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26.3; M-x describe-key-briefly does not work with various keys in various modes

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Message #10 received at 38597-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ed Sabol <esabol <at> milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>, "Edward J. Sabol"
 <edward.j.sabol <at> nasa.gov>
Cc: 38597-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38597: 26.3;
 M-x describe-key-briefly does not work with various keys in various
 modes
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:31:00 +0200

> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:59:08 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Edward J. Sabol" via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Steps to repoduce:
> 1. Open an RMAIL file.
> 2. M-x rmail-mode
> 3. Type `h' to generate rmail-summary window for the RMAIL file and
> switch to the RMAIL-summary buffer/window.
> 4. Type `M-x describe-key-briefly' and then type `r'.
> 
> I would expect the "r" key to be described in the minibuffer, but it is not.
> It only seems to work if you use `C-h c'. This is with `emacs -Q'.

Thanks, this appears to be already fixed in the development sources,
which will become Emacs 27.1.

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