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[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 14 March 2010 Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

 > 
 > On Mar 14, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
 > 
 > > On 14 March 2010 Manuel PŽgouriŽ-Gonnard wrote:
 > > 
 > >> Reinhard Kotucha a Žcrit :
 > 
 > >>> $ texdoc -s hyperref
 > >>> 1 /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/doc/latex/hyperref/manual.pdf
 > >>> 2 /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/doc/latex/hyperref/hyperref.pdf
 > >>> 
 > >>> I think that hyperref.pdf should come first because this is the
 > >>> file containing the links to all the other files.
 > >>> 
 > >> It used to come first, but regularly I got requests to make
 > >> manual.pdf come first...
 > > 
 > > Sure, it saves them one mouse click.  
 > 
 > No, it saves a lot of frustration.  I didn't request this change,
 > but I'm thankful for it.
 > 
 > Speaking for myself, I actually didn't notice that there were links
 > to other files in hyperref.pdf, likely because I immediately
 > searched the PDF or scrolled to the table of contents to try and
 > find package options.  Reading the "Package options and setup"
 > section of hyperref.pdf was completely unhelpful.
 > 
 > > But it prevents others from getting the whole stuff by default.
 > > I don't think the alias is a good idea.  It makes Heiko's efforts
 > > (providing an "umbrella document") useless.
 > 
 > If the user-level documentation were in hyperref.pdf, or if it were
 > only links, I'd agree.  As-is, though, I think the umbrella
 > document is worse than useless for users who are looking for
 > package options (which I think is a common case).  I know there are
 > other lusers like me who had problems with thisÉ
 
Everything you say depends on the fact that you didn't notice that the
first page of hyperref.pdf contains links to all the other files.

I don't think that other people should be bothered only because you
missed something.

 > > If in doubt, ask Heiko.
 > 
 > Do not ever rely on a developer's idea of documentation or software
 > usability :).

I'm pretty sure that Heiko knows better than you how to do things
appropriately.  Sorry.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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