From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: "56508@debbugs.gnu.org" <56508@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#56508: Suggestions for the "Help" menu
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:20:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB548815C8FD630D9ACFB029D7F3869@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83sfn6xzhf.fsf@gnu.org>
> > This looks like a power-users tool, not like something
> > that belongs in the help menu, to me.
>
> Power users sometimes need help, too.
Amen!
And every power user is also a novice in some areas.
The idea that menus - including a Help menu - are
only for novices is naive.
And it unnecessarily limits Emacs improvement and
user enjoyment, exploration, and learning.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-12 15:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-12 2:04 bug#56508: Suggestions for the "Help" menu Stefan Kangas
2022-07-12 2:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-12 3:16 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-12 8:26 ` miha--- via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-07-12 10:10 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-12 13:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-12 13:31 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-07-12 13:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-12 12:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-12 13:37 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-07-12 13:54 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-12 14:04 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-12 14:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-12 15:25 ` Drew Adams
2022-07-12 15:20 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2022-07-12 13:35 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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