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From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Online help and help-for-help improvements
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:01:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ir08vgfg.fsf@jurta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8763w8k86s.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> (Kim F. Storm's message of "Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:49:47 +0100")

>>> 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.
>>
>> Yes, it is much easier to read now.  It removes command names
>> (not useful for users who read this help page), but maybe we
>> could put these command names on the `help-echo' property
>> over the help key letters?
>
> Maybe, but I don't see what benefit that would do.
>
>> Also using the verb `Display' at the beginning of every line
>> seems too superfluous, i.e. instead of
>
> I'll change that.
>
>>> 	* startup.el (startup-echo-area-message): Check for about-emacs.
>>
>> Could you please fix this also in the Emacs 22 branch?
>
> I'd prefer if someone else would install the patch on the branch:

Installed.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/




  reply	other threads:[~2008-02-28 23:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-28 12:04 Online help and help-for-help improvements Kim F. Storm
2008-02-28 21:04 ` Juri Linkov
2008-02-28 22:49   ` Kim F. Storm
2008-02-28 23:01     ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2008-02-28 23:12       ` Kim F. Storm
2008-02-28 21:08 ` Chong Yidong
2008-02-28 23:01   ` Kim F. Storm
2008-02-28 23:48     ` Chong Yidong
2008-02-29 12:22       ` Kim F. Storm
2008-03-01 10:33       ` Reiner Steib
2008-03-02  2:59         ` Juri Linkov
2008-03-03 13:37           ` Kim F. Storm
2008-03-03 14:03             ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-03 23:40               ` Kim F. Storm
2008-03-04 15:49                 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-03-04 18:17                   ` Kim F. Storm
2008-03-04 19:29                     ` Juri Linkov
2008-03-05  0:29                       ` Kim F. Storm
2008-03-04 19:40                     ` Reiner Steib
2008-03-05  0:30                       ` Kim F. Storm
2008-03-04 21:37                     ` Chong Yidong
2008-03-04 21:48                       ` Nick Roberts
2008-03-06  0:09                       ` Kim F. Storm
2008-03-06 15:18                         ` Chong Yidong

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