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Re: "About Emacs" menu item?
From: |
John Paul Wallington |
Subject: |
Re: "About Emacs" menu item? |
Date: |
31 Jan 2002 17:59:50 +0000 |
Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 31 Jan 2002, John Paul Wallington wrote:
>
> > There is no reason why selecting the "about Emacs" menu item need
> > display the startup-message. The startup-message tells the user about
> > important Help Menu and File Menu items, but doesn't tell an awful lot
> > About Emacs.
> >
> > When the user has chosen to select the "about Emacs" menu item it is
> > fair to assume he is prepared to read a little, and to present him
> > with more information.
>
> Actually, the Help->About item is a standard item in most GUI programs,
> and normally all it displays is the version, the copyright, and little
> else.
You are right. It doesn't usually tell the user about important Help
Menu and File Menu items, either.
(is display-splash-screen the same as fancy-splash-screens? my
version here is out of date)
> For example, in a random program I've just chosen, I see:
>
> - a full name of the program
> - copyright
> - "licensed to <name of the person who bought it>"
> - some free memory information (who knows why)
> - a small button labeled "more info" which, when pressed, displays
> versions of all the modules/shared libraries used by the program
>
> > Selecting the "about Emacs" menu item could create a new buffer with
> > the Emacs logo at the top and then include a couple of paragraphs of
> > text about Emacs. I'm not sure what information Emacs should convey
> > to a user about itself, however.
>
> I think this is not what users expect from a "About" item. Perhaps we
> could add something like the "more info" button, though.
That sounds a good idea.
--
John Paul Wallington
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, (continued)
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, Richard Stallman, 2002/01/29
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, Pavel Janík, 2002/01/30
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, Richard Stallman, 2002/01/30
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, Pavel Janík, 2002/01/31
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, John Paul Wallington, 2002/01/30
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, Pavel Janík, 2002/01/31
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, John Paul Wallington, 2002/01/31
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/01/31
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?,
John Paul Wallington <=
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, Alex Schroeder, 2002/01/31
- Re: "About Emacs" menu item?, Eli Zaretskii, 2002/01/31