From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: My emacs was upgraded and I am a novice again Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:39:15 +0200 Message-ID: References: <46F2BA57.3060604@gmail.com> <711a73df0709212204r65af300cr37aab355f244176e@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1190446778 12209 80.91.229.12 (22 Sep 2007 07:39:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:39:38 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 22 09:39:33 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IYzaO-0007wi-4Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:39:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IYzaL-0002x4-P4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:39:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IYza7-0002wz-Ne for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:39:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IYza6-0002wl-9b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:39:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IYza6-0002wh-2V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:39:14 -0400 Original-Received: from romy.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IYza5-0001Q3-Jx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 03:39:13 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-122-46.inter.net.il [84.229.122.46]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id IYF10335 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:39:02 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <711a73df0709212204r65af300cr37aab355f244176e@mail.gmail.com> (dave.pawson@gmail.com) X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47733 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:04:32 +0100 > From: "Dave Pawson" > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier > > > 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.