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TheFlyingDutchman wrote:

> If I do "ctrl-h k <f2>"   I get "f2-"  in the message area, as if
> Emacs is waiting for me to press another key.

It is waiting. F2 is a prefix key - see "Prefix Keymaps" in the manual.