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RE: doc string of 2C-two-columns - typo


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: doc string of 2C-two-columns - typo
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 16:46:57 -0700

        C-h f 2C-two-columns shows this:

        ... (see  h ).

        That should be something like "Use `h' for help on the mode."

    The reason for this is that you typed the command while in a mode
    that binds h to describe-mode.

    This isn't a bug, but it sure is unhelpful.  I wonder what
    is the right thing to do here.  We could get the right behavior
    in this case by changing the \\[...] construct to always use
    Fundamental mode.  But that would give the wrong behavior
    in some other cases.

    We could fix this one this way:

    ! \\<global-map>When called the first time, associates a buffer

Sure. If 2C has no mode itself, then global-map is the right map to use, I
think.

Actually, my bug report wasn't for that. It was just to say that the doc
string should, instead of saying "(see <whatever> )" (and note the extra
space, and the lack of `'), should say what that key does: "Use `<whatever>'
for help on the mode."

Your fix addresses the fact that the binding might change, but not what I
meant to point out in the report: the wording and typography are not good.






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