Re: Adding a "quick-help" menu

[Stefan Kangas]

Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:

> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> FWIW, I don't see how the menu bar could be a replacement.
>
> Why not?

>From my point of view, you might as well ask why we can't replace
`C-h C-h' with the menu bar.  These are just very different features,
and I don't think they should be conflated.

> If they turn off the features that are supposed to help them, what do
> you think a "quick help" menu will do?  And why won't it be turned off
> as well?

Do you mean to unbind the key `C-h q'?  I guess that some users might do
that, sure.  But we don't have much data on how common something like
that would be.  On the other hand, we do know a bit about how often
users turn off the menu bar.