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bug#52870: Is displaying <menu-bar> bindings in describe-function useful
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#52870: Is displaying <menu-bar> bindings in describe-function useful? |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:09:58 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> What is your rationale for this? Is it easier to accept if it is before
>> the "Probably introduced" line?
>
> The rationale is that hardly anyone ever looks at the "Probably
> introduced" line. Before it is slightly better, but not good enough:
> some doc strings are very long, so the menu-bar bindings will be
> pushed too far.
I think saying explictly
It can be invoked from the menu: "Help Menu" -> "Describe..."
is a lot clearer (and helpful) for users than the current
It is bound to C-h f, <help> f, <menu-bar> <help-menu> <describe>
<describe-function>.
Perhaps keeping it grouped with the binding info would be good, though.
So:
It is bound to C-h f and <help> f
It can also be invoked from the menu: "Help Menu" -> "Describe" ...
or something like that?
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