> [Sorry for the long delay in replying to this message.] And an even longer response on my part. >> Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 16:34:33 -0400 >> From: Andrew Cagney >> >> Anyway, the real reason is that I happen to know that the GNU Press >> person would like the GDB group to try to keep the basic user manual >> trim. > > > If that's the real reason, let's at least document it, either in a > comment in the .texi file or in the ChangeLog, lest some helpful soul > will want to make it an appendix in a distant future. > > We could arrange for this paper to become an appendix only in the > on-line manual (using @itex), but if that is too much work (since I > think the menus and possibly @node lines will need to be @iftex'ed as > well as the text itself), I have no objections to doing it your way. Here's the patch with the missing Makefile tweak, and a comment indicating why its separate. thoughts? Andrew