Re: Adding a "quick-help" menu

[Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>]

Howard Melman <hmelman@gmail.com> writes:

> A few comments on the text.
>
> In Window I think C-x 0 should be called kill (or close)
> because that what it does to the window, and this is
> meaningful if there is more than 2 windows in the frame.
> Kill matches the usage in Buffer.  And perhaps C-x 1 should
> be labeled "kill others".
>
> Also I think C-x o should be called switch just like C-x b
> in Buffer.
>
> In Mark & Kill I would put Kill Line first so that the mark
> command is closer to the region and yank commands.
>
> Finally the text for C-x C-c is "exit" in the File column
> and I don't think that's clear enough that it exits emacs
> and not just a file.  I know there isn't room to add emacs
> but maybe "quit" is clearer as quitting a file makes less
> sense (IMHO) than exiting one.

The contents of the help buffer are specified by the
`help-quick-sections' variable in lisp/help.el.  Feel free to prepare a
patch with your suggestions, that would make it easier to see how they
look like.