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Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:36:50 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by userp3020.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2we6g7e4qt-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:36:50 +0000 Original-Received: from abhmp0003.oracle.com (abhmp0003.oracle.com [141.146.116.9]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id xAMHakgJ025646; Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:36:49 GMT In-Reply-To: <<83zhgower0.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4927.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9448 signatures=668685 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1911140001 definitions=main-1911220150 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9448 signatures=668685 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1911140001 definitions=main-1911220150 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:172247 Archived-At: > > There are index entries for the Alt key on MS > > Windows, but there is no index entry for node > > `User Input', where it is mentioned in a general > > context (not just MS Windows). Please add an > > index entry for this. >=20 > What would that index entry index in that node? That > node has no Windows-specific information or issues, AFAICT. Precisely. This is not about MS Windows, just as that node is not about MS Windows. It's about the `Alt' key and the `A-' modifier. > > These are the current index entries containing > > "alt" that refer to an Alt key: > > > > - vs M- (MS-Windows) > > key (MS-Windows) > > Alt key (MS-Windows) > > Alt key invokes menu (Windows) > > AltGr (MS-Windows) > > M- vs - (MS-Windows) > > > > ns-alternate-modifier > > ns-right-alternate-modifier > > w32-alt-is-meta > > w32-pass-alt-to-system > > w32-recognize-altgr > > > > (I had to look for "meta" in the index to find the > > mention of the Alt key in node `User Input'.) >=20 > Please describe, step by step, what subject/topic did you look for, > how did you look for it (i.e. what index entries you tried), and how > did you eventually find it. Without the whole story, I'm afraid I > cannot understand what exactly was missing in your use case and how > best to fix that. I looked for info about the `Alt' key and the `A-' modifier, using `i' (with substring matching). I was not looking for info specific to MS Windows. Luckily, I was pretty sure that there was some info about this, even though I couldn't find it by looking with `i' for matches for `alt'. I eventually found it by looking for matches for `meta'. My search for it was to point users to it who had questions about it: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/53918/capital-a-meaning-in-emacs-= syntax https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/44889/what-is-the-a-binding If you don't feel there is a missing index entry for this then fine, that's on you.