From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: MON KEY Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Menu entry for describe-package? Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:45:06 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1277088322 8040 80.91.229.12 (21 Jun 2010 02:45:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:45:22 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 21 04:45:21 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OQX0g-0004Yw-AP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:45:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56054 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OQX0e-00050M-Al for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:45:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45394 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OQX0Y-00050H-A3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OQX0W-000518-2L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:45:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-gy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.160.169]:37380) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OQX0V-00050x-Tg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:45:08 -0400 Original-Received: by gyg4 with SMTP id 4so2500838gyg.0 for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:45:06 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.150.117.20 with SMTP id p20mr3783255ybc.31.1277088306602; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:45:06 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.151.10.5 with HTTP; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:45:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Sender-Auth: kAAWehZ9hXFB8tNecR_-qsccleU X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:126289 Archived-At: > More generally, does anyone else find it potentially confusing (at > least for new users) to have the following menu entries? > > Options > Manage Emacs Packages -> `package-list-packages' > Help > Find Emacs Packages -> `finder-by-keyword' > Help > External Packages -> `menu-bar-help-extra-packages' How about: "Help > Find Emacs Internal Extensions" -> `finder-by-keyword' "Help > Find External Emacs Extensions" -> `menu-bar-help-extra-packages' FWIW I _still_ find the term "package" to be ambiguous and loaded, esp. at the menu level. It may be useful for new users if Emacs actually says what is meant e.g. - "Find some extension for Emacs". -- /s_P\