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: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:16:56 +0200 Message-ID: <83eehazpc7.fsf@gnu.org> References: <835z2o4fes.fsf@gnu.org> <87o8geq4nq.fsf@gnus.org> <83tuq6zyhf.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38075"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: stefan@marxist.se, 46627@debbugs.gnu.org To: larsi@gnus.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 20 17:18:13 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 1lDUxP-0009lU-MJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:18:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59654 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUxO-0007yQ-Lv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:18:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47174) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUxG-0007xO-Rr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:18:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:41139) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUxG-0003T1-K8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:18:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUxG-0005UQ-Fa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:18:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:18:02 +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=B46627.161383784121048 (code B ref 46627); Sat, 20 Feb 2021 16:18:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46627) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Feb 2021 16:17:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52684 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUwb-0005TQ-F7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:17:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:57404) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUwa-0005TE-C5 for 46627@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:17:20 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:46461) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUwT-00036g-DJ; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:17:15 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1311 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lDUwS-0003gV-Pn; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 11:17:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <83tuq6zyhf.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 20 Feb 2021 14:59:24 +0200) 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:200441 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 14:59:24 +0200 > From: Eli Zaretskii > Cc: stefan@marxist.se, 46627@debbugs.gnu.org > > > `C-h c' would be more natural for this command, and the `c' mnemonic for > > `describe-key-briefly' is pretty weak -- I'm guessing it ended up there > > because `C-h k' and `C-h K' were already taken? > > No, I think it's because 'c' stands for "character". And the user manual actually says that: ‘C-h c KEY’ Show the name of the command that the key sequence KEY is bound to (‘describe-key-briefly’). Here ‘c’ stands for “character”. For more extensive information on KEY, use ‘C-h k’. *Note Key Help::.