From 81839472eb88d79b12a44148fd47c76b7c6e56ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Pluim Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 11:01:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Describe `view-lossage' changes in its docstring * lisp/help.el (view-lossage): Mention that this now uses the same format as `edit-last-kbd-macro'. --- etc/NEWS | 11 ++++++----- lisp/help.el | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index dacaf023bb..3fa2670d60 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -167,11 +167,12 @@ directories in the destination. ** Help -*** 'C-h l' (view-lossage) now displays last keystrokes and commands -in the same format as the edit buffer of edit-last-kbd-macro. -This makes possible to copy the lines from the buffer generated -by 'view-lossage', yank them to the buffer "*Edit Macro*" created by -'edit-last-kbd-macro', and save the macro by 'C-c C-c'. +*** 'C-h l' (view-lossage) buffer format has changed. +For convenience the lossage buffer now displays the last keystrokes +and commands in the same format as the edit buffer of +'edit-last-kbd-macro'. This makes it possible to copy the lines from +the buffer generated by 'view-lossage' to the "*Edit Macro*" buffer +created by 'edit-last-kbd-macro', and save the macro by 'C-c C-c'. ** Ibuffer diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el index 9575f5b090..dcf1f32069 100644 --- a/lisp/help.el +++ b/lisp/help.el @@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ view-external-packages (defun view-lossage () "Display last few input keystrokes and the commands run. +For convenience this uses the same format as +`edit-last-kbd-macro'. To record all your input, use `open-dribble-file'." (interactive) -- 2.16.1.72.g5be1f00a9