* bug#32756: Customize UI Value Menu Label&Text Description is out of wack
@ 2018-09-18 8:46 Van L
2018-09-19 7:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Van L @ 2018-09-18 8:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 32756
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.
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.)
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* bug#32756: Customize UI Value Menu Label&Text Description is out of wack
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
2018-09-19 11:47 ` Van L
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2018-09-19 7:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Van L; +Cc: 32756-done
> 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.
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* bug#32756: Customize UI Value Menu Label&Text Description is out of wack
2018-09-19 7:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2018-09-19 11:47 ` Van L
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Van L @ 2018-09-19 11:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 32756-done
> I don't think we have such users on board, but if there are concrete
> practical suggestions for further improvement, they are welcome.
What might think a person with an arts, humanities background and is a Lisper knowing Emacs? can the intangible aesthetics of the Customize UI improve with input from that user base.
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