From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "What's This?" in Describe submenu Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:31:24 +0200 Message-ID: <854q9gu3lv.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1124808464 20491 80.91.229.2 (23 Aug 2005 14:47:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:47:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs-Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 23 16:47:41 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E7Zz2-0002Mw-Kt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:42:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E7ZwO-0001NP-8g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:39:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E7Zvt-0001Jc-L7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:39:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E7Zvq-0001Ii-NA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:39:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E7Zvq-0001H7-HP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:39:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E7ZpA-0002Bm-UK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:32:25 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E7Znr-0003Dz-MW; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:31:04 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id D70BD1C4CD63; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:31:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: "Drew Adams" In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:08:59 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:42349 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:42349 "Drew Adams" writes: > I don't think this is the kind of thing (naming the describe-key > menu item What's This) that is meant, when people complain that > Emacs could be friendlier to newbies coming from the Windows > world. If someone is looking for help on a key or a menu item, he > will have no problem recognizing "Describe Key or Menu Item" - it is > in fact much clearer than "What's This?". Actually, I'd think it kind of amusing if the _tooltip_ for this menu entry just contained "What's this?". And it might even point somebody in the right direction. Anybody share that sentiment? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum