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Omit edition numbers and dates in manuals
authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Sat, 2 Nov 2019 00:24:02 +0000 (17:24 -0700)
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Sat, 2 Nov 2019 00:24:47 +0000 (17:24 -0700)
commit2f42832895942fdeaa0c500511aa19860fa806cd
treeb57857577db4a45d62c13c5b4345e6df3b447664
parent9b1c00b3ca1a1f841cdcfd880536b0dc7669738a
Omit edition numbers and dates in manuals

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
doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi
doc/lispref/elisp.texi