From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 37485@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37485: 27.0.50; C-m in describe-bindings
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:23:45 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83a7avorj2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ftknym8v.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:07:44 +0200)
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: 37485@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:07:44 +0200
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> I'm not sure I understand...
> >
> > I meant that users usually press RET, not C-m.
>
> You've done a poll? :-)
I don't need one. Most users don't know C-m and RET are the same.
> >> Both RET and C-m are keys we press, but the intended (both mnemonic and
> >> ergonomic) key stroke here is `C-c C-m c' (etc) and not the awkward `C-c
> >> RET c'.
> >
> > Call me awkward, then.
>
> But do you use RET instead of `C-m' in these keystrokes because that's
> what `describe-bindings' say or because you prefer to hit `RET'?
What's the difference? Both, I guess.
> Anyway, I've grepped through the *.texi files, and there are 152 matches
> for `C-c C-m ...' and 8 for `C-c RET'. And all of those 8 are for RET
> as the final character in the keystroke.
>
> If you expand to "C-. C-m"/"C-. RET" it's 170/20. (All those additional
> ones are from mule.texi.)
>
> It seems the mode writers' intentions are pretty clear: They mean for
> the users to type C-c C-m ..., but `describe-bindings' tells them to type
> C-c RET.
I don't see why this should be decided by majority vote.
Anyway, what's the real problem here? Just the fact that you
personally are annoyed?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-23 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-22 21:53 bug#37485: 27.0.50; C-m in describe-bindings Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-23 2:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-23 10:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-23 12:16 ` Andreas Schwab
2019-09-23 13:45 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-23 16:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-23 17:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-23 17:23 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-09-23 17:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-23 17:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-23 17:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-23 18:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-23 17:29 ` Drew Adams
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