From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: angle-bracket notation for keys (was: Selection changes) Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:21:54 +0300 Message-ID: <83d3ukemdp.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4C3FAF2F.8060700@alice.it> <4C40275D.704@harpegolden.net> <4C42418F.4060600@alice.it> <83fwzhebgg.fsf@gnu.org> <8F4BFF7C861A4C829E17005E14A14690@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279473769 12136 80.91.229.12 (18 Jul 2010 17:22:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:22:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, david@harpegolden.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org, angelo.graziosi@alice.it To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 18 19:22:48 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OaXZe-0007ep-5h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:22:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50438 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OaXZd-0004e6-FR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:22:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38814 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OaXZU-0004dr-Sr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:22:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OaXZT-00023W-MU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:22:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:47316) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OaXZT-00023O-By for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:22:35 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0L5R00000K85A300@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:21:57 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.61.30]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0L5R00MU4K8I8350@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:21:56 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <8F4BFF7C861A4C829E17005E14A14690@us.oracle.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:127557 Archived-At: > From: "Drew Adams" > Cc: , , > , > Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:42:26 -0700 > > > > > '<...-insertchar>' is very ugly and... unattractive! > > > > is what makeinfo produces from @key{FOO}. The purpose of @key > > is to distinguish between a single keypress and typing the keys F, O, > > and O in that order. In the printed manual, @key produces a picture > > of a key with a label. > > > > If you want to suggest a change in what @key produces in the on-line > > Info manual, this isn't the right forum. You need to write to > > bug-texinfo@gnu.org. > > I believe this was all discussed in those old threads, and I really do not wish > to reopen the discussion who can remember all those discussions? > To be clear, however, I'm not really concerned about what appears in the printed > manual. My concern (really, my _only_ concern wrt this question) is the UI and > online doc (Info). I made that clear before, as well. Consistency with the manual is important, IMO.