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On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Nir Tzachar wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> wrote:

> > In other words: You don't permanently need half a screen of instructions,
> > hide them by default and offer a popup. The window below the title is the
> > only working area, it can be maximized. (Looking at "make menuconfig",
> > I see the same mistakes.)
> 
> I tried to copy the behaviour of menuconfig, hence the similarity.

Obviously. I tried to put the blame on menuconfig by mentioning it.

> Does placing a short help, e.g.,  'press I for instruction' seems
> good?

In this case, I'd just add one more button.