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Re: GNU ELPA package discoverability


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: GNU ELPA package discoverability
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 10:26:32 +0300

> From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
> Cc: Emacs-devel@gnu.org,  sacha@sachachua.com,  rms@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2020 11:18:31 +0200
> 
> My initial idea was for this item to invoke a command like
> (lambda () (interactive) (customize-variable 'package-archives))
> but you said that variable customization was not okay in a menu.

I think it would be strange.  We already have "Customize Emacs" in the
menu bar, so having another item that leads to customization of a
single variable would be weird.

> Tools
>   Install Add-On Packages
>     List available packages  (aka M-x list-packages RET)
>     Find extra packages      (aka C-h C-e)
> 
> And I'd also move "Search built-in packages" there:
> 
> Tools
>   Install Add-On Packages
>     List available packages  (aka M-x list-packages RET)
>     Find extra packages      (aka C-h C-e)
>     Search built-in packages (aka C-h p)
> 
> WDYT?

If we want to move "C-h p" there, the parent item should be "Add-On
Packages", without the "Install" part.



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