From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14854: A typo, IMHO Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:43:15 -0800 Message-ID: <87wqhfnur0.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391240711 32343 80.91.229.3 (1 Feb 2014 07:45:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 07:45:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14854@debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Dan Mossinsohn To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 01 08:45:18 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VGP-000485-Vj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 08:45:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60575 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VGP-0002rQ-3Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:45:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60785) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VGG-0002rI-Q4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:45:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VGB-00075Z-FU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:45:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58022) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VGB-00073W-9x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:45:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VGA-00041H-3t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:45:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 07:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14854 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 14854-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14854.139124066615390 (code B ref 14854); Sat, 01 Feb 2014 07:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14854) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Feb 2014 07:44:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43808 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VFZ-00040A-Jy for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:44:26 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:49635) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VFW-000401-Ou for 14854@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:44:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.14.154.233] (helo=building.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1W9VFH-0002Is-KV; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 08:44:08 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:44:11 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1W9VFH-0002Is-KV MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1391845449.22313@eRMVaidgUUa/L6J6Yfy11w X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:84385 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > Michael Dan Mossinsohn wrote: > >> While using the emacs help system I noticed the line: >> "Describe key (or click or menu item):" >> Which appears while using C-h k or C-h k. >> >> I guess the "or menu item" was supposed to be 'on menu item' or maybe 'on a >> menu item'. > > I think it means: you can describe either a key-press, or a mouse-click, > or a menu-item. The latter is accessed by a mouse-click, but I guess the > wording tries to inform people that they _can_ get a description of a > menu-item, which might not otherwise be apparent. I've always found that wording to be pretty opaque. How about something like Say what command a key stroke, a mouse click, or a menu item calls: Or Describe the following key, mouse click, or menu item: -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/