Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:

 > Do "M-x customize-icon RET outline-open RET".
 >
 > You will see the following interface:
 >
 > INS DEL List:
 >             Choice: Value Menu Colorful Emojis
 >             Repeat:
 >             INS DEL String: 🔽
 >             INS
 >             Plist:
 >             INS
 > INS DEL List:
 >             Choice: Value Menu Monochrome Symbols
 >             Repeat:
 >             INS DEL String:  ⯆
 >             INS
 >             Plist:
 >             INS
 > INS DEL List:
 >             Choice: Value Menu Text Only
 >             Repeat:
 >             INS DEL String:  close
 >             INS
 >             Plist:
 >             INS
 > INS
 >     State : STANDARD.
 >
 > How to use this interface is not clear at all.  What does the first
 > level labeled "repeat" mean?  Why does it have multiple items, when it
 > is intended to represent a single icon?  What does it mean if I click
 > "INS"?  And if I click "DEL"?
 >
 > Ignoring that, the individual items in the list are also badly
 > organized.  There is a menu of choices that seem to indicate the types
 > of the items in the value list (why it is a list is also unclear.)
 >
 > Unfortunately, there is no help text in the menu explaining what the
 > individual icons mean, or what to do with the text or plist fields field
 > provided underneath.  The fields also don't update in response to
 > changes to the type, which doesn't make sense unless selecting "Images"
 > will automagically transform an Emoji symbol into an image.
 >
 > The labels on the various fields should also be more informative than
 > "Repeat", "String" and "Plist"; those only tell you what the fields are,
 > and not what the fields do.

I tried to improve the tags for the custom-icon widget.  See the
attached patch.

I'm willing to work on this, so any feedback is appreaciated. Thanks.