +This is the @cite{GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}, corresponding to Emacs version @value{EMACSVER}. Copyright @copyright{} 1990--1996, 1998--2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -127,7 +117,6 @@ @subtitle @value{voltitle} @end ifset @subtitle For Emacs Version @value{EMACSVER} -@subtitle Revision @value{VERSION}, @value{DATE} @author by Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte, Richard Stallman, @author the GNU Manual Group, et al. -- 2.23.0