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RE: describe-bindings: ^L, bad order, naming


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: describe-bindings: ^L, bad order, naming
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:41:12 -0800

    >>> Couldn't there be a list of all groups in the beginning, with links
    >>> going to the bindings belonging to the group?
    >>
    >> Like in the *Help* buffer created by `C-h m'?
    >
    > Yup. That would be fine.
    > Outline mode, as suggested by Eli, is OK only if it doesn't require
    > people to know some keys in order to even look up the keys.

    By default, Outline mode is harmless and doesn't require to know its
    keys to read the Help buffer.  Advanced users should know Outline keys
    to use it and to hide/show uninteresting parts.

If the point is to make the less interesting parts less visible to start
with (so, less distracting), then Outline mode would help only if it hid
such stuff, by default.

Why not just do what the OP suggested: list the section titles in the
beginning, linked to the sections themselves (exactly as in the *Help*
buffer). That would be perfect. Such an approach is common both on the Web
and in technical documents (e.g. reference-book chapters): a preliminary TOC
with links.





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