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Re: Online help and help-for-help improvements
From: |
Kim F. Storm |
Subject: |
Re: Online help and help-for-help improvements |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:49:47 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) |
Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:
>> Here is a patch which improves the online help in the
>> following ways:
>>
>> - the output from C-h C-h is much easier to read and use.
>
> Yes, it is much easier to read now. It removes command names
> (not useful for users who read this help page), but maybe we
> could put these command names on the `help-echo' property
> over the help key letters?
Maybe, but I don't see what benefit that would do.
> Also using the verb `Display' at the beginning of every line
> seems too superfluous, i.e. instead of
I'll change that.
>> * startup.el (startup-echo-area-message): Check for about-emacs.
>
> Could you please fix this also in the Emacs 22 branch?
I'd prefer if someone else would install the patch on the branch:
2008-02-28 Kim F. Storm <address@hidden>
* startup.el (startup-echo-area-message): Check for about-emacs.
*** startup.el 18 Feb 2008 11:31:27 +0100 1.480
--- startup.el 28 Feb 2008 12:58:49 +0100
***************
*** 1896,1902 ****
(insert "\tBuying printed manuals from the FSF\n"))
(defun startup-echo-area-message ()
! (if (eq (key-binding "\C-h\C-p") 'describe-project)
"For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a."
(substitute-command-keys
"For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type \
--- 1896,1902 ----
(insert "\tBuying printed manuals from the FSF\n"))
(defun startup-echo-area-message ()
! (if (eq (key-binding "\C-h\C-a") 'about-emacs)
"For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a."
(substitute-command-keys
"For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type \
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk