From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Carson Chittom <carson@wistly.net>
Cc: 15095@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15095: 24.2; mail items in Tools menu confusing to new users
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:41:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83fvuaonqv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d2pevpec.fsf@abbey.wistly.net>
> From: Carson Chittom <carson@wistly.net>
> Cc: 15095@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:23:55 -0500
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > As you well know, that "Message" thing is the current major mode. It
> > was "Rmail" when you were in Rmail.
>
> Yes, *I* know that, and *you* know that. But my point is that this bug
> report is not about me or you, it's about being confusing to a *new*
> user, one who is unfamiliar with Emacs.
The mode line is described in the tutorial, which should be the first
reading. A user who doesn't understand what is displayed in the mode
line will have much more difficult problems than to find her way in
these 3 menu items.
> In any case, it seems obvious that you've already decided to leave three
> menu items.
I didn't decide anything. I was just giving some response and context
to this bug report. I hope it will be useful to whoever will decide
to make the changes in the menus.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-15 17:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-14 16:48 bug#15095: 24.2; mail items in Tools menu confusing to new users Carson Chittom
2013-08-14 18:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-14 19:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-08-14 20:22 ` Drew Adams
2013-08-16 6:51 ` Glenn Morris
2013-08-14 19:49 ` Carson Chittom
2013-08-15 2:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-15 12:02 ` Carson Chittom
2013-08-15 15:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-15 17:23 ` Carson Chittom
2013-08-15 17:41 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2013-08-15 20:42 ` Stefan Monnier
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