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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: My emacs was upgraded and I am a novice again
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:39:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <u3ax7174s.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <711a73df0709212204r65af300cr37aab355f244176e@mail.gmail.com> (dave.pawson@gmail.com)

> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:04:32 +0100
> From: "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> 
> > On the minus side, discoverability remains a problem.  Sometimes I
> > wish I'd found those features years earlier.
> 
> That's the problem I'm trying to address.
> If the list members could provide the 'clues' I'm more than willing
> to collate them, or perhaps we could use a wiki or some other web site
> to collect them?
> 
> Ideas for an 'index' please? What form? Its the match of 'idea/usage'
> vs package name/variable/mode. Generally once you have the key words,
> emacs is sufficiently helpful?

Instead of inventing new machinery, how about enhancing the existing
one?  "C-h P" is supposed to use the index you seem to think about.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-09-22  7:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-20 18:22 My emacs was upgraded and I am a novice again Bruce Korb
2007-09-20 23:40 ` David Hansen
2007-09-21  9:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-21 11:21   ` Dave Pawson
     [not found]   ` <mailman.1105.1190373701.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-21 11:36     ` Joost Kremers
2007-09-21 17:40     ` Stefan Monnier
2007-09-21 19:17       ` Tom Tromey
2007-09-22  5:04         ` Dave Pawson
2007-09-22  7:39           ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2007-09-22  8:56             ` Dave Pawson
2007-09-22  9:21               ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-22 13:12                 ` Dave Pawson
2007-09-22 14:28                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-22 16:26                     ` Drew Adams
2007-09-22 16:23                   ` Drew Adams
2007-09-22 16:37                     ` Dave Pawson
2007-09-22 18:23                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-22 18:36                       ` Drew Adams
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.1154.1190466767.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-23  7:45                   ` Tim X
     [not found]             ` <mailman.1149.1190451373.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-23  6:49               ` Tim X
2007-09-23  8:26                 ` Dave Pawson
2007-09-23 11:13                 ` Bastien
2007-09-23 16:14             ` Tom Tromey
2007-09-23 19:10               ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]               ` <mailman.1193.1190574615.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-24  0:38                 ` Johan Bockgård
2007-09-24  4:25                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-25  8:54                 ` Tim X
     [not found]             ` <mailman.1189.1190565460.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-23 16:52               ` David Kastrup
2007-09-23 17:27                 ` Tom Tromey
     [not found]                 ` <mailman.1192.1190569877.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-23 18:03                   ` Joost Kremers
2007-10-17 23:19                 ` David Combs
     [not found]         ` <mailman.1147.1190437481.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.\x04org>
2007-09-23  5:56           ` Tim X
2007-09-23  7:18             ` Dave Pawson
2007-09-23  5:01     ` Tim X
2007-09-23  6:25       ` Dave Pawson
2007-09-24  0:15       ` Sean Sieger
     [not found]       ` <mailman.1172.1190528732.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-23  8:18         ` David Kastrup
2007-09-23  8:56           ` Dave Pawson
2007-09-23 19:11             ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]           ` <mailman.\x041177.1190537774.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-23  9:25             ` David Kastrup
2007-10-17 23:23           ` AH HA! it's a MENU item! " David Combs
2007-09-24  4:09         ` Stefan Monnier
2007-09-24  8:36           ` David Hansen
2007-09-24 21:51           ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-24 22:41             ` Emre Sahin
2007-09-24 23:10               ` Bastien
2007-09-25 15:47                 ` Drew Adams
2007-09-25 21:33                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-25 21:46                     ` Drew Adams
2007-09-26  9:02                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-26 14:47                         ` Drew Adams
2007-09-26 15:05                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-26 16:10                             ` Drew Adams
2007-09-25  4:12               ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-25 11:06                 ` Emre Sahin
2007-09-25 21:24                   ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]               ` <mailman.1254.1190675441.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-25  5:52                 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-25  7:08                   ` Bastien
2007-09-24  8:05         ` Tim X
2007-09-24 16:12           ` Sean Sieger
     [not found] <mailman.1081.1190330833.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-09-21  4:35 ` Glenn Morris
2007-09-23 20:17 ` Tom Horsley
2007-09-23 20:31   ` David Kastrup
2007-09-24 10:51     ` Tom Horsley
2007-09-24 21:49       ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-09-25  8:57   ` Tim X
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-10-06 18:44 Bruce Korb
     [not found] <mailman.1779.1191696304.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-10-07  5:45 ` Tim X
2007-10-10 17:16 ` Stefan Monnier

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