Re: If it is still unclear to someone...

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:30:48 +0100 csant <[email protected]> wrote: 

>> I think this kind of help should actually live in the scratchpad, it's
>> exactly the right pop-up model.

c> Just make sure that the user first discovers how to pop up the
c> scratchpad - and how to pop it away again :) (FWIW, IMHO some
c> minibuffer would be a  better location)

So you and Tuomo noted that the user sees the status bar, but doesn't
see the scratch pad by default.  Thus, the status bar should say
"Press MOD+F1 (MOD is 'Alt' on most keyboards) to see the pop-up help"
and the scratchpad should come up on that keypress, showing the
manual.  That's how I would set things up.

That's very unobtrusive, and as the user matures he will figure out
the scratchpad is not just for help.

Ted