From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Online help and help-for-help improvements Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:08:49 -0500 Message-ID: <877igookke.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87myplmgn8.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204233070 8339 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2008 21:11:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:11:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 28 22:11:36 2008 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 1JUq1z-0002Ym-PN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:11:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUq1T-0002zN-AY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:10:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUq1P-0002z1-WA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:10:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUq1O-0002yW-GU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:10:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUq1O-0002yT-DF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:10:30 -0500 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JUq1O-0007Z4-5I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:10:30 -0500 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DFC8C4E3F9; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:08:49 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87myplmgn8.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> (Kim F. Storm's message of "Thu\, 28 Feb 2008 13\:04\:11 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.91 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: 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:90779 Archived-At: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > Here is a patch which improves the online help in the > following ways: > > - the output from C-h C-h is much easier to read and use. > > - better mnemonics for some common help items: > > C-h C-d => DEBUG (new) > C-h C-e => extra aka. MORE.STUFF (new) > C-h C-o => ordering (DISTRIB) [was C-h C-d] > C-h C-p => PROBLEMS [was C-h C-e] > > C-h g => THE-GNU-PROJECT > (illogical on C-h C-p, but C-h C-g is no good) > > Code simplified by using new view-help-file function. > > Comments? Looks OK to me, but the renamed functions should be accompanied by aliases for the old names.