Re: C-h K and C-h F in the Help menu

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 11:12:06 -0400
> 
>     You are right. It has disadvantages that some items are invisible but it 
>     also has advantages. However I do not believe that accessing an item 
>     fast is of much importance in the help menus. Is it not more important 
>     to easily get an overview of what is there?
> 
> I think that is a good point.  In Emacs, generally, the menus are not
> intended for speed.  If you want speed, you use the keyboard.  The
> menus are there to help beginners get an idea of what they can do.

Speed is not the main consideration here; the ease of finding the menu
item you looking for is.  Disseminating the menu items between many
submenus will make that much harder.

Other applications have menus of similar length, so I think we are in
good company and shouldn't bother.