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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Allen Li <vianchielfaura@gmail.com>
Cc: 25747@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25747: 25.1.91; hideshow binding C-c @ C-h overrides help
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:11:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83vasaxgit.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJr1M6euwX5MEo8tq7TNrDB0LUSzu9V3x9=JYqzYJjCCoFA=qQ@mail.gmail.com> (message from Allen Li on Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:54:34 -0800)

> From: Allen Li <vianchielfaura@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:54:34 -0800
> Cc: 25747@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>     You can get a list of subcommands for a particular prefix key by
>     typing C-h, ?, or F1 (describe-prefix-bindings) after the prefix
>     key. (There are a few prefix keys for which not all of these keys
>     work—those that provide their own bindings for that key. One of
>     these prefix keys is ESC, because ESC C-h is actually C-M-h,
>     which marks a defun. However, ESC F1 and ESC ? work fine.)
> 
> I guess this is working as intended, then?

I don't know, it could be.

> I was thinking of the recommendation in the style guide, which I
> have read many times more than the manual:
> 
>     Don’t bind C-h following any prefix character (including
>     C-c). If you don’t bind C-h, it is automatically available as
>     a help character for listing the subcommands of the prefix
>     character.

Perhaps we should make that somewhat softer, e.g. "We don't recommend
binding C-h ... if it can be avoided.." or somesuch.





  reply	other threads:[~2017-02-16 16:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-02-15 22:30 bug#25747: 25.1.91; hideshow binding C-c @ C-h overrides help Allen Li
2017-02-16  5:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-02-16  8:54   ` Allen Li
2017-02-16 16:11     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-11-15  1:14       ` Stefan Kangas
2020-11-15  1:47         ` Drew Adams
2021-12-01 19:18         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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