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bug#1149: 23.0.60; C-h m should mention command that toggles mode and it
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#1149: 23.0.60; C-h m should mention command that toggles mode and its file |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:10:21 -0700 (PDT) |
> > The description of a (major, or minor, for that matter) mode should
> > also mention the name of the command that turns it on and off.
>
> It's the same for all minor modes, so that just seems like unnecessary
> verbiage.
How to toggle a minor mode is a frequently posed question.
`C-h m' should speak to it.
It's the same for all minor modes, and it should be stated in
the output of `C-h m'. It need be said only once for all
minor modes, but it should be said. It shouldn't take more
than a sentence.
Another frequent question is how to turn OFF a major mode.
It's not obvious that the answer is to turn ON some other
major mode.
And yes, the command that turns ON a given major mode should
be given by `C-h m'. This too is not obvious, at least for
some major modes.
> > And it should provide a link to the file that defines that
> > command (and the mode).
>
> I've now added links to the documentation of the mode, which
> provides further links.
Thank you for that. I won't see the result for a while.
I hope that the rest of this bug gets fixed as well, if
it hasn't been already.