Re: When should we put @key inside @kbd?

[Richard Stallman]

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  > I don't believe that @key is always for keyboard input. It is "the
  > conventional name for a key on a keyboard" (quoted from the texinfo
  > manual). That means, it is not bound to any input, typed on the
  > keyboard first hand.

For purposes of using software, the only useful thing you can do with
a keyboard key is press it and input the character.  You can do other
things with it, such as gaze at it lovingly, caress it, kiss it, or
clean it, but there is no point mentioning those uses in a manual.

Thus, in effect any reference to a key in a manual is about
entering the key as input.

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