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26.3; A little Help from `list-packages'?

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Y. E." <yugenekr <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 40457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40457: 26.3; A little Help from `list-packages'?
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:02:25 +0200

"Y. E." <yugenekr <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I think with new keystrokes there's a risk to confuse (especially a new user)
> even more: for example, using I (uppercase-i) and D per one package
> install/delete would make already inconsistent U even more inconsistent.

Yeah, probably.  On the other hand, even having `I' and `D' as separate
commands is unnecessary -- we could have an `X' command that does the
correct thing on the current line.  (Package knows whether that's
installing or deleting a package.)

> Maybe also change `package-menu-quick-help' output:
> it could be improved by mentioning *marking*, not only the action.

Indeed.  I've now pushed a change that spells out what i, d and x really
do, because it was pretty misleading.  I can well see people reading
that, hitting `i' and then going "so it's installed now?"

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