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bug#56508: Suggestions for the "Help" menu
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#56508: Suggestions for the "Help" menu |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:40:30 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:04:51 -0500
>
> Suggestions for the "Help" menu:
I object. We just reshuffled that menu recently, let's not touch it
for another major release or two.
Specific comments:
> 1. Remove "Emacs FAQ". It is not nearly as up-to-date as the
> manual, and most users these days will either find it by other
> means or just search the web.
So you are basically saying we don't need the FAQ?
> 2. Remove "Emacs Psychotherapist". Sorry, but in terms of chatbots
> there are *way* better ones out there these days. If anything,
> move it to "Games".
I object to making Emacs dead serious, because it will make it dead.
> 3. Remove "Non(Warranty)" and "Getting New Versions" as it is
> already available under "About Emacs".
These are politically motivated and cannot be removed.
> 4. Under "Describe" we have the item "Show all of Mule Status" which
> is a rather hard-to-understand name. Does it need to be there?
Yes.
> Should it get a better name?
Do you have any suggestions?
> 5. "Describe Coding System Briefly" under "Describe" -- is this
> useful? I just get this cryptic message here:
>
> F[U:],K[U:],T[U:],P>[=:],P<[=:], default F[U:],P>[U:],P<[U:]
It's completely understandable here: File encoding, Keyboard encoding,
Terminal encoding, Process encoding (input and output).
> I believe the above changes would make the "Help" menu more useful and
> less overwhelming. Too much choice simply makes it harder to navigate.
I believe we should leave that menu alone.