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From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
order of manuals in Info... |
Date: |
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:43:56 -0800 |
1. What is the ordering scheme used in emacs -Q for the Info manuals?
If it's supposed to reflect general usefulness or popularity, then I would
expect to see things like Dired-X, Ediff, and Tramp higher up, and things like
Newsticker lower down. That's not a great way to organize the menu anyway (and
one person's useful is another's useless).
Simplest would be alphabetical order - easy to find most entries. But keep Info,
Emacs, Emacs FAQ, Emacs Lisp Intro, and Elisp at the top.
2. Why does the description of Emacs Lisp Intro appear on a separate line from
the menu item? (It is the same length as EasyPG Assistant, so it shouldn't be a
problem of item length.)
3. How about reducing the descriptions of these entries?
. VIPER from 3 lines to 1:
VIPER - VI emulation mode"
. SC, Autotype, Forms, and Widget descriptions from 2 lines to 1:
SC - Supercite: cite parts of messages
Autotype - Automatically insert text you type often
Forms - Edit databases by filling in forms
Widget - UI toolkit used by Customize
The multiple-line descriptions can give a false impression of separating the
menu items into groups.
- order of manuals in Info...,
Drew Adams <=