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


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: When should we put @key inside @kbd?
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:26:26 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2018 14:10:15 +0100
> 
> Example from the Emacs manual:
> 
> "If you don't have the @key{LFD} or @key{TAB} keys on your keyboard,
> the @kbd{C-j} and @kbd{C-i} keys are equivalent to them, respectively."

But C-j and C-i are not keys, so this is again something that needs to
be fixed in the Emacs manual.

> Often (at least in the Emacs manual), @key{} is used to describe
> characters. Whether this is good practice shall be decided.

IMO, it's a mistake.  @key is for describing keys whose labels have
more than one character in them.



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