From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, teirllm@dms.auburn.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: "What's This?" in Describe submenu
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:22:36 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uvf1zvvc3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200508211759.j7LHxX011763@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (message from Luc Teirlinck on Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:59:33 -0500 (CDT))
> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:59:33 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu>
> Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> >From my previous reply:
>
> My first choice would be to just delete "What's this". But,
> alternately one could have one menu item called:
>
> What's This? (Describe Key)
>
> Maybe it would be better to call it:
>
> Describe Key or Menu Item
But we already have such a menu item, it's called "Describe Key" and
can be found right below "What's This?".
So I think these two items serve well both those who are accustomed to
"What's This?" and those who are not. Consequently, I don't see any
reason to change anything in that menu.
> What is this "this" that is referred to in "What's this?"?
See the discussion in this thread (almost 3 years ago):
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2002-11/msg00370.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-08-21 21:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-21 8:21 "What's This?" in Describe submenu martin rudalics
2005-08-21 17:26 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-21 17:59 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-21 21:22 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2005-08-21 21:38 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-22 3:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-22 3:55 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-22 4:30 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-22 20:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-22 23:39 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-21 22:10 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-21 17:45 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-21 18:35 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-22 0:06 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-22 0:50 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-22 8:52 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-08-22 9:09 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-08-22 19:35 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-22 22:16 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-22 22:59 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-22 1:59 ` David Robinow
2005-08-22 3:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-22 7:17 ` Jason Rumney
2005-08-22 10:43 ` David Kastrup
2005-08-22 19:35 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-22 23:15 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-22 7:58 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-08-22 16:37 ` Drew Adams
2005-08-23 1:29 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-22 19:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-22 20:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-08-23 3:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-23 0:08 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-23 3:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-23 4:23 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-23 14:40 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-23 19:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-23 20:55 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-23 4:29 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-23 7:15 ` Jason Rumney
2005-08-23 14:37 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-23 4:40 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-23 19:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-23 20:56 ` Jason Rumney
2005-08-24 3:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-24 12:46 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-24 14:10 ` David Robinow
2005-08-24 18:51 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-25 10:42 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-23 4:56 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-23 19:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-23 19:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-08-23 23:05 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-24 10:33 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-23 22:02 ` Luc Teirlinck
2005-08-24 3:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-25 8:54 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-08-25 18:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-23 1:29 ` Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-22 16:23 ` Drew Adams
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-08-23 14:08 Drew Adams
2005-08-23 14:31 ` David Kastrup
2005-08-23 19:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-23 20:53 ` Jason Rumney
2005-08-24 3:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-24 7:15 ` Jason Rumney
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