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Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts
From: |
Kim F. Storm |
Subject: |
Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts |
Date: |
15 Apr 2004 03:23:57 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
> Here's an idea: Use the normal binding for `describe-function' (`C-h f',
> or `F1 f') and either have it directly pop up the help for the currently
> executing command (i.e., don't prompt for a function name as usual), or
> else prompt as usual, but set the default value for the prompt to the
> function currently executing command (so that you'd typically use `C-h f
> RET' to get help in the situation you describe).
>
> Only experienced users will think of doing this.
> It is not adequate for the job, which is to help novices.
> It would not occur to a novice to type C-h f in the minibuffer
> to get help about the command that invoked it.
The problem with using just C-h or f1 is that it would block the
ability to use C-h b or C-h k in the minibuffer.
I use that quite often to track down problems.
Maybe C-h C-h would be ok.
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, (continued)
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Miles Bader, 2004/04/13
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Stefan Reichör, 2004/04/14
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Miles Bader, 2004/04/14
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Kim F. Storm, 2004/04/14
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Stefan Reichör, 2004/04/14
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Richard Stallman, 2004/04/15
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Stefan Reichör, 2004/04/16
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Kim F. Storm, 2004/04/16
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Kai Grossjohann, 2004/04/16
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Richard Stallman, 2004/04/14
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts,
Kim F. Storm <=
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Richard Stallman, 2004/04/16
Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Masatake YAMATO, 2004/04/13
Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Richard Stallman, 2004/04/14
Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Richard Stallman, 2004/04/14
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Stefan Reichör, 2004/04/15
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Richard Stallman, 2004/04/16
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Kim F. Storm, 2004/04/16
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Richard Stallman, 2004/04/17
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Stefan Reichör, 2004/04/19
- Re: Improved help from minibuffer prompts, Kim F. Storm, 2004/04/19