From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "What's This?" in Describe submenu Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:45:12 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200508211745.j7LHjCx11737@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <4308398B.60401@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1124647761 9523 80.91.229.2 (21 Aug 2005 18:09:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:09:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 21 20:09:11 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E6uFE-0006k6-7w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:08:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E6uIu-0000j3-QC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:12:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E6uAI-0007d5-OX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:03:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E6u9q-0007V7-Lp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:03:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E6u9p-0007Sx-TO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:02:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E6ttJ-0003x8-O5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:45:53 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7LHjNqt023398; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:45:23 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j7LHjCx11737; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:45:12 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: rudalics@gmx.at In-reply-to: <4308398B.60401@gmx.at> (message from martin rudalics on Sun, 21 Aug 2005 10:21:31 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:42288 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:42288 >>From my previous message: To me, "Describe Key" is clear and in line with the other menu item names, whereas "What's this" looks cryptic (what is meant with "this"?). >>From searching the archives, it looks like the "What's this?" item was added because "What's this?" apparently has a standard meaning to MS Windows users. But it sounds very cryptic if you do not use MS Windows and hence are not used to it. Sincerely, Luc.