Re: Patch for emacs/basic.texi

[Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron@gmail.com>]

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Le ven. 18 sept. 2020 à 06:04, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> a écrit :

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>   > > +  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?
>
> I don't think the keyboard _layout_ makes a difference.  An ASCII-only
> Dvorak
> keyboard would presumably support the same control characters.
>
> What matters is whether the keyboard uses ASCII or some wider character
> set.
>

If that's the case, that restriction should be made clear. A lot of people
are using non-ascii keyboards. I agree that we can't expect the bindings to
be convenient for all keyboards, but the documentation at least can be
universal.

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