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25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 20697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:38:32 -0700

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> There was also a suggestion by Drew in the original post to mention
> the Help menu as well.  Is that something we want to do?  But then,
> wouldn't we also want to suggest C-h C-h, C-h C-i, etc.?

Hm...  The "About" screen already has too much text, in my opinion --
and adding more will only discourage reading what's already there.

Perhaps the "Absence of Warranty" and "Copying Conditions" could be
merged into one line?

> Maybe a better alternative would be to add the Emacs Manual at the
> bottom, after the link to the guided tour?  (And, but maybe that's
> just me, to move all the help topics ("Emacs Tutorial", "Emacs Guided
> Tour") to the top?)

Yes, it is kinda odd that there's no links to the manual on that page.

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