From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Mathias Dahl" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:07:29 +0200 Message-ID: <7dbe73ed0708210207l10a4609dt27bbe4147016256b@mail.gmail.com> References: <87bqd744yp.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzqv1sui.fsf@jurta.org> <87ir7bnm97.fsf@jurta.org> <87absl7sdo.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187687270 24038 80.91.229.12 (21 Aug 2007 09:07:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:07:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juri Linkov" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 21 11:07:48 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1INPiC-0002g5-Vp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:07:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1INPiC-0005PQ-IN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:07:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1INPi7-0005PD-IR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:07:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1INPi6-0005Om-31 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:07:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1INPi5-0005Oi-Hl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:07:37 -0400 Original-Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.191]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1INPi3-0001tl-0p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:07:35 -0400 Original-Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c27so1109619rvf for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:07:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=hoPasX6/2kzqRdf0Lppq1CcHmVnMDrFqFzyhOciA9/Q8PuoFKCJ9gYK4Tg9XgO5J7QYxArKJQk9I9Bg4vPlAKSegd6RPuV+Fgl8BzSuZUkAV3kJVNxmew6lyr2x0nwf7p7iu1VKS+7TXFQBK3NxQTPLulwVD1hsFyLmHGqjtuhI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Te2GMNhrJwyggx0McPFcy+o85Wictn24e1aMVUzwnr2AKNdR0hshvCQdPqYnMNlReQn1+1WEefcp7Fq9mIf12KGBEKjAbzIlqaOBp5VVcxIgFZa1IYZVVFMlguXyXomR+kMtEeKpX8IIKXTD5cF1/7Y8HfcdIae11nJ3YhtnnOU= Original-Received: by 10.141.41.12 with SMTP id t12mr3229426rvj.1187687249643; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:07:29 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.141.172.10 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:07:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87absl7sdo.fsf@jurta.org> Content-Disposition: inline X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:76874 Archived-At: > > If not, then we could delete the help from About Emacs and focus on > > history, developer and license information. > > I agree. Most programs have About screens with information like > program version, its short description, license (on a separate page), > credits (usually displayed as a scrolling list like in the movies), > history, and so on. I agree with this as well.