From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 50881@debbugs.gnu.org, stefan@marxist.se
Subject: bug#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:20:10 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874ka3dwgn.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83wnmzgtf2.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 29 Sep 2021 20:53:21 +0300")
> That's the problem with thinking your personal preferences are
> definitely good for everyone else. They aren't.
This is not a personal preference. I looked through the eyes of
a beginner who types 'C-h C-h' to get help, and the first thing
the user sees is that parens are highlighted on the first line:
(Type <PageDown> or <PageUp> to scroll, C-s to search, or q to exit.)
This is what we trying to tell the user with this information:
Look, it's very important that the first paren on the first line
matches its closing paren, so we highlighted these parens for you.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-29 19:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-28 23:10 bug#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer Stefan Kangas
2021-09-29 6:54 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-29 7:29 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 10:45 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-29 15:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 17:08 ` bug#50881: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-29 11:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-29 16:58 ` Juri Linkov
2021-09-29 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-29 17:57 ` bug#50881: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-29 19:20 ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2021-09-29 19:52 ` Drew Adams
2021-09-30 7:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-29 7:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 15:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-29 16:06 ` Stefan Kangas
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