From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Move etc/future-bug into etc/JOKES ?? Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:58:35 -0800 Message-ID: References: <878xeg4n80.fsf@truman.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172790021 21234 80.91.229.12 (1 Mar 2007 23:00:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:00:21 +0000 (UTC) To: , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 02 00:00:15 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 1HMuFn-00021i-PN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:00:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMuFn-0003ri-Ek for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:00:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMuEv-0003Zn-89 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:59:09 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMuEt-0003Yo-FW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:59:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMuEt-0003Yk-BL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:59:07 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HMuEs-0008O9-Qz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:59:07 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (rgmgw1.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.110]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id l21Mx4ko013054; Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:59:04 -0700 Original-Received: from rcsmt251.oracle.com (rcsmt251.oracle.com [148.87.90.196]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l21Mon0t005288; Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:59:03 -0700 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-west-130-35-178-179.us.oracle.com by rcsmt250.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2490523111172789922; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:58:42 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <878xeg4n80.fsf@truman.edu> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:67171 Archived-At: > >> ... is not the same as providing help about Emacs. > > > > Well, C-h C-j will tell you what "EMACS" means :-) > > That's also a kind of useful information. > > > > Also, the C-h prefix is used as short-cuts to view the files in etc/, so > > it is not that far off... > > Does "help" just mean help with emacs, or help with life in general? > (I'll avoid the question of whether the two are different or not.) > I notice that, while the doctor doesn't have a "C-h" prefix, it does > appear under the "Help" menu. Jokes can be thought of as a help in > coping with life. IMO, C-h should be reserved for help with Emacs. I want users to look there for help with Emacs, and I don't want them to get confused when they do so, by seeing help with taxes, help with mother-in-law, and so on. Just one opinion.