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On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Michael Toomim wrote:

> For instance, if I type M-x some-command-with-a-keybinding, XEmacs will say 
> "Hey, you could do that faster by just using C-x M-foo S-bar C-M-S-xfoobar". 

This feature already exists, doesn't it?  I think it was even mentioned 
in this thread a couple of days ago.

> Software agents are a great idea... clippy is just a little too obtrusive and 
> has way too much personality (nobody like's a microsoft personality).

I think it's annoying because it pops too frequently and too 
unconditionally, and because it's hard to tell it "get lost!".