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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:252958 Archived-At: > >> This means that after binding the current ctl-x-4-map in Emacs core > >> to the other-window command, 'C-h k C-x 4' will display the help for > >> that command, not for the whole sequence 'C-h k C-x 4 C-f'. > > > > I don't think we can/should make `C-h k` read all of `C-x 4 C-f`, > indeed. > > But maybe we could make the following work: `C-x 4 C-h k C-f`. >=20 > Would it be more expected for `C-x 4 C-h k C-f` to show the help buffer > about `C-f` (forward-char) in another window? >=20 > The prefix `C-x 4` says "show the output of the next command in > another window" where the next command is `C-h k C-f`. Par exemple. Good point. Scratch a bit more, and I won't be surprised if we stumble on other such dilemmas/surprises.