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 13:35:00 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <200508211835.j7LIYxp11831@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: <4308398B.60401@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1124650418 15530 80.91.229.2 (21 Aug 2005 18:53:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:53:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 21 20:53:30 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E6uwM-0005ZM-Il for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:53:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E6v03-0006O4-4h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:56:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E6ux3-0004ah-G4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:53:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E6uwt-0004Te-4q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:53:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E6uwr-0004E8-LB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:53:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E6ufV-0007OK-3M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:35:41 -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 j7LIZDqt023465; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:35:13 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id j7LIYxp11831; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:35:00 -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:42289 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:42289 >>From my previous reply: 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. Well, "What's this" is apparently also used by KDE (I normally use GNOME, which is why I am not familiar with it). But it is used very differently by KDE (I can not check how it is used by MS Windows). After you select "What's this", the mouse indicator changes to an arrow with a question mark, clearly showing that you are supposed to click on something about which you want explanation. And it appears mainly intended to click on the main work area or the tool bar rather than on the menu bar. It does not appear to work for menu bar entries. In the KDE applications I tried, I did not get any docs by clicking on menu bar items after selecting "What's this". Sincerely, Luc.