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bug#24825: [help-texinfo] "help" content


From: Gavin Smith
Subject: bug#24825: [help-texinfo] "help" content
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 17:12:40 +0000

On 30 October 2016 at 17:06, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> I was asking for the documentation to be changed to mention that you
>> can press H in the stand-alone info reader, not for what emacs does to
>> be changed.
>
> How can we change the documentation to say that 'H' invokes the
> summary, when in fact the summary is invoked by '?' in Emacs and by
> 'H' in the stand-alone reader (and 'H' in Emacs does something
> related, but different).  The info.texi file is supposed to describe
> both.
>
> What am I missing?

It can mention both, like

$ diff info.texi.orig info.texi
399,401c399,401
< @kbd{?}, which displays a brief list of commands.  When you are
< finished looking at the list, make it go away by typing @key{SPC}
< repeatedly.
---
> @kbd{?} (or @kbd{H} in the stand-alone Info reader), which displays a
> brief list of commands.  When you are finished looking at the list, make
> it go away by typing @key{SPC} repeatedly.
404,408c404,408
< >> Type a @key{?} now.  Press @key{SPC} to see consecutive screenfuls of
<    the list until finished.  Then type @key{SPC} several times.  If
<    you are using Emacs, the help will then go away automatically.
<    If you are using the stand-alone Info reader, type @kbd{x} to
<    return here.
---
> >> Type a @key{?} (or @key{H}) now.  Press @key{SPC} to see consecutive
>    screenfuls of the list until finished.  Then type @key{SPC} several
>    times.  If you are using Emacs, the help will then go away
>    automatically.  If you are using the stand-alone Info reader, type
>    @kbd{x} to return here.

I'm not sure what "H" is supposed to do in emacs but the Top node of
info.info states "Type 'H' to see a summary of all available
commands."





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