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Re: [External] : Re: discoverability, better defaults and which-key in E
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Jeremy Bryant |
Subject: |
Re: [External] : Re: discoverability, better defaults and which-key in Emacs |
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Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:46:34 +0000 |
> +1 to all of that.
> ___
>
> The most important aid for users - esp. but not
> only new users - is IMHO for them to learn how
> to better "ask Emacs". Emacs provides lots of
> ways to discover and find things, from the most
> common or superficial things (help keys, menus)
> to those deepest in its belly (Lisp, C).
>
> That fact isn't obvious to new users, and even
> old users can benefit from being reminded of it.
> Learning better how to ask Emacs is always
> possible, regardless of level of familiarity or
> years of use.
> ___
>
> Every top-level, superficially obvious point of
> entry could help pass the message to a user to
> help yourself by learning better how to "ask
> Emacs". Top-level entry points can include
> toolbar, menu-bar Help menu, splash screen,
> `C-h t' tutorial,...
> ___
>
> [ Maybe even every *Help* buffer could have a
> link (the same one-line link) to a manual
> entry or to some other presentation of info
> about asking Emacs (i.e., finding things).
>
> Perhaps with an added boost from AI-thingies,
> such a link could be *Help*-context sensitive.
>
> And perhaps (with AI) some actions that users
> take could (optionally) sometimes be followed
> by a popup tip about a handy (maybe quicker)
> way to ask Emacs about something they seem to
> be looking for or not be aware of. ]
How about discoverability regular reminders being a user-option (called
something like
discoverability-help-buffer), available to new and veteran users alike?
This would make the *Help* buffers bigger but with useful reminders such
as C-h S info-lookup-symbol to jump to the manual etc, and can be turned
off at will?
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