Re: Patch for emacs/basic.texi

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>]

On Sep 16 2020, Kévin Le Gouguec wrote:

> Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
>>> index abb385f53d..2372ce972d 100644
>>> --- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi
>>> +++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
>>> @@ -461,6 +461,11 @@ Normally, this command undoes the last change, moving point back to
>>>  where it was before the change.  The undo command applies only to
>>>  changes in the buffer; you can't use it to undo cursor motion.
>>>
>>> +  On a graphics terminal, the easiest way to invoke @code{undo} is
>>> +with @kbd{C-/}; that doesn't need the shift key.  On a text terminal,
>>> +@kbd{C-/} does not exist, but usually you can type @kbd{C-_} without
>>> +the shift key and it will work anyway.
>>> +
>>
>> Does this only make sense with a qwerty keyboard?
>
> This advice probably isn't universal, indeed.  E.g. with AZERTY
> keyboards, one needs to hit shift to get a slash, while no shift key is
> needed for underscores.  Therefore I always undo with C-_.

And on a qwertz keyboard neither C-/ nor C-_ work without shift.

Andreas.

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