Re: Pressing ? does not allow window scrolling through the list of info commands

[uzibalqa]

> ------- Original Message -------
> On Friday, July 7th, 2023 at 6:38 PM, Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > > From: Yuri Khan yuri.v.khan@gmail.com
> > > Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2023 13:00:30 +0700
> > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > > 
> > > However, what is the reason for that event loop?
> > 
> > The reason is to allow return to the manual with minimal fuss. As the
> > user who invokes "?" is very likely to be a newbie to Emacs, having
> > them to deal with buffers and windows at this point is unwise, to say
> > the least.
> 
> 
> For newbies it is even more strange to see oneself getting diverted back
> to the manual, considering that many are used to traverse a buffer with
> the arrow keys or mouse scroll. Particularly when such buffer scrolling
> operations work as expected within the manual.
> 
> > For the same reason, the first screenful displayed by "?" should show
> > all of the essential commands, leaving the next screenful to show the
> > advanced and more rarely-used ones.
> > 
> > I'm not saying I object to adding more keys to scroll the display
> > there, but the simplicity of going back to the manual should be
> > preserved.
> 
> 
> The informational note about how to traverse the buffer shewn in the
> Echo Area should be written at the beginning, as soon as the newbie
> (or not) gets to the '?' page.

Then there is the problem of how to move up again after using space to see more.