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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban@gmail.com>
Cc: 48504@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48504: Improve style of C-h t description (Preface)
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 17:06:11 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83tumyq0mk.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dfeb8420-b9a4-d21c-8e76-0076ea3a624e@gmail.com> (message from Sebastian Urban on Wed, 19 May 2021 15:44:51 +0200)

> Cc: 48504@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 15:44:51 +0200
> 
>  >> No, I mean to change this:
>  >>     (which is ``control h and then t'')
>  >> into this:
>  >>     (hold down @key{Control} and type @kbd{h}, then let go of
>  >>     @key{Control} and type @kbd{t})
>  >
>  > That's awkward.
> 
> What exactly? It's basically copy-paste from SCREEN.TEXI (L126). Is it
> awkward there as well?

Maybe, I didn't look.

>  > How about
>  >
>  >   To run the tutorial, start Emacs and type @kbd{C-h t} (that is,
>  >   press and hold Control, then type h, then release Control and type
>  >   t).
> 
> Why @kbd/@key (commands for indication) can't be used here for
> "Control"/"h"/"t"?

Because we didn't yet explain this notation, that comes later in the
manual.





  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-19 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-18 19:05 bug#48504: Improve style of C-h t description (Preface) Sebastian Urban
2021-05-18 19:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-18 20:35   ` Sebastian Urban
2021-05-19  2:24     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-19 11:17       ` Sebastian Urban
2021-05-19 11:56         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-19 13:44           ` Sebastian Urban
2021-05-19 14:06             ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-05-20  6:21               ` Sebastian Urban
2021-05-20  7:06                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-20 13:42                   ` Sebastian Urban
2021-09-29 12:07           ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-29 12:18             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-29 13:11               ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-13 12:00                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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