X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/16adf2e6eb1ddf0b32ebea2d5ce8fa1e4c226614..1a1f8804c8eafdd0e20e607ff611a130fc69999f:/doc/emacs/help.texi diff --git a/doc/emacs/help.texi b/doc/emacs/help.texi index fcc0cf1504..22bebed87d 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/help.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/help.texi @@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ This displays the available Emacs packages based on keywords. @xref{Package Keywords}. @end table - @kbd{C-h}, @key{F1}, or @kbd{?} means ``help'' in various other -contexts as well. For instance, you can type them after a prefix key -to view a list of the keys that can follow the prefix key. (A few -prefix keys don't support @kbd{C-h} or @kbd{?} in this way, because -they define other meanings for it, but they all support @key{F1} for -help.) + @kbd{C-h} or @key{F1} mean ``help'' in various other contexts as +well. For instance, you can type them after a prefix key to view a +list of the keys that can follow the prefix key. (You can also use +@kbd{?} in this context. A few prefix keys don't support @kbd{C-h} +or @kbd{?} in this way, because they define other meanings for those +inputs, but they all support @key{F1}.) @menu * Help Summary:: Brief list of all Help commands. @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Display news of recent Emacs changes (@code{view-emacs-news}). Find packages by topic keyword (@code{finder-by-keyword}). This lists packages using a package menu buffer. @xref{Packages}. @item C-h P @var{package} @key{RET} -Display documentation about the package named @var{package} +Display documentation about the specified package (@code{describe-package}). @item C-h r Display the Emacs manual in Info (@code{info-emacs-manual}). @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ alphabetical order, change the variable Help buffers provide the same commands as View mode (@pxref{View Mode}); for instance, @key{SPC} scrolls forward, and @key{DEL} or -@kbd{S-SPC} scrolls backward. A few special commands are also +@kbd{S-@key{SPC}} scrolls backward. A few special commands are also provided: @table @kbd @@ -490,8 +490,7 @@ currently in use. @xref{Coding Systems}. @kindex C-h i @findex info @cindex Info -@cindex manuals, on-line -@cindex on-line manuals +@cindex manuals, included @kbd{C-h i} (@code{info}) runs the Info program, which browses structured documentation files. The entire Emacs manual is available within Info, along with many other manuals for the GNU system. Type @@ -553,13 +552,13 @@ Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}). @findex describe-prefix-bindings You can get a list of subcommands for a particular prefix key by -typing @kbd{C-h}, @kbd{?}, or @kbd{F1} +typing @kbd{C-h}, @kbd{?}, or @key{F1} (@code{describe-prefix-bindings}) after the prefix key. (There are a few prefix keys for which not all of these keys work---those that -provide their own bindings for one of them. One of these prefix keys -is @key{ESC} in combination with @kbd{C-h}, because @kbd{ESC C-h} is -actually @kbd{C-M-h}, which marks a defun. However, @kbd{ESC F1} and -@kbd{ESC ?} work fine.) +provide their own bindings for that key. One of these prefix keys +is @key{ESC}, because @kbd{@key{ESC} C-h} is actually @kbd{C-M-h}, +which marks a defun. However, @kbd{@key{ESC} @key{F1}} and +@kbd{@key{ESC} ?} work fine.) @node Help Files @section Help Files