XEmacs splash screen
In the spirit of helping new users, and checking how things look for
them, I read the splash screen today. This is how it reads for XEmacs
21.0 "Pyrenean-pre6" (win32).
Copyright (C) 1985-1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1990-1994 Lucid, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1993-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) 1994-1996 Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
Copyright (C) 1995-1996 Ben Wing
XEmacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type C-h C-w for full details.
You may give out copies of XEmacs; type C-h C-l to see the conditions.
Type C-h C-d for information on getting the latest version.
Type f1 or use the Help menu to get help.
Type C-x u to undo changes (`C-' means use the Control key).
To get out of XEmacs, type M-x save-buffers-kill-emacs.
Type C-h t for a tutorial on using XEmacs.
Type C-h i to enter Info, which you can use to read online documentation.
For tips and answers to frequently asked questions, see the XEmacs FAQ.
(It's on the Help menu, or type C-h F [a capital F!].)
The crucial section is the "To get out of XEmacs" bit. I know we don't
ever want anyone to exit XEmacs, but a new user faced with that is going
to be mighty confused. What is "Type M-x save-buffers-kill-emacs" when
it's at home? We explain the meaning of C-, but not of M-x. I think it
should read as follows:
"To exit XEmacs, either use the File|Exit XEmacs menu item, or type M-x
save-buffers-kill-emacs. "M-x" means press the Meta key and x, where
the meta key could be labelled Alt, Meta or Esc."
How does this sound to the rest of you?
Malcolm