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Re: Key descriptions in *Help* are too wide


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Key descriptions in *Help* are too wide
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:36:11 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>     Because there are lots of keys bound to `ignore', when I do
>     C-h k mouse-2, I get a key description that is far too wide: 148
>     characters on a single line!  For example:

>     <down-mouse-2> at that spot runs the command ignore
>        which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `subr.el'.
>     It is bound to <mouse-3>, <drag-mouse-2>, <down-mouse-2>, <drag-mouse-1>,
>     <down-mouse-1>, <language-change>, <rwindow>, <lwindow>, <mouse-movement>.
>     (ignore &rest IGNORE)

> What do you suggest that it do differently?

>     The *Help* buffer description should be filled.

> Is that your suggestion?  It might make things a little better,
> but not much better.

How about (setq truncate-lines t) instead?


        Stefan




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