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From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Roland Winkler <winkler@gnu.org>
Cc: 7967@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7967: 23.2.93; keybindings should be echoed in *Message* buffer
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 00:15:14 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=UecVS1sWmQ+3TTz8fOSZtVxei9MUOVd5Crnhc@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87oc6utijr.fsf@niu.edu>

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Roland Winkler <winkler@gnu.org> wrote:
> Execute any command foo with a keybinding in its "long form" M-x foo.
> Emacs issues the message
>
>  You can run the command `foo' with ...
>
> The default is to display this message for two seconds.
> Then the message is gone for ever.  I'd appreciate if this
> messsage was echoed also in the *Message* buffer.

I think it is a good suggestion.

However while it can help newbies it might also disturb old users so
it is probably best to make it default and have an option to turn it
off.





  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-02 23:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-02 18:09 bug#7967: 23.2.93; keybindings should be echoed in *Message* buffer Roland Winkler
2011-02-02 23:15 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2011-02-02 23:25   ` Roland Winkler
2011-02-02 23:48     ` Lennart Borgman
2011-02-03  0:05       ` Roland Winkler
2011-02-02 23:58   ` Deniz Dogan
2011-02-03  0:41 ` Glenn Morris
2011-02-03  1:47   ` Roland Winkler
2011-02-03  2:18     ` Lennart Borgman
2011-02-06 17:16   ` Roland Winkler
2011-02-07 15:27     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-02-09  2:52     ` Kevin Rodgers
2011-03-11  4:49 ` Zachary Kanfer
2011-03-11  5:41   ` Zachary Kanfer
2011-03-30 13:37     ` Stefan Monnier

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