From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#40457: 26.3; A little Help from `list-packages'? Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:02:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87a6nfjofy.fsf@gnus.org> References: <1aeaea1a-601e-4192-9da5-5f6ccdb23eb7@default> <87eed4y1am.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38867"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 40457@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Y. E." 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E.'s message of "Thu, 24 Jun 2021 13:59:24 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:208930 Archived-At: "Y. E." writes: > I think with new keystrokes there's a risk to confuse (especially a new user) > even more: for example, using I (uppercase-i) and D per one package > install/delete would make already inconsistent U even more inconsistent. Yeah, probably. On the other hand, even having `I' and `D' as separate commands is unnecessary -- we could have an `X' command that does the correct thing on the current line. (Package knows whether that's installing or deleting a package.) > Maybe also change `package-menu-quick-help' output: > it could be improved by mentioning *marking*, not only the action. Indeed. I've now pushed a change that spells out what i, d and x really do, because it was pretty misleading. I can well see people reading that, hitting `i' and then going "so it's installed now?" -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no