GNU bug report logs - #15358
24.3.50; Remove message: "You can run the command `make-frame' with <ns-new-frame>"

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Message #11 received at 15358 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>, 15358 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15358: 24.3.50;
 Remove message: "You can run the command `make-frame' with
 <ns-new-frame>"
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 23:33:26 -0400

>> When typing M-x make-frame, a message appears:  "You can run the
>> command `make-frame' with <ns-new-frame>".
>> However, M-x ns-new-frame appears to be a non-existent function.
> ns-new-frame is supposed to be some kind of key that you can press, not
> a function you can run.
> I don't think it is a real key, but rather some "Special
> Nextstep-generated event" that pretends to be a key, for some reason.
> I dunno.

Indeed.  And the "helpful" message should be silenced somehow (just
like we try to avoid mentioning menu-bar bindings in those messages).


        Stefan

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