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bug#61183: 29.0.60; Add describe-repeat-maps to the manual
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
bug#61183: 29.0.60; Add describe-repeat-maps to the manual |
Date: |
Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:45:25 +0100 |
>>>>> On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 20:36:28 +0200, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:
>> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
>> Its output is easy to understand for anyone who uses this feature
>> and just wants to check what commands are already supported.
Eli> That's not the correct criterion for judging documentation, definitely
Eli> not when the manual is concerned. The manual should be clear enough
Eli> to explain the command's effect even to someone who reads about
Eli> repeated commands for the first time.
Eli> And even if you only consider experienced users, how can a user
Eli> understand that these commands support repeating? Which part(s) of
Eli> that buffer say that in terns that are clear enough? A naïve reader
Eli> of the buffer will just see a list of commands and their bindings,
Eli> preceded by a sentence whose intent is hard to understand without some
Eli> background in Emacs keymaps.
How about putting something like
If `repeat-mode' is enabled, these keymaps determine which single key
can be used to repeat a command invoked via a full key sequence.
in the buffer produced by `descripe-repeat-maps'?
Robert
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