bug#45536: [PATCH] Pretty-print keys without <> around modifiers

[Mattias Engdegård]

1 jan. 2021 kl. 13.54 skrev Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>:

>> Why do they have to be 100 % identical?
> 
> Because you use the differences that exist now as argument for the
> change you proposed.  If the differences between what we have in Info
> and what we have in describe-key are not important, then let's stop
> using what the Info manual shows in this discussion.

We have been talking past one another; I am partly to blame. Please allow me to 
recap:

It was suggested earlier in the discussion that people might be confused about 
the meaning of M-<return> and that it therefore would be better to keep the old 
style <M-return> despite its shortcomings. The Info manual's apparent and 
pervasive use of the logical style indicates that such concerns are unlikely to 
be well-founded.

It is not an argument about how the manual (in any format) should present key 
bindings. Nor is the Info manual's style the reason for the change; it merely 
supports the claim that the logical style is well-understood and not 
controversial in the least.

The improvement demands no change from the users at all. Their code and init 
files will continue to work as before. They will occasionally see keys 
pretty-printed in a more logical way, in help screens and menus. It is not a 
momentous change but there is benefit, and no harm.