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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:281941 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> "Type one of the above keys%s: " >> "Type a key listed above%s: " > > The shorter one looks better, thanks. > > But what if "listed above" are not just keys, but key sequences, or > even something else ("options" is more general)? I guess one alternative is "Type an option listed above%s: " which is just one character longer than "Type one of listed options%s: " Stephen Berman writes: > Is this about the *Metahelp* buffer displayed by typing `C-h ?'? Then I > think it's sufficient to prompt with "Type one of the options%s: ", > since the buffer containing the options is in plain view. That's also good. I don't really have a strong preference either way, but yours has the advantage that it is even shorter than the original.