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Re: discoverability, better defaults and which-key in Emacs


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: discoverability, better defaults and which-key in Emacs
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:41:51 +0200

> From: Jeremy Bryant <jb@jeremybryant.net>
> Cc: incal@dataswamp.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2024 22:18:48 +0000
> 
> >From emacs -q, the first line is "Get help" which lands in "C-h C-h"
> 
> THe info node @Help is indeed very useful, but it takes several hops
> from emacs -q to even get to it (perhaps via the whole manual)
> I would suggest it would be helpful to insert a reference to @Help in a
> much more obvious way, perhaps at the top of C-h C-h
> 
> - Would this be useful as a patch now?

I don't think so.  It might actually confuse because people who type
"C-h C-h" usually want quick and concise help.

> - Should this be reserved as part of a 'discoverability' functionality or 
> setting?

The former, I think (IIUC what you mean by that).



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