Re: [ELPA] New package: dict

[Eshel Yaron]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com> writes:
>
>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>>
>>> Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> + (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.

Alright, I'm attaching a new patch that addresses both these points.

>From 2466225fd527e3748c266307d6858407011105f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 14:20:16 +0300
Subject: [PATCH v2] * elpa-packages (dict): New package

---
 elpa-packages | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/elpa-packages b/elpa-packages
index d5603f7803..637d71685e 100644
--- a/elpa-packages
+++ b/elpa-packages
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@
   :news "CHANGELOG.org"
   :readme "README.md")
  (devdocs              :url "https://github.com/astoff/devdocs.el";)
+ (dict                 :url "https://git.sr.ht/~eshel/dict";
+  :doc "README.org"
+  :readme ignore)
  (dict-tree            :url "http://www.dr-qubit.org/git/predictive.git";
   :manual-sync t ;; The upstream doesn't exist any more!
   )
-- 
2.40.1

-- 
Best,

Eshel