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bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?"
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Philip Kaludercic |
Subject: |
bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?" |
Date: |
Sun, 16 Oct 2022 13:39:12 +0000 |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 58543@debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com
>> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 11:11:20 +0000
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> >> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
>> >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 58543@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas
>> >> <stefankangas@gmail.com>
>> >> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 10:21:05 +0000
>> >>
>> >> I would therefore remove entry from the "(make-help-screen
>> >> help-for-help" block, and consider some other place to mention the quick
>> >> help buffer.
>> >
>> > How about mentioning it in the "C-h" prompt itself?
>>
>> Do you mean the "C-h (Type ? for further options)-" prompt?
>
> Yes. Make it say
>
> C-h (Type ? for further options, q for quick help)-
>
> or somesuch.
That sounds good. How about this patch:
>From 8db3c0a25bf88f8e4669fd7e2babc2ff8f5c98b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 15:38:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] * src/keyboard.c (echo_add_key): Mention quick-help
---
src/keyboard.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
index 8ab4a451b4..8386b599c3 100644
--- a/src/keyboard.c
+++ b/src/keyboard.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ echo_add_key (Lisp_Object c)
if ((NILP (echo_string) || SCHARS (echo_string) == 0)
&& help_char_p (c))
{
- AUTO_STRING (str, " (Type ? for further options)");
+ AUTO_STRING (str, " (Type ? for further options, q for quick help)");
AUTO_LIST2 (props, Qface, Qhelp_key_binding);
Fadd_text_properties (make_fixnum (7), make_fixnum (8), props, str);
new_string = concat2 (new_string, str);
--
2.37.3
Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> C-h (Type ? for further options, q for quick help)-
>>
>> or somesuch.
>
> This is a nit, but is it just me that finds it confusing that the "-" is
> all the way to the right?
>
> IOW, shouldn't it say something like:
>
> C-h- (Type ? for further options, q for quick help)
>
> Or now that we have the `help-key-binding' maybe even
>
> C-h- [? further options, q quick help]
Ah, I didn't understand what the trailing dash was supposed to signify
so this looks like a good idea.
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Eli Zaretskii, 2022/10/15
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2022/10/16
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Philip Kaludercic, 2022/10/16
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Eli Zaretskii, 2022/10/16
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Philip Kaludercic, 2022/10/16
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Eli Zaretskii, 2022/10/16
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Stefan Kangas, 2022/10/16
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?",
Philip Kaludercic <=
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Eli Zaretskii, 2022/10/16
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2022/10/16
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Philip Kaludercic, 2022/10/16
- bug#58543: 29.0.50; The 'q' key is not shown by "C-h ?", Stefan Kangas, 2022/10/16