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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 1149@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#1149: 23.0.60; C-h m should mention command that toggles mode and its file
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:10:21 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <550724b9-3366-4a36-ad46-7970f5fb3e62@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877ffjhuib.fsf@gnus.org>

> > The description of a (major, or minor, for that matter) mode should
> > also mention the name of the command that turns it on and off.
> 
> It's the same for all minor modes, so that just seems like unnecessary
> verbiage.

How to toggle a minor mode is a frequently posed question.
`C-h m' should speak to it.

It's the same for all minor modes, and it should be stated in
the output of `C-h m'.  It need be said only once for all
minor modes, but it should be said.  It shouldn't take more
than a sentence.

Another frequent question is how to turn OFF a major mode.
It's not obvious that the answer is to turn ON some other
major mode.

And yes, the command that turns ON a given major mode should
be given by `C-h m'.  This too is not obvious, at least for
some major modes.

> > And it should provide a link to the file that defines that
> > command (and the mode).
> 
> I've now added links to the documentation of the mode, which
> provides further links.

Thank you for that.  I won't see the result for a while.
I hope that the rest of this bug gets fixed as well, if
it hasn't been already.





  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-27 17:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-12 16:47 bug#1149: 23.0.60; C-h m should mention command that toggles mode and its file Drew Adams
2016-04-27 16:43 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-27 17:10   ` Drew Adams [this message]
2016-04-28  9:40     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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