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29.0.50; Confusing icon customization interface

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From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, 57113 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57113: 29.0.50; Confusing icon customization interface
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 08:12:06 -0300

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Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> Do "M-x customize-icon RET outline-open RET".
>
> You will see the following interface:
>
> INS DEL List:
>             Choice: Value Menu Colorful Emojis
>             Repeat:
>             INS DEL String: 🔽
>             INS
>             Plist:
>             INS
> INS DEL List:
>             Choice: Value Menu Monochrome Symbols
>             Repeat:
>             INS DEL String:  ⯆
>             INS
>             Plist:
>             INS
> INS DEL List:
>             Choice: Value Menu Text Only
>             Repeat:
>             INS DEL String:  close
>             INS
>             Plist:
>             INS
> INS
>     State : STANDARD.
>
> How to use this interface is not clear at all.  What does the first
> level labeled "repeat" mean?  Why does it have multiple items, when it
> is intended to represent a single icon?  What does it mean if I click
> "INS"?  And if I click "DEL"?
>
> Ignoring that, the individual items in the list are also badly
> organized.  There is a menu of choices that seem to indicate the types
> of the items in the value list (why it is a list is also unclear.)
>
> Unfortunately, there is no help text in the menu explaining what the
> individual icons mean, or what to do with the text or plist fields field
> provided underneath.  The fields also don't update in response to
> changes to the type, which doesn't make sense unless selecting "Images"
> will automagically transform an Emoji symbol into an image.
>
> The labels on the various fields should also be more informative than
> "Repeat", "String" and "Plist"; those only tell you what the fields are,
> and not what the fields do.

I tried to improve the tags for the custom-icon widget.  See the
attached patch.

I'm willing to work on this, so any feedback is appreaciated. Thanks.

[0001-Improve-tags-in-custom-icon-widget.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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