TODO subjects and buffer handling (was: thumbs doesn't show next image)

[Dieter Wilhelm]

"Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> writes:

>     tumme is only mentioned in the NEWS file but not yet interactive or
>     self documented with M-x apropos or C-h p in the multimedia section as
>     thumbs is.
>
> I will fix that.

It's already there, thank you, I'm amazed that you still find the time ...

> Can you figure out what makes it unobvious?
>

I could, but I probably won't (I explained it to the author of tumme
at length)

> If it wasn't clear to you, that means it needs SOME kind of
> improvement.  If you can tell me more about what did not work
> as you expect, that would help people figure out what to do.

I'd rather help with other things.

1.) Integration of a (Text-)Browser into Emacs
2.) Alleviations, improvements to the file/buffer management (buffer-menu?)

To 1.): I strongly believe that Emacs could improve my browsing
 experience tremendously (I'm using w3m and firefox).  Looking at the
 TODO list only w3 development is fitting.  I started w3 once or twice
 some years ago and it wasn't usable.  Maybe a not so ambitious
 project like emacs-w3m or a browsing capability under gnus is better
 suited for such a "killer application"?

To 2.): With gazillions of open files/buffers the buffer
 management/switching becomes very unwieldy.  It always goes like
 this: "Opened I already a shell buffer, or was it eshell?  What was
 the name of this buffer I replied to someone?  I know there's a calc
 buffer but what was the starting character (for buffer name
 completion) and how can I place him properly within my current buffer
 layout".  And finding something in the buffer-menu output is painful
 (maybe more sorting commands like the T command would be helpful), on
 the other hand the completion of buffer names is great in itself but
 often uses some buffers where interesting contents are displayed.
 Using more frames and window-manager capabilities helps but is not a
 cure-all.

It would be kind if you or some developer could point me to further
directions of the Emacs development in these fields.

-- 
Best wishes

     Dieter Wilhelm