GNU bug report logs - #43636
28.0.50; About Emacs, shall be descriptive and point to Info file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:40:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 43636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 43636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#43636: 28.0.50; About Emacs, shall be descriptive and point
 to Info file
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:14:04 -0700 (PDT)

> > For me it is: general computing environment
> 
> That sounds too general and abstract to be useful.  E.g., I could say
> the same about any modern OS.

Yes.  IMO, nearly any list of general labels won't
be very helpful.  It might suffice to say at the
outset that you can do lots of things with Emacs -
it is a text editor and more.  IOW, the old "kitchen
sink".

It's by examples (even descriptions of examples)
that we can convey the breadth of "what you can do"
with Emacs.  A list of labels won't help anyone
much, IMO.
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