Re: rcirc manual

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:20:30 +0000 (UTC)
> From: "Robert J. Chassell" <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
>    I think the effect of @key is not what you want; in particular
>    @address@hidden looks ugly.
> 
> (No one that I know would write @address@hidden  Instead, he or she
> would write either @kbd{M-x} or @key{M-x}.)

AFAIU, @key{M-x} is wrong, since there's no key labeled "M-x".

> Yes.  I agree.  Of course, everyone must check lest someone say "press
> the TAB key" when he or she really means "you can use TAB ...", but
> that is a different issue.

If there's _any_ justification for using @key outside the keyboard
description, it's to make a point that "C-x ESC" does not mean one
must type "C-x E S C", i.e. type the literal characters E, S, and C.
I don't think there could be such confusion in the phrase "you can use
TAB".