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Re: fix use of @kbd and @key in gdb.texinfo
- From: Jim Blandy <jimb at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- Cc: Bob Wilson <bwilson at tensilica dot com>, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:52:29 -0700
- Subject: Re: fix use of @kbd and @key in gdb.texinfo
- References: <452BECD7.4010402@tensilica.com> <ubqojkfpu.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> Specifically, I don't want to use the Emacs C-c notation in parts of
> the documentation that are not related to Emacs, because I fear that
> users who are not familiar with Emacs will not know what C-c means
> without explanation. (The Emacs manual has a lengthy chapter
> explaining that, but GDB doesn't.) So please change C-c etc. back to
> Ctrl-C form, except where Emacs is involved.
[Going through mail backlog]
Doesn't the gdb documentation incorporate the readline user
documentation? That does include a section on the Emacs notation. I
had thought the intention is to use the C- and M- notation across
Project GNU, but I can't find a reference for that.
We do explain M- in the manual, in the section "Command Completion".
We could do the same for C-, and then we could actually use the same
notation throughout the manual.