Re: A new filter-based customization interface

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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  > - make better choices:
 
  > many things can be done in emacs, in different ways, filtering on a
  > specific topic, can show user that he has alternatives to what he is
  > trying to accomplish.

I am sure we could improve some specifics.  But this goal
is abstract and gives no concrete hint of an idea.

  > - discover-ability:
 
  > emacs has many options/features (even little ones), that are of big
  > help/change for users, in their daily use of emacs, and they often
  > discover them (very) late.

That too is a good goal, but it gives no concrete hint of an idea.

  > - self-descriptive: The interface by itself, before even using it,
  > describes what emacs can do.  (Yet emacs can do many other things that
  > should be added to the interface)

Same here.

  > - navigation I find it difficult to navigate back and forth in the
  > actual interface.

If you can put your finger on a specific case, and describe
what is inconvenient, and send a bug report, people could think
about the specific issue and maybe find a way to improve it.

But these abstract points are not easy to think about in he abstract.

It looks like you do have a concrete idea.  I couldn't understand the
way you presented it, because you didn't explain it, only showed it.

The explanation hat is needed is about the _meanings_ of the details
that you previously just showed.

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