Re: Adding a "quick-help" menu

[Philip Kaludercic]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:44:33 +0000
>> 
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> File           Buffer             Window              Mark & Kill          
>> Projects                  Misc.
>> C-x C-f find   C-x k   kill       C-x 0 kill          C-k     kill line    
>> C-x p p switch            C-x C-c exit
>> C-x C-w write  C-x b   switch     C-x 1 kill others   C-SPC   mark         
>> C-x p f find file         C-_     undo
>> C-x C-s save   M-g g   goto line  C-x 2 split vert.   M-w     kill region  
>> C-x p g search            C-s     search
>> C-x s   all    C-x C-q read only  C-x 3 split horiz.  C-y     yank         
>> C-x p r search & replace  M-%     search & replace
>>                                C-x o switch        C-x C-x swap         C-x 
>> p c compile           M-q     reformat
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>> 
>> Instead of renaming "C-x C-c" I have moved it over to "Misc."
>
> It is IMO wrong to stuff C-x C-c too far from the beginning.  Exiting
> an unfamiliar application is a frequent need, and it should ideally be
> right at the beginning.

I tend to agree, but it is also true that "File" might be the wrong
section.  Perhaps one should reconsider the order and move "Misc." to
the first column?