From: "Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com>
Cc: karl@freefriends.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: rcirc manual
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:47:34 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1ExpV0-0004R8C@rattlesnake.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <uacdy26d0.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:10:03 +0200)
AFAIU, @key{M-x} is wrong, since there's no key labeled "M-x".
Ah ... I think of this as pressing the Meta key and the `X' key
simultaneously. Thus, the Texinfo Manual does talk of these
instances:
(texinfo)key
Use the `@key' command for the conventional name for a key on
a keyboard ...
However, this terminology may be confusing. Some people refer to a
`keychord' when they speak of C-x or M-C-f. Perhaps the Texinfo node
should be changed to `for a key or keychord' rather than simply `for a
key'.
However, the word `key' does have an established meaning. When I run
`describe-bindings' in this *mail* buffer, `C-x' is labeled `key' and
`Prefix Command' is labeled `binding'.
Perhaps the phrase `keychord' should be used occasionally, as in
(eintr)Note for Novices
Sometimes a combination like this is called a keychord, since it
is similar to the way you play a chord on a piano.
But it seems to me that most of the time, the Texinfo Manual should
follow the regular meaning of `key'.
--
Robert J. Chassell
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-14 17:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-09 17:47 rcirc manual Björn Lindström
2006-01-13 11:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-13 14:10 ` Alex Schroeder
2006-01-13 15:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-13 15:11 ` Alex Schroeder
2006-01-14 16:14 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-13 15:48 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2006-01-13 15:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-13 22:16 ` Robert J. Chassell
2006-01-14 8:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-14 12:20 ` Robert J. Chassell
2006-01-14 15:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-14 17:47 ` Robert J. Chassell [this message]
2006-01-15 23:07 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-15 7:49 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-15 19:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-15 22:23 ` Karl Berry
2006-01-16 4:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-15 22:29 ` Robert J. Chassell
2006-01-16 14:15 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-21 13:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-01-23 0:09 ` Alex Schroeder
2006-01-27 18:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
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