From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-h k does not work with M-o Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 21:59:18 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1180389585 24541 80.91.229.12 (28 May 2007 21:59:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 21:59:45 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 28 23:59:41 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HsnFZ-0002cz-M6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 23:59:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HsnFZ-0006Dv-76 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 17:59:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HsnFV-0006Dq-Og for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 17:59:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HsnFT-0006De-C6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 17:59:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HsnFT-0006Db-6M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 17:59:31 -0400 Original-Received: from cpe-69-205-32-54.nycap.res.rr.com ([69.205.32.54] helo=rattlesnake.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HsnFS-0001l5-RA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2007 17:59:30 -0400 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.115) Mon, 28 May 2007 21:59:18 +0000 (UTC) In-reply-to: X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4 (tstamp-) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:71905 Archived-At: > When I do C-h k M-o I see a line beginning with Set face: M-o is a prefix key. ... That is correct. It would be nice if describe-key (`C-h k') provided an error message (after a suitable and adjustable time out) for this. This would help the novices and the foolish, but not anyone else. (I do not have time to propose a fix.) -- Robert J. Chassell GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8 bob@rattlesnake.com bob@gnu.org http://www.rattlesnake.com http://www.teak.cc