From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why is M-; not showing up in C-h m help? Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 03:09:38 +0530 Message-ID: <878uxa5tgl.fsf@gmail.com> References: <8761sgdn59.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1383169124 29463 80.91.229.3 (30 Oct 2013 21:38:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:38:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Sivaram Neelakantan Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 30 22:38:46 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VbdTP-0004i6-Mr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 22:38:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54527 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VbdTP-0004kT-6f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:38:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35391) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VbdT6-0004jW-Tw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:38:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VbdSy-0003Rz-Gb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:38:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22d]:65370) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VbdSy-0003Ra-7w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:38:16 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f45.google.com with SMTP id ma3so1982372pbc.18 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:38:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=RFX/aL6CARfC7/o9Mp5Ba+kL53itz+hNsHBPdwcApmc=; b=TlKjsIVdH3sIQC3daGYbKOYUI9wy2+gAgthnUgIiWPvfGMTjeqBmZMXIzbgvJRECOn XY/aPJxyQNZXw7Mtdh18wbxJZN4AM/FkA/aDYzA6GD0Qt94hW2BPIfNECqNbdPnHpiv+ zZL9Q6euVLVLbP2+F2+uLYuwOsBfcvs+TQctBbaPimUX2JJUPac6OTL8s79uc0/xUd9Y vIeY6QSpx7AQt5/EcWVTN6/ffnF1+tTJTSEIxFSpbYPU09agPm0ZiYv8YEftHiqHwFAr ktga08pW1ccqFXsyG52jNCptyxqkUIqjq7V4EShDG52Z5OJDdT+SH+8Ij9H72nzkW/Ji iXKA== X-Received: by 10.66.11.202 with SMTP id s10mr591000pab.86.1383169092883; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([115.242.188.162]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id hu10sm62958pbc.11.2013.10.30.14.38.10 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:38:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8761sgdn59.fsf@gmail.com> (Sivaram Neelakantan's message of "Tue, 29 Oct 2013 22:34:18 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22d X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:94279 Archived-At: While in cperl-mode, I do see that the Perl Menu shows "generic" (i.e., non-perl specific but applicable to any programming in general) items. I do see a "comment region" there but not a key binding being recommended. I recommend doing a M-x report-emacs-bug RET Btw, C-h b (and searching for comment or whatever you are looking for) is much easier and complete than doing a C-h m. Sivaram Neelakantan writes: > I just noticed that M-; (comment-dwim) does not show in C-h m for the > language/source code one is writing the script for. Why is that? In > sh-mode,python mode it's not there at all. Given that > commenting/uncommenting is fairly common task in source editing, > shouldn't the key map be part of the mode help too? > > It does show up under C-h k but that's irrelevant to a new user of a > language-mode. > > I only noticed this now because of a post in comp.Emacs from someone > asking for help on commenting. > > sivaram > --