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bug#4257: Documentation for where-is-preferred-modifier is obscure
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#4257: Documentation for where-is-preferred-modifier is obscure |
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Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:13:30 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
> The doc string for `where-is-preferred-modifier' is
>
> where-is-preferred-modifier is a variable defined in `C source code'.
> Its value is nil
>
> Documentation:
> Preferred modifier to use for `where-is'.
> When a single binding is requested, `where-is' will return one that
> uses this modifier if possible. If nil, or if no such binding exists,
> bindings using keys without modifiers (or only with meta) will be
> preferred.
>
> . This leaves the user having to guess what a "modifier for `where-is'"
> is. This is bad.
By "modifier" they mean a modifier key. I've now clarified this in the
doc string in Emacs 24.
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