bug#139: describe-key vs. widget red tape

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I finally found some time to keep working on this.
>>
>> I reworked the patch with the useful suggestion from Basil.  I think I
>> addressed all the points raised, and that the patch looks much better
>> now.  I went with `describe-widget' for the name of the command, but
>> have no preference over the name, so if someone suggests something
>> better, I'm OK with it.
>
> I think this looks great.  It just needs a NEWS entry and a mention in
> the Emacs (or Elisp?) manual (somewhere close to where describe-function
> etc is documented).

I've now applied this patch (and I added a news entry), and I'll be
pushing it to Emacs 28 as soon as I've added some documentation.

> And as Drew says, we should consider hooking this up to `C-h k' when on
> a button/widget, perhaps.

Ok, yeah, that should probably be added, too.

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