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Re: emacs-28 6170c50: Fix regression in help-mode prompt
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
Re: emacs-28 6170c50: Fix regression in help-mode prompt |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:17:12 -0800 |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> "Type one of the above keys%s: "
>> "Type a key listed above%s: "
>
> The shorter one looks better, thanks.
>
> But what if "listed above" are not just keys, but key sequences, or
> even something else ("options" is more general)?
I guess one alternative is
"Type an option listed above%s: "
which is just one character longer than
"Type one of listed options%s: "
Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
> Is this about the *Metahelp* buffer displayed by typing `C-h ?'? Then I
> think it's sufficient to prompt with "Type one of the options%s: ",
> since the buffer containing the options is in plain view.
That's also good. I don't really have a strong preference either way,
but yours has the advantage that it is even shorter than the original.