From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, karl@freefriends.org
Subject: Re: rcirc manual
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:48:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uvewl5l2p.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1Ey2eC-0006ED-Er@fencepost.gnu.org> (rms@gnu.org)
> From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
> CC: bob@rattlesnake.com, karl@freefriends.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 02:49:56 -0500
>
> For example, you
> could use either @kbd{M-@key{x}} or @kbd{M-x} (since `x' ``describes a
> key by name''), but the Texinfo manual doesn't touch this dilemma.
>
> For key names that are spelled out, such as TAB, always use @key.
> That includes @kbd{M-@key{TAB}}. You will see that in the Emacs
> manual.
That's mostly true, but the manual also has @kbd{TAB} and @kbd{C-c TAB},
for example.
In any case, the explanation in the Texinfo manual should be more
clear on this, IMHO. It should explain what keys are suitable for
@key, and why.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-15 19:48 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
2006-01-15 23:07 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-15 7:49 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-15 19:48 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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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