emacs-28 9b46150 4/4: * etc/NEWS: Improve 'repeat-mode' entry.

[Robert Pluim]

branch: emacs-28
commit 9b46150ab04f33514561d0589f9c37eae58bea23
Author: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Commit: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>

    * etc/NEWS: Improve 'repeat-mode' entry.
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 etc/NEWS | 28 ++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 4caf81d..5b6e267 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -3225,16 +3225,24 @@ Type 'M-x repeat-mode RET' to enable this mode.  You 
can then type
 instead of 'C-x o C-x o' to switch windows, 'C-x { { } } ^ ^ v v' to
 resize the selected window interactively, 'M-g n n p p' to navigate
 next-error matches.  Any other key exits this temporarily enabled
-transient mode that supports shorter keys, and then after exiting
-from this mode the default key binding is used for the last typed key.
-'repeat-exit-key' defines an additional key to exit mode like
-'isearch-exit' ('RET').  The user option 'repeat-exit-timeout'
-specifies the number of seconds of idle time to break the repetition
-chain automatically.  With 'repeat-keep-prefix' you can keep the
-prefix arg of the previous command.  For example, this can help to
-reverse the window navigation direction with e.g. 'C-x o M-- o o'.
-Also it can help to set a new step with e.g. 'C-x { C-5 { { {',
-which will set the window resizing step to 5 columns.
+transient mode that supports shorter keys, and then after exiting from
+this mode the default key binding is used for the last typed key.
+
+The user option 'repeat-exit-key' defines an additional key usable to
+exit the mode like 'isearch-exit' ('RET').
+
+The user option 'repeat-exit-timeout' (default nil, which means
+forever) specifies the number of seconds of idle time after which to
+break the repetition chain automatically.
+
+When user option 'repeat-keep-prefix' is non-nil (the default), the
+prefix arg of the previous command is kept.  This can be used to
+e.g. reverse the window navigation direction with 'C-x o M-- o o' or
+to set a new step with 'C-x { C-5 { { {', which will set the window
+resizing step to 5 columns.
+
+'M-x describe-repeat-maps' will display a buffer showing
+which commands are repeatable in 'repeat-mode'.
 
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