* Bug: C-h c gives the wrong answer for a menu item, and fails to display it.
@ 2006-05-20 12:26 Alan Mackenzie
2006-05-21 0:56 ` Richard Stallman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Alan Mackenzie @ 2006-05-20 12:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
Afternoon, Emacs!
Emacs 22.0.50 on a Linux tty:
Do:
M-` ; to open a menu buffer
o ; activate "options"
C-h c ; This prompts with "Describe key (or click menu item): "
C
This puts the message "C runs the command tmm-shortcut" in the *Messages*
buffer. This is wrong:
(i) The correct answer is, of course, "C runs the command cua-mode".
Saying "tmm-shortcut" is just as true and just as helpful as saying
"C-M-a runs the command eval".
(ii) The message should appear in the echo area. It doesn't. Instead,
there is a short pause (2 seconds) before the echo area reverts to its
previous prompt (the one asking for a menu option).
--
Alan.
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* Re: Bug: C-h c gives the wrong answer for a menu item, and fails to display it.
2006-05-20 12:26 Bug: C-h c gives the wrong answer for a menu item, and fails to display it Alan Mackenzie
@ 2006-05-21 0:56 ` Richard Stallman
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From: Richard Stallman @ 2006-05-21 0:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
This puts the message "C runs the command tmm-shortcut" in the *Messages*
buffer. This is wrong:
(i) The correct answer is, of course, "C runs the command cua-mode".
Saying "tmm-shortcut" is just as true and just as helpful as saying
"C-M-a runs the command eval".
I don't think this answer is false, but I agree the answer is unhelpful.
To make it better would require special-case code.
Would you like to implement it?
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