From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#36767: 26.1; request: add more quick keys to the *Help* buffer Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 19:12:52 +0300 Message-ID: <83mto2rlyz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87mtrrq7t7.fsf@gnus.org> <87eed0nsez.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83bl83zp5h.fsf@gnu.org> <83y27nvnb4.fsf@gnu.org> <83ilyrvgda.fsf@gnu.org> <83h7ebv39d.fsf@gnu.org> <838rznusle.fsf@gnu.org> <87a6k2nlr6.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="554"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: larsi@gnus.org, arthur.miller@live.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 24 18:14:08 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mTnpv-000AYI-Pk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:14:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39910 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mTnpt-0006eF-SK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:14:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40030) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mTnom-0005xp-6C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:12:56 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:58380) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mTnol-0006QH-R6; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:12:55 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:2853 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mTnol-00064o-3j; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:12:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87a6k2nlr6.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:31:59 +0300) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:275405 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:31:59 +0300 > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > am not sure if C-h M-h is the right, but that's just a detail. > > This would be a nice command. But why it's limited only to help-window? > It could allow reading and running the key sequences in any next-window. Please, no unnecessary generalizations of this kind. Or at least not to cater to this particular request. I want a _help_ command, not just a prefix that runs any command in the other window. because, for starters, what if the *Help* buffer is not currently on display at all?