Re: Proposal for an improved `help-for-help'

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

> One of the usability complaints I've heard is that `help-for-help'
> (`C-h C-h') could be better organized.  I also think some colors could
> really help in making it easier to navigate.

Looks lot better to me.

> I have also attached a patch, but it's very rough.  I'm specifically
> having some trouble with font-locking: It works if I copy the contents
> of the " *Metahelp*" buffer and invoke the mode manually, but it will
> not work when I say `C-h C-h'.  Help with this is also welcome -- I'm
> probably missing something obvious.

Is using font locking the best option here, though?  What about just
inserting the text with the text properties already applied?

(Drew responds here that he doesn't much like how `C-h C-h' works -- and
I don't much like it either.  But that's a different discussion.)

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