GNU bug report logs - #14854
A typo, IMHO

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Message #13 received at 14854 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 14854 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Dan Mossinsohn <consistent1 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#14854: A typo, IMHO
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:43:15 -0800

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Michael Dan Mossinsohn wrote:
>
>> While using the emacs help system I noticed the line:
>> "Describe key (or click or menu item):"
>> Which appears while using C-h k or C-h k.
>>
>> I guess the "or menu item" was supposed to be 'on menu item' or maybe 'on a
>> menu item'.
>
> I think it means: you can describe either a key-press, or a mouse-click,
> or a menu-item. The latter is accessed by a mouse-click, but I guess the
> wording tries to inform people that they _can_ get a description of a
> menu-item, which might not otherwise be apparent.

I've always found that wording to be pretty opaque.

How about something like

Say what command a key stroke, a mouse click, or a menu item calls:

Or

Describe the following key, mouse click, or menu item: 

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