Re: [ELPA] New package: dict

[Philip Kaludercic]

Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com> writes:
>>
>>> From 623c4d3b8be00f180e03480633a24ab61326e5cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com>
>>> Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 14:20:16 +0300
>>> Subject: [PATCH] * elpa-packages (dict): New package
>>>
>>> ---
>>>  elpa-packages | 2 ++
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/elpa-packages b/elpa-packages
>>> index d5603f7803..fab548b336 100644
>>> --- a/elpa-packages
>>> +++ b/elpa-packages
>>> @@ -201,6 +201,8 @@
>>>    :news "CHANGELOG.org"
>>>    :readme "README.md")
>>>   (devdocs          :url "https://github.com/astoff/devdocs.el";)
>>> + (dict                     :url "git://git.eshelyaron.com/dict.git"
>>
>> Do you have any other access method beside git://?
>
> For anonymous access, currently no.  But I can mirror the repo to
> Sourcehut from where you can clone it via HTTPS.  Would that be more
> convenient?

That would be good, my understanding is that git:// is not encrypted so
we should avoid using it if possible.

>>> +  :doc "README.org")
>>
>> Should we add a ":readme ignore" to prevent the contents of this file
>> from also appearing when the user invokes C-h P dict RET ? 
>
> Sure, in this case would C-h P show the commentary section of dict.el?

Right.  Feel free to extend that with pointers, I just think we should
avoid overwhelming users with the entire documentation if they just want
to get the basic gist of a package.

> Thanks,
> Eshel