From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: xah lee <xah@xahlee.org>
Cc: 1111@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#1111: describe-key's key notation display inconsistency
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 14:35:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkm=KKxsEZ40GJHDOP1_u8eaQih-DsSLYXrapaZb-YCgZLw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <06D80DE1-FCD6-45BB-B2D9-A968F797971C@xahlee.org>
xah lee <xah@xahlee.org> writes:
> When doing a describe-key on C-<backspace>, emacs prints <C-
> backspace> instead. Similar for any other special key whose macro notation are
> bracketed by angle brackets. e.g. <down>, <F6>, <return>, <kp-1>, etc. Where,
> emacs puts the entire thing inside angle brackets instead of the more
> traditional of modifier followed by dash followed by key name.
>
> Although these are identical as far as kbd function is concerned, but wouldn't
> it be more intuitively consistent by using C-<key> instead of <C-key>?
Would anyone else want to weigh in on this old wishlist item? Is this a
good idea, even if it is very minor, or should we close this as wontfix?
FWIW, I personally don't mind either way.
Thanks,
Stefan Kangas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-08 12:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-07 15:12 bug#1111: describe-key's key notation display inconsistency xah lee
2019-08-08 12:35 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2019-08-08 15:47 ` Drew Adams
2019-08-08 16:03 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-08-08 17:25 ` Drew Adams
2019-08-08 18:06 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-08-08 22:15 ` Drew Adams
2019-08-08 23:05 ` Noam Postavsky
2019-08-09 0:14 ` Drew Adams
2019-08-09 6:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-24 22:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-24 22:49 ` bug#1111: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-26 5:07 ` Xah Lee
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