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| author | Eli Zaretskii | 2001-09-20 15:46:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii | 2001-09-20 15:46:17 +0000 |
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(Help): Mention C-h C-f and C-h C-k.
(Misc Help): Explain that C-h C-k can be used for menu items, and that
C-h C-f and C-h C-k look in manuals other than the Emacs manual, not
only in the Emacs manual.
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diff --git a/man/help.texi b/man/help.texi index 19b2c5a378a..0ee1adda21d 100644 --- a/man/help.texi +++ b/man/help.texi | |||
| @@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ Finally, you can try looking up a suitable package using keywords | |||
| 80 | pertinent to the feature you need. @xref{Library Keywords}. | 80 | pertinent to the feature you need. @xref{Library Keywords}. |
| 81 | @end table | 81 | @end table |
| 82 | 82 | ||
| 83 | To find the documentation of a key sequence or a menu item, type | ||
| 84 | @kbd{C-h C-k} and then type that key sequence or select the menu | ||
| 85 | item. This looks up the description of the command invoked by the key | ||
| 86 | or the menu in the appropriate manual (not necessarily the Emacs | ||
| 87 | manual). Likewise, use @kbd{C-h C-f} for reading documentation of a | ||
| 88 | command. | ||
| 89 | |||
| 83 | @menu | 90 | @menu |
| 84 | * Help Summary:: Brief list of all Help commands. | 91 | * Help Summary:: Brief list of all Help commands. |
| 85 | * Key Help:: Asking what a key does in Emacs. | 92 | * Key Help:: Asking what a key does in Emacs. |
| @@ -471,7 +478,15 @@ goes straight to the documentation of the Emacs function | |||
| 471 | @var{function}. @kbd{C-h C-k @var{key}} enters Info and goes straight | 478 | @var{function}. @kbd{C-h C-k @var{key}} enters Info and goes straight |
| 472 | to the documentation of the key @var{key}. These two keys run the | 479 | to the documentation of the key @var{key}. These two keys run the |
| 473 | commands @code{Info-goto-emacs-command-node} and | 480 | commands @code{Info-goto-emacs-command-node} and |
| 474 | @code{Info-goto-emacs-key-command-node}. | 481 | @code{Info-goto-emacs-key-command-node}. You can use @kbd{C-h C-k} to |
| 482 | find the documentation of a menu item: just select that menu item when | ||
| 483 | @kbd{C-h C-k} prompts for a key. | ||
| 484 | |||
| 485 | @kbd{C-h C-f} and @kbd{C-h C-k} know about commands and keys | ||
| 486 | described in manuals other than the Emacs manual. Thus, they make it | ||
| 487 | easier to find the documentation of commands and keys when you are not | ||
| 488 | sure which manual describes them, like when using some specialized | ||
| 489 | mode. | ||
| 475 | 490 | ||
| 476 | When editing a program, if you have an Info version of the manual for | 491 | When editing a program, if you have an Info version of the manual for |
| 477 | the programming language, you can use the command @kbd{C-h C-i} to refer | 492 | the programming language, you can use the command @kbd{C-h C-i} to refer |