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bug#14854: A typo, IMHO


From: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Subject: bug#14854: A typo, IMHO
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 14:09:32 +0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux)

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Michael Dan Mossinsohn wrote:
>>
>>> While using the emacs help system I noticed the line:
>>> "Describe key (or click or menu item):"
>>> Which appears while using C-h k or C-h k.
>>>
>>> I guess the "or menu item" was supposed to be 'on menu item' or maybe 'on a
>>> menu item'.
>>
>> I think it means: you can describe either a key-press, or a mouse-click,
>> or a menu-item. The latter is accessed by a mouse-click, but I guess the
>> wording tries to inform people that they _can_ get a description of a
>> menu-item, which might not otherwise be apparent.
>
> I've always found that wording to be pretty opaque.
>
> How about something like
>
> Say what command a key stroke, a mouse click, or a menu item calls:
>
> Or
>
> Describe the following key, mouse click, or menu item: 

I've now made this change on the trunk.

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