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bug#36478: Perhaps rearrange *Help* buffer a bit?
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#36478: Perhaps rearrange *Help* buffer a bit? |
Date: |
Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:14:05 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I think Drew (or somebody?) mentioned this in a bug report the other
> day: The way the automated stuff is arranged in the *Help* buffer is
> perhaps not optimal.
> This function has a compiler macro ‘internal--compiler-macro-cXXr’.
> Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 20.
[...]
> Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 1.2.
> This function does not change global state, including the match data.
[...]
> So the thought here is that those indented lines isn't what's most
> interesting to the user.
I recently reworked the generation of this text specifically to try and
make it easier to tweak it.
> Anyway, what about rearranging this a bit so that the stuff the users
> are interested in comes first?
[...]
> Let the bike-shedding commence!
Here's my favorite color:
- don't move it to the end, because it's much too far.
- hide it by default, with some obvious-enough button-like thingy to
expand it on demand.
- maybe the first line could also be moved into this "metadata" block.
- These *Help* buffers would benefit from a bit of face-lift (e.g. put
a different face on the metadata part, yet another on the
calling-convention example, ...).
Stefan
- bug#36478: Perhaps rearrange *Help* buffer a bit?,
Stefan Monnier <=