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/
next prev parent 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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