From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:28:35 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87absl7sdo.fsf@jurta.org> References: <87hcndc3zc.fsf@jurta.org> <87643pbqjq.fsf@jurta.org> <85643ppor9.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87sl6sbjaw.fsf@jurta.org> <87fy2oms2y.fsf@jurta.org> <85sl6o3rj1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <873aykml2v.fsf@jurta.org> <87bqd744yp.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzqv1sui.fsf@jurta.org> <87ir7bnm97.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187652916 23117 80.91.229.12 (20 Aug 2007 23:35:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:35:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 21 01:35:13 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 1INGm9-0005Rc-2b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:35:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1INGmA-0002OK-4g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:35:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1INGm6-0002Ms-NN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:35:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1INGm4-0002It-Sd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:35:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1INGm4-0002IS-Lg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:35:08 -0400 Original-Received: from relay01.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.200]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1INGlu-0001O0-IS; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:34:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1INGlj-0007vw-VA; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:34:56 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon\, 20 Aug 2007 14\:31\:27 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanner-Signature: 7b6940144bc5d56bdacd12344196c2df X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Not Detected X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 1391 [August 20 2007] X-SpamTest-Info: helo_type=3 X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0255], KAS30/Release X-Detected-Kernel: FreeBSD 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:76862 Archived-At: > Is there a reason for the About Emacs menu item to give usage help? No reason really. All programs I know don't put usage help on the About screen. Usage help is available from other Help menu items. > If so, I think it should be IDENTICAL to the startup buffer. > > 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. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/