GNU bug report logs - #35309
26.2; Doc strings of `extended-command-suggest-shorter' and `suggest-key-bindings'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 00:43:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.2

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 35309 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 35309 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35309: 26.2;
 Doc strings of `extended-command-suggest-shorter' and
 `suggest-key-bindings'
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:43:57 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Please consider adding to each of these doc strings a mention to see
> also the other.  The behaviors controlled by these two options are
> very similar/related.

Makes sense; done.

> (In fact, it might have been better to have a single option with
> multiple values.  Users should be able to configure the behavior in a
> single place, and they should be able to apply the same kind of wait
> behavior for the `M-x <abbreviation>' display as for a key binding
> display.)

They are for different things -- one is for commands with bindings and
one without, so having them separate is fine.

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