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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
Cc: 24825-done@debbugs.gnu.org, madh2001@gmail.com, help-texinfo@gnu.org
Subject: bug#24825: [help-texinfo] "help" content
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2016 10:58:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83bmxvliy9.fsf__7206.66955826363$1478249975$gmane$org@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKPWYQ2VPAEFuDsk=qyA+BO75RZD0OHAjCeFHN=-jLKedYPocg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Gavin Smith on Sun, 30 Oct 2016 17:12:40 +0000)

> From: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 17:12:40 +0000
> Cc: madhou <madh2001@gmail.com>, 24825@debbugs.gnu.org, 
> 	"help-texinfo@gnu.org" <help-texinfo@gnu.org>
> 
> > How can we change the documentation to say that 'H' invokes the
> > summary, when in fact the summary is invoked by '?' in Emacs and by
> > 'H' in the stand-alone reader (and 'H' in Emacs does something
> > related, but different).  The info.texi file is supposed to describe
> > both.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> 
> It can mention both, like

That's sub-optimal, and IMO runs the risk of confusing the readers,
but if the stand-alone Info reader won't change its keybindings, I
guess that's the only solution.

> I'm not sure what "H" is supposed to do in emacs but the Top node of
> info.info states "Type 'H' to see a summary of all available
> commands."

I fixed that one as well.

I'm therefore marking this bug done.

Thanks.





      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-11-04  8:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20161017182623.GC2852@bhayya.baalamithra>
2016-10-30  8:08 ` "help" content Gavin Smith
2016-10-30 16:30   ` bug#24825: [help-texinfo] " Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]   ` <83shrdpzni.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-10-30 17:00     ` Gavin Smith
     [not found]     ` <CAKPWYQ0jQa2vX71TTarvbco7k9QCSXE_eQ4NjB14qgUSXNQ59A@mail.gmail.com>
2016-10-30 17:06       ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]       ` <83r36xpxzr.fsf@gnu.org>
2016-10-30 17:12         ` Gavin Smith
     [not found]         ` <CAKPWYQ2VPAEFuDsk=qyA+BO75RZD0OHAjCeFHN=-jLKedYPocg@mail.gmail.com>
2016-11-04  8:58           ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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