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* bug#42709: Yes, mention C-g as one of the valid options
@ 2020-08-04 13:48 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
  2020-08-05  9:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson @ 2020-08-04 13:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 42709; +Cc: rms

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Here we see the contents of the *Char Help* buffer
(that I couldn't copy so needed a screenshot. See my other bug today.)


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It is made by
  C runs the command dired-do-copy (found in dired-mode-map), which is
  an interactive autoloaded compiled Lisp function in ‘dired-aux.el’.

I think it should also mention C-g, "to quit right away".

Sure, "The user is supposed to know that."

But, "He isn't sure it won't cause some damage, else if it were safe, it
would be listed."

emacs-version "26.3"

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* bug#42709: Yes, mention C-g as one of the valid options
  2020-08-04 13:48 bug#42709: Yes, mention C-g as one of the valid options 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
@ 2020-08-05  9:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2020-08-05  9:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson; +Cc: 42709, rms

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

> It is made by
>   C runs the command dired-do-copy (found in dired-mode-map), which is
>   an interactive autoloaded compiled Lisp function in ‘dired-aux.el’.
>
> I think it should also mention C-g, "to quit right away".
>
> Sure, "The user is supposed to know that."
>
> But, "He isn't sure it won't cause some damage, else if it were safe, it
> would be listed."

No, it makes no sense to list C-g here -- C-g is always an option in
(virtually) all commands like this, so listing it is just noise.  Closing.

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