On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Reinhard Engel <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 2. <alt-x> ? must not be *just* an Easter Egg: newbies don't know about
>> Easter Eggs! Presumably this means a new help-related command.
>>
>> Newbies not only don't know about Easter Eggs, they might even not know
> the term 'Easter Egg'.  Easter Eggs, hidden commands and the like violate
> the GUI principle of 'Least Surprise'.
>

Easter Eggs may be fine for experts.  But as you say, we can't rely on
them to help newbies.  That's what I was saying.




>
>
>> Some invention will be required: <alt-x> ? is great because it uses the
>> minibuffer effectively.
>>
>
> Does it? On my German keyboard it just does nothing. No hint, no
> 'Completion' tab, nada!
>

<alt-x> ?

is merely an idea we have discussed recently.  It doesn't exist yet.


> Alas, newbies might have trouble with typing completion.
>>
>
> Typing completion should 'just' work as soon as the first letter is
> entered
>

A good idea.  I'm not sure why it doesn't work that way at present.



> BTW: The GUI distance between the Commandbox and the 'Completion' tab is
> far too big; it requires too much eye movement (= loss of focus).
>

You can reduce the distance by using the Qt completer, but I prefer the
present way.  Usually, I ignore the Completion tab.

EKR

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