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Re: C-h k is overly verbose/wrong for some menu bindings


From: Kim F. Storm
Subject: Re: C-h k is overly verbose/wrong for some menu bindings
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:12:38 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     : <menu-bar> <edit> <select-paste> ;; then enter the text in that file's 
> own buffer. runs the command menu-bar-select-yank
>     :    which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `menu-bar'.
>     : It is bound to <menu-bar> <edit> <select-paste> ;; then enter the text 
> in that file's own buffer., <menu-bar> <edit> <select-paste> ;; If you want 
> to create a file, visit that file with C-x C-f,, <menu-bar> <edit> 
> <select-paste> ;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for 
> Lisp evaluation..
>     : (menu-bar-select-yank)
>     :  
>     : Not documented.
>
> That is confusing because of the strings that come from the menu.
> I see what code does this.  The hardest problem will be deciding
> what to make it do.

This has now been fixed to say 

     <menu-bar> <edit> <select-paste> (any string)

Wouldn't it be clearer to say

     <menu-bar> <edit> <select-paste> <any string>

This shows that the "any string" part is part of the sequence.


-- 
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk





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