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26.1; Doc of pseudofunction key `<timeout>'

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Message #22 received at 34784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 34784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#34784: 26.1; Doc of pseudofunction key `<timeout>'
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 09:20:19 -0800 (PST)

> > Anyway, back to the point of this bug report: How
> > is a user to know this info about `<timeout>',
> > without digging into the code?
> 
> Why should they?  This is an internal matter between CUA and itself, a
> detail of its implementation.

Huh? Why shouldn't they?  If a user sees this help:

 key             binding
 ---             -------
 C-c <timeout>   copy-region-as-kill

and s?he wants to know how to invoke
`copy-region-as-kill' starting with prefix `C-c',
where is s?he supposed to turn for that info?

If this were "an internal matter between CUA and
itself" then `C-c C-h' wouldn't (and shouldn't)
show it to users.

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