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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Van L <van@scratch.space>
Cc: 32756-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32756: Customize UI Value Menu Label&Text Description is out of wack
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:59:36 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83va71ex3r.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EC51886F-D3F9-429C-8145-DBB8CD590ABA@scratch.space> (message from Van L on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:46:25 +1000)

> From: Van L <van@scratch.space>
> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:46:25 +1000
> 
> Hello.
> 
> The label in the Value Menu should match exactly what is described in the documentation for the following:
> 
> 1. Xref Prompt For Identifier
> 2. Dired Use Ls Dired
> 
> when using Customize UI.

"Match exactly" is not a worthy goal, IMO, (even if possible, which I
doubt), because the menu items cannot be as long as the doc string,
and the doc string is typically long, as it should include enough
details to explain itself completely.  However, I made changes (on the
emacs-26 branch) that I believe make the menus for those two variables
match their doc strings much closer.

> An ideal user to verify the ability to achieve their goal whilst interacting with this aspect of the UI is to ask for feedback from a working writer, such as, a journalist. (Not me.)

I don't think we have such users on board, but if there are concrete
practical suggestions for further improvement, they are welcome.

Thanks.





  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-19  7:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-18  8:46 bug#32756: Customize UI Value Menu Label&Text Description is out of wack Van L
2018-09-19  7:59 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-09-19 11:47   ` Van L

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