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C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*" buffer

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Message #49 received at 50881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "50881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <50881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 "stefan <at> marxist.se" <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: RE: [External] : bug#50881: C-h C-s leads to empty " *Metahelp*"
 buffer
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:52:38 +0000

> > That's the problem with thinking your personal preferences are
> > definitely good for everyone else.  They aren't.
> 
> This is not a personal preference.  I looked through the eyes of
> a beginner who types 'C-h C-h' to get help, and the first thing
> the user sees is that parens are highlighted on the first line:
> 
>   (Type <PageDown> or <PageUp> to scroll, C-s to search, or q to exit.)
> 
> This is what we trying to tell the user with this information:
> 
>   Look, it's very important that the first paren on the first line
>   matches its closing paren, so we highlighted these parens for you.

Mountain out of a mole hill?

Or maybe the new-user takeaway is that Emacs highlights
matching parens by default.  ("Hey, that can be useful!")

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