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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-08-02 14:55:15 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2015-08-02 14:58:15 -0700
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Treat help strings like other doc strings
* doc/lispref/text.texi (Special Properties), etc/NEWS: Document this. * lisp/epa.el (epa--select-keys): Remove no-longer-needed calls to substitute-command-keys. * src/keyboard.c (show_help_echo, parse_menu_item): Call substitute-command-keys on the help string before displaying it.
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@@ -3472,8 +3472,10 @@ function called to display help strings. These may be @code{help-echo}
properties, menu help strings (@pxref{Simple Menu Items},
@pxref{Extended Menu Items}), or tool bar help strings (@pxref{Tool
Bar}). The specified function is called with one argument, the help
-string to display. Tooltip mode (@pxref{Tooltips,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs
-Manual}) provides an example.
+string to display, which is passed through
+@code{substitute-command-keys} before being given to the function; see
+@ref{Keys in Documentation}. Tooltip mode (@pxref{Tooltips,,, emacs,
+The GNU Emacs Manual}) provides an example.
@end defvar
@node Format Properties