Re: A new filter-based customization interface [was: An anonymous IRC user's opinion]

[Richard Stallman]

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I'd like to understand this idea, but I can't grasp it from this message.

    Hi everyone,

    I hope that the persons who were first interested in this discussion, will
    re-jump to contribute and share their point of view.

    Eli, I came up with a “filter-based” ui idea, to implement the 
customizations,...

I found much later an anstract explanaion of the idea itself:

    New implementation idea:
    ========================
    A “filter-based” ui customizations (instead of q&a in the minibuffer):

    The main idea is to give user the ability to easily “filter” on 
customizations
    and thus quickly customize emacs for his needs (using “familiar” terms of
    course).

    This will also, be a nice way for user to have a quick and global overview 
of
    what emacs can do.

That abstract description makes sense, as far as i t goes.  So next,
I'd like to understand the first level of detail.

For instance, what are some keywords you have in mind -- and what
do you envision them as including or excluding?

I don't see that in the message.  There is some sort of example,
presented in Org format, but being a non-Org-user, I can't understand
it that way.

Would you please post a verbal description?  I'd expect 20 or 30 lines
would be enough to make it basically clear.  Precise details aren't
needed.

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