Re: Adding a "quick-help" menu

[Howard Melman]

On Oct 16, 2022, at 12:01 PM, Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
> 
> Howard Melman <hmelman@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> A few comments on the text.
>> 
>> In Window I think C-x 0 should be called kill (or close)
>> because that what it does to the window, and this is
>> meaningful if there is more than 2 windows in the frame.
>> Kill matches the usage in Buffer.  And perhaps C-x 1 should
>> be labeled "kill others".
>> 
>> Also I think C-x o should be called switch just like C-x b
>> in Buffer.
>> 
>> In Mark & Kill I would put Kill Line first so that the mark
>> command is closer to the region and yank commands.
>> 
>> Finally the text for C-x C-c is "exit" in the File column
>> and I don't think that's clear enough that it exits emacs
>> and not just a file.  I know there isn't room to add emacs
>> but maybe "quit" is clearer as quitting a file makes less
>> sense (IMHO) than exiting one.
> 
> The contents of the help buffer are specified by the
> `help-quick-sections' variable in lisp/help.el.  Feel free to prepare a
> patch with your suggestions, that would make it easier to see how they
> look like.

I don't build my own emacs and haven't signed papers, so I hope
my mere comments are understandable and sufficient for consideration.

Howard