From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command' Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:58:06 +0200 Message-ID: <837dn0w0vl.fsf@gnu.org> References: <835z2o4fes.fsf@gnu.org> <83pn0v257d.fsf@gnu.org> <83eehb17ag.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17626"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: larsi@gnus.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, 46627@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 22 16:59:59 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lEDcs-0004Rg-Pj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:59:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38552 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lEDcr-0001hf-EZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:59:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47682) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lEDby-0000of-S8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:59:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45751) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lEDby-00050f-KW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:59:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lEDby-00015z-Ht for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:59:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:59:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46627 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 46627-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46627.16140095064153 (code B ref 46627); Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:59:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46627) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Feb 2021 15:58:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57289 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lEDbN-00014v-Ht for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:58:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:57872) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lEDbM-00014g-FS for 46627@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:58:24 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:57026) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lEDbG-0004iY-DF; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:58:18 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:3212 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lEDbE-0002Uv-9n; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:58:17 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Kangas on Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:10:28 -0600) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:200592 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Kangas > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:10:28 -0600 > Cc: 46627@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org > > >> ->> Try typing C-h f previous-line . > >> +>> Try typing C-h x previous-line . > >> This displays all the information Emacs has about the > >> function which implements the C-p command. > > > > Perhaps the text here should be amended not to mention "function". > > Hmm. OTOH, it is kind of nice to read that explanation as the first > thing you'll see is something like: > > (next-line &optional ARG TRY-VSCROLL) > > So the user will worry less if she has first seen that explanation, > maybe? Fair enough, let's leave this for another rainy day. > I've attached an updated patch. Thanks, LGTM.