Re: describe-mode's treatment of minor-modes is annoying

[Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>]

On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 04:21:08PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
>     > This might be ok.  It should also suggest typing C-x ] C-x ] to get to
>     > the minor mode information.  That should always work, since the major
>     > mode doc string should never contain a page break.
> 
>     You don't think the hyperlink is enough?
> 
> Moving to that link and using it is a lot more characters
> than C-x ] C-x ].

It's actually fewer characters:

    TAB RET

[I think the `TAB reflex' is one many people already have too, as it works in
(mainstream) web-browsers, as well as for most uses of hyperlinks in emacs.]

-Miles
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