> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:22:44 +0200
> From: Alessandro Vesely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> It is quite frequent to read help screens and compare them with some
> text that is being edited. My (personal) order of preference is
> 
>   1) have them side by side,
>   2) activate "always on top" or similar option for the help frame,
>   3) switch _rapidly_ between help and text, i.e. single keystroke/click.
> 
> Most apps have a separate utility to display help. Emacs does not.
> That is consistent with the fact that Emacs can do very different
> things. However, none of the three alternatives above are easily
> viable with the default behavior of info screens.

FWIW, I always have a separate frame that I use for the Info manuals.

As for *Help*, *Apropos*, and other similar buffers, I quite like that
they pop up in the same frame, since my screen is usually too crowded,
and popping another frame would annoy me.

> There is no C-x 5 h... command either. Why?

I don't know; feel free to suggest such a feature on emacs-devel.


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