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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: "56251@debbugs.gnu.org" <56251@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#56251: Make obsoletion info more prominent in *Help* buffer
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:48:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB5488410D5C2E804BCA8357F5F3B99@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mtdywf9o.fsf@gnus.org>

> > However, I find that the obsoletion warning is
> > easy to miss.  Presumably, this is very important information before
> > even considering using the variable.  We want to strongly discourage
> > that, right?
> >
> > So how about making that particular part more prominent, for example
> > by moving it back up to the top again, or by giving it some color?
> 
> I think moving it back to the top makes sense -- it's very important
> information.

No, it's not more important than the other
meta-information that you've moved to the end.
It's a footnote - should be, anyway.





  reply	other threads:[~2022-06-27 14:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-27 10:14 bug#56251: Make obsoletion info more prominent in *Help* buffer Stefan Kangas
2022-06-27 10:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-27 14:48   ` Drew Adams [this message]
2022-06-28 13:22   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-29 19:24 ` Rudolf Adamkovič via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-07-01  3:32   ` Richard Stallman

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