bug#58543: closed (29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?")

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #58543,
regarding 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?"
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> 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?"
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> Sat, 15 Oct 2022 12:40:13 +0300
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> As Subject says: "C-h ?" doesn't show the 'q' key, it shows this
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>    M-x help-quick-or-quit       Display the quick help buffer.
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> This is sub-optimal, I think, and will help users who need this "quick
> help" less than it could be.
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> Thinking about it, perhaps 'q'; should be on the first line shown by
> "C-h ?".
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> In GNU Emacs 29.0.50 (build 2070, i686-pc-mingw32) of 2022-10-15 built
>  on HOME-C4E4A596F7
> Repository revision: e185526d216e544a70b2be77b34b5cb5386762d1
> Repository branch: master
> Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
> System Description: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (v5.1.0.2600)
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> Memory information:
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> Re: bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?"
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> Date: 
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> Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:59:20 +0000
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> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
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> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
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> >>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> >>> Cc: larsi@gnus.org,  58543@debbugs.gnu.org,  stefankangas@gmail.com
> >>> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 13:39:12 +0000
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> >>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
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> >>> >> > How about mentioning it in the "C-h" prompt itself?
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> >>> >> Do you mean the "C-h (Type ? for further options)-" prompt?
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> >>> > Yes.  Make it say
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> >>> >   C-h (Type ? for further options, q for quick help)-
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> >>> > or somesuch.
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> >>> That sounds good.  How about this patch:
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> >> LGTM, but please wait for others to comment.  After all, I'm not the
> >> main audience for this stuff ;-)
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> > Will do.
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> The patch has been pushed a while ago, so I am closing the report.
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