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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "Aaron S. Hawley" <aaron.s.hawley@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs manual: correct @code to @kbd
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:03:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv63f3hhns.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1MDray-0005Fa-A2@fencepost.gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:01:52 -0400")

>> When the key sequence includes function keys or mouse button events,
>> -or non-@acronym{ASCII} characters such as @code{C-=} or @code{H-a},
>> +or non-@acronym{ASCII} characters such as @kbd{C-=} or @kbd{H-a},

> Since this talks about _characters_, not keystrokes, @kdb is
> inappropriate here, I think.

I agree with Richard here: H-a is not a character (and `characterp'
also agrees with us) but a keyboard event, so @kbd seems
more appropriate.


        Stefan




      parent reply	other threads:[~2009-06-10 22:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-08 18:58 Emacs manual: correct @code to @kbd Aaron S. Hawley
2009-06-09  3:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-06-09 12:10   ` Aaron S. Hawley
2009-06-10  2:39     ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-06-10  2:33   ` Richard Stallman
2009-06-10 22:03   ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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