From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Enhancements to options menu (was Re: Reveal mode) Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 18:33:51 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200204302119.g3ULJAP06813@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xznzj30j0.fsf_-_@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205031825.g43IP3e00651@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xwuuk6b4q.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200205052315.g45NFFE29713@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1020789413 23680 127.0.0.1 (7 May 2002 16:36:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 16:36:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Stefan Monnier" , Thien-Thi Nguyen , storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm), rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 1757xN-00069p-00 for ; Tue, 07 May 2002 18:36:53 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 175856-0001hy-00 for ; Tue, 07 May 2002 18:44:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 1757xK-0003H6-00; Tue, 07 May 2002 12:36:50 -0400 Original-Received: from 178.230.13.217.in-addr.dgcsystems.net ([217.13.230.178] helo=yxa.extundo.com) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 1757vM-00034S-00; Tue, 07 May 2002 12:34:48 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g47GY8Q4017995; Tue, 7 May 2002 18:34:11 +0200 Original-To: Pavel@Janik.cz (Pavel =?iso-8859-2?q?Jan=EDk?=) In-Reply-To: (Pavel@Janik.cz's message of "Tue, 07 May 2002 17:38:32 +0200") Mail-Copies-To: nobody Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:3675 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:3675 Pavel@Janik.cz (Pavel Jan=EDk) writes: > > > > i imagine arrows dancing around the screen, some question lik= e "these > > > > are fringes -- do you belong to the minimalist school of thou= ght; i.e., > > >=20 > > > I think that we miss a chapter with this in the manual... > >=20 > > If you're talking about the dancing arrows, I might agree, although > > I'd point out that we also miss the corresponding implementation. > > ;-) No, I was not talking about dancing arrows. I often found that many > people find the Emacs terminology confusing. They do read (emacs)Glossary, > (emacs)Screen but they would like to see pictures. One picture is more th= en > ten pages of text. I have spent one "lesson" with my users to describe th= em > the difference between mode-line and echo area and window/buffer, you kno= w. Texinfo supports images, but does the Info format? I agree it would be very useful if documentation could include screenshots.