Malcolm Box <malcolm(a)brownale.demon.co.uk> writes:
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.
something is very hokey in your environment. Do you not have
save-buffers-kill-emacs bound to any key? By default, this would read:
To get out of XEmacs, type C-x C-c.
The splash screen uses where-is-internal and some magic to figure out
what keys will _really_ work for the user.
-Bill P.