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: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:10:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u4phlyz8x.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m38x6x1hrn.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> (message from Tom Tromey on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:14:04 -0600)
> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:14:04 -0600
>
> The fundamental discoverability problem with Emacs isn't that the
> documentation is missing -- it never is. The problem is, if you want
> to find something by keyword, first you must guess the keyword that
> the original author used.
>
> I don't know a good way to solve this problem.
Well, we could add a feature whereby documentation search commands
will suggest to look for alternative keywords. This feature could use
a database of synonyms for computer-related terminology, as well as
popular alternatives for certain Emacs parlance (such as "yank" etc.).
This way, if you didn't find what you wanted, you'd be presented with
a list of additional words or phrases to search for.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-23 19:10 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
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 [this message]
[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
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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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