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authorEli Zaretskii2001-09-20 15:46:17 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii2001-09-20 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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@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ Finally, you can try looking up a suitable package using keywords
80pertinent to the feature you need. @xref{Library Keywords}. 80pertinent 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
85item. This looks up the description of the command invoked by the key
86or the menu in the appropriate manual (not necessarily the Emacs
87manual). Likewise, use @kbd{C-h C-f} for reading documentation of a
88command.
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
472to the documentation of the key @var{key}. These two keys run the 479to the documentation of the key @var{key}. These two keys run the
473commands @code{Info-goto-emacs-command-node} and 480commands @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
482find 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
486described in manuals other than the Emacs manual. Thus, they make it
487easier to find the documentation of commands and keys when you are not
488sure which manual describes them, like when using some specialized
489mode.
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
477the programming language, you can use the command @kbd{C-h C-i} to refer 492the programming language, you can use the command @kbd{C-h C-i} to refer