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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2006-06-10 10:17:41 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2006-06-10 10:17:41 +0000
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(help-for-help-internal): Clean up help text.
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@@ -182,31 +182,28 @@ specifies what to do when the user exits the help buffer."
"You have typed %THIS-KEY%, the help character. Type a Help option:
\(Use SPC or DEL to scroll through this text. Type \\<help-map>\\[help-quit] to exit the Help command.)
-a command-apropos. Give a list of words or a regexp, to get a list of
+a command-apropos. Type a list of words or a regexp; it shows a list of
commands whose names match. See also the apropos command.
-b describe-bindings. Display table of all key bindings.
-c describe-key-briefly. Type a command key sequence;
- it prints the function name that sequence runs.
-C describe-coding-system. This describes either a specific coding system
- (if you type its name) or the coding systems currently in use
- (if you type just RET).
-d apropos-documentation. Give a pattern (a list or words or a regexp), and
- see a list of functions, variables, and other items whose built-in
- doucmentation string matches that pattern. See also the apropos command.
-e view-echo-area-messages. Show the buffer where the echo-area messages
- are stored.
-f describe-function. Type a function name and get its documentation.
-F Info-goto-emacs-command-node. Type a function name;
- it takes you to the on-line manual's section that describes
- the command.
+b describe-bindings. Display a table of all key bindings.
+c describe-key-briefly. Type a key sequence;
+ it displays the command name run by that key sequence.
+C describe-coding-system. Type the name of the coding system to describe,
+ or just RET to describe the ones currently in use.
+d apropos-documentation. Type a pattern (a list of words or a regexp), and
+ it shows a list of functions, variables, and other items whose
+ documentation matches that pattern. See also the apropos command.
+e view-echo-area-messages. Go to the buffer that logs echo-area messages.
+f describe-function. Type a function name and you see its documentation.
+F Info-goto-emacs-command-node. Type a command name;
+ it goes to the on-line manual's section that describes the command.
h Display the HELLO file which illustrates various scripts.
-i info. The Info documentation reader: read on-line manuals.
+i info. The Info documentation reader: read on-line manuals.
I describe-input-method. Describe a specific input method (if you type
its name) or the current input method (if you type just RET).
-k describe-key. Type a command key sequence;
+k describe-key. Type a key sequence;
it displays the full documentation for that key sequence.
-K Info-goto-emacs-key-command-node. Type a command key sequence;
- it takes you to the on-line manual's section that describes
+K Info-goto-emacs-key-command-node. Type a key sequence;
+ it goes to the on-line manual's section that describes
the command bound to that key.
l view-lossage. Show last 100 characters you typed.
L describe-language-environment. This describes either a
@@ -218,12 +215,12 @@ n view-emacs-news. Display news of recent Emacs changes.
p finder-by-keyword. Find packages matching a given topic keyword.
r info-emacs-manual. Display the Emacs manual in Info mode.
s describe-syntax. Display contents of syntax table, plus explanations.
-S info-lookup-symbol. Display the definition of a specific symbol
- as found in the manual for the language this buffer is written in.
+S info-lookup-symbol. Type a symbol; it goes to that symbol in the
+ on-line manual for the programming language used in this buffer.
t help-with-tutorial. Select the Emacs learn-by-doing tutorial.
v describe-variable. Type name of a variable;
it displays the variable's documentation and value.
-w where-is. Type command name; it prints which keystrokes
+w where-is. Type a command name; it displays which keystrokes
invoke that command.
. display-local-help. Display any available local help at point
in the echo area.