From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7527: 24.0.50; (org) `Activation node' (minor suggestions) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:36:23 -0800 Message-ID: <7BFEF65E4D2B4C00AC6FC0A6753D4EFD@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291233680 2674 80.91.229.12 (1 Dec 2010 20:01:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 20:01:20 +0000 (UTC) To: 7527@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 01 21:01:12 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PNsrV-0002ob-CG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:01:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55791 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PNsrU-0006fa-Ou for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:36:23 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcuRjwmI692aTcRXRmO8t6Lzlxd3Dw== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:32:03 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42074 Archived-At: Minor suggestions - no bug. 1. No need to tell users to turn on font-lock - it's on by default now (for GNU Emacs at least). 2. Likewise transient-mark mode. 3. Maybe be a little softer with the key-binding suggestions. "Add the following lines to your `.emacs' file" and "The following lines are always needed" are a bit heavy, even though the text clarifies that these are only suggested bindings ("please choose suitable keys yourself", "Choose your own keys"). Many users might just copy & paste without reading carefully. It would probably be enough to advise users to bind those two commands to keys of their choosing, or to just say "Suggested key bindings: ...". In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2010-11-30 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/imagesupport/include'