GNU bug report logs - #20522
25.0.50; `C-u C-x =' output, `to input' field

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 00:04:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 25.0.50

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50; `C-u C-x =' output, `to input' field
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 17:03:02 -0700 (PDT)
C-u C-x 8 RET GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI RET
C-b
C-u C-x =

Buffer *Help* says this, for field `to input':

  type "C-x 8 RET HEX-CODEPOINT" or "C-x 8 RET NAME"

It should instead be able to say something like this:

  type "C-x 8 RET 0x03A8" or "C-x 8 RET GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI"

Both of these pieces of information are shown in the same buffer
*Help*.  It seems a bit silly to tell a user to type HEX-CODEPOINT or
NAME, when these are known when *Help* is created.


In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2014-10-20 on LEG570
Bzr revision: 118168 rgm <at> gnu.org-20141020195941-icp42t8ttcnud09g
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --enable-checking=yes,glyphs CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'




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