Help menu (was: Re: describe-bindings: ^L, bad order, naming)

[David Reitter]

On 14 Nov 2005, at 17:48, Richard M. Stallman wrote:

>     I still didn't see any real objections to mention "keyboard  
> shortcuts"
>     in the help message for that menu item.
>
> Including it in parentheses can't hurt.

How about including it in the menu item name on systems that don't  
display the help texts?

The "Describe" sub-menu could also drop the myriad of "Describe ..."  
texts.

Right now, it is

Describe -->
         Describe Buffer Modes...
        Describe Key or Mouse Operation ...
        Describe ...
        Describe ...
        List Key Bindings
        ---
        Describe ...
        Describe ...
        Show all of Mule Stats


wouldn't it be easier for users to keep an oversight if we had  
something like

Describe -->
        Buffer Modes
        Key or Mouse Operation
        ...
        Key Bindings

(Keyboard Shortcuts)


In the main Help menu, I don't really understand why it is structured  
the way it is. Maybe I don't have to, fair enough. But one may wonder  
why the Emacs Tutorial is at the top, but the "Read the Emacs manual"  
is in the bottom half.

If it is "Tutorial", why is it not "Emacs manual" instead of "Read  
the Emacs Manual"?

"Find Emacs packages' sounds like "find extra packages", but one is a  
function that lists "Included packages", the other one is a text  
explaining something.