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>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 43636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43636: 28.0.50; About Emacs, shall be descriptive and point to Info file
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 09:38:47 +0300

> From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 22:39:48 +0200
> 
> One basic example is that the page does not tell to user that Emacs is
> editor. So the "About Emacs" is not straight to the point to tell what
> Emacs is.

What would you suggest to say there?  Emacs is not just an editor, but
OTOH whatever we want to say we need to say succinctly, so as not to
overflow the single line we have for that.
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