From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13219: 24.3.50; missing `...' in Emacs manual Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:10:20 +0100 Message-ID: <87bodn8h6r.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> References: <87k3sbhloq.fsf@gnu.org> <4D17A9193B6E4B82A8F138631D887384@us.oracle.com> <83fw2zn4if.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356109861 19467 80.91.229.3 (21 Dec 2012 17:11:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:11:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13219@debbugs.gnu.org, cyd@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 21 18:11:15 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Tm67t-0000nE-TQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:11:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47194 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tm67f-0001D1-RW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:10:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41533) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tm67W-00016s-RO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:10:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tm67T-0008Sz-W6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:10:50 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44214) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tm67T-0008Su-TX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:10:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tm67h-0001Lw-Vt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:11:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stephen Berman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:11:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13219 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 13219-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13219.13561098415169 (code B ref 13219); Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:11:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13219) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Dec 2012 17:10:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54464 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tm67M-0001LK-Rz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:10:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:57568) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tm67K-0001LC-Bg for 13219@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:10:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([10.1.76.38]) by mrigmx.server.lan (mrigmx002) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Ltl5H-1T3EcN3tsD-011BA6 for <13219@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:10:23 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 21 Dec 2012 17:10:22 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F54D42.versanet.de (EHLO rosalinde.fritz.box) [89.245.77.66] by mail.gmx.net (mp038) with SMTP; 21 Dec 2012 18:10:22 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/454RUdSb4I9z/dpK/CWFIW+MdeelQeZocOTqjHU Us6jCpUiQ4loN6 In-Reply-To: <83fw2zn4if.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:22:48 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:68864 Archived-At: On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:22:48 +0200 Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: "Drew Adams" >> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:24:21 -0800 >> Cc: 13219@debbugs.gnu.org >> >> > It is the convention in the manual not to insert `..' around single >> > function keys which are already printed like . Not a >> > bug (and no bike-shedding please). >> >> See attached screenshot. Are you perhaps trying to make a virtue (and a >> convention) out of mistake? Do you honestly think it is more readable to have >> these exceptions? > > Are you referring to the highlight? If so, who or what did the > highlighting of `..' strings in that screenshot? I don't see such > highlighting in "emacs -Q". > > We had this argument before. is a name of a single key. We > don't quote single keys named by their labels, only key sequences. Actually, the convention appears to be: enclose single keys labels that are not single characters in angle brackets but quote single keys labels that are single characters (as well as labels of key sequences); cf. (emacs) Dired Navigation: "For extra convenience, and `n' in Dired are equivalent to `C-n'." Steve Berman