[9330] in Athena Bugs
help for discuss in emacs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard J. Barbalace)
Thu May 14 05:08:39 1992
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU, discussers@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 14 May 92 05:08:17 EDT
From: Richard J. Barbalace <rjbarbal@Athena.MIT.EDU>
Hello.
There appears to be some errors in the help provided by emacs for its
standard discuss mode.
Typing "Ctrl-h m" while the meetings are listed displays the following:
> Discuss (meetings) Mode:
> Major mode for providing an emacs discuss subsystem.
> This looks a lot like RMAIL. This works by using ``edsc'' as a subjob.
>
> The following commands are available:
> n go to next line.
> p go to previous line.
> SPC go to next meeting that has unread transactions
> DEL go to previous meeting has unread transactions
.....
Actually, "n" and spacebar both do the same thing: they go to the next
meeting with unread transactions. "Ctrl-n" moves to the next line.
Likewise, "p" and delete both do the same thing: they go to the previous
meeting with unread transactions. "Ctrl-p" moves to the previous line.
Pressing "Ctrl-h k p" incorrectly describes the function of the "p" key:
> discuss-prev-meeting:
> Find the next changed meeting in the discuss *meetings* buffer, or wrap.
^^^^ This should say previous.
Pressing "Ctrl-h k delete" gives the same error.
Pressing "Ctrl-h k spacebar" gives the correct information:
> discuss-next-meeting:
> Find the next changed meeting in the discuss *meetings* buffer, or wrap.
However, pressing "Ctrl-h k n", which should give the same, does not:
> discuss-forward-meeting:
> not documented
I have not yet checked the help for other keys yet. I would urge you to
check over all these bindings carefully and correct any misleading information.
Thank you. Take care.
- Richard J. Barbalace
<rjbarbal@athena>
