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bug#48504: Improve style of C-h t description (Preface)
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Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#48504: Improve style of C-h t description (Preface) |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Sep 2021 05:07:09 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> No, I mean to change this:
>> (which is ``control h and then t'')
>> into this:
>> (hold down @key{Control} and type @kbd{h}, then let go of
>> @key{Control} and type @kbd{t})
>
> That's awkward. How about
>
> To run the tutorial, start Emacs and type @kbd{C-h t} (that is,
> press and hold Control, then type h, then release Control and type
> t).
All users already know the notation Ctrl+X if they have ever used a
computer. We can safely assume this most basic level of computer
literacy.
So this is better written as:
> To run the tutorial, start Emacs and type @kbd{C-h t} (that is,
> @kbd{Ctrl+H}, then @kbd{T}).
(There is no confusion here with regards to @kbd{T} and @kbd{t}, because
everywhere else our "T" is written as "Shift+T".)
- bug#48504: Improve style of C-h t description (Preface),
Stefan Kangas <=