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Re: emacs-28 6170c50: Fix regression in help-mode prompt


From: Stefan Kangas
Subject: Re: emacs-28 6170c50: Fix regression in help-mode prompt
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:17:12 -0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>>     "Type one of the above keys%s: "
>>     "Type a key listed above%s: "
>
> The shorter one looks better, thanks.
>
> But what if "listed above" are not just keys, but key sequences, or
> even something else ("options" is more general)?

I guess one alternative is

    "Type an option listed above%s: "

which is just one character longer than

    "Type one of listed options%s: "

Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:

> Is this about the *Metahelp* buffer displayed by typing `C-h ?'?  Then I
> think it's sufficient to prompt with "Type one of the options%s: ",
> since the buffer containing the options is in plain view.

That's also good.  I don't really have a strong preference either way,
but yours has the advantage that it is even shorter than the original.



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