GNU bug report logs - #39847
Document how users can make text-zoom keys same as browser

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 39847 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#39847: Document how users can make text-zoom keys same as browser
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 22:37:23 -0500

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  > > The reader might be wondering "Why can't I directly do C-+ like in my
  > > browser? Why do I have to do C-x C-+? C-+ is unbound in emacs.

  > We don't explain the rationale for key bindings in the manual, and I
  > don't think we should start doing that now.

I agree about that -- but I also wished that C-+ and C-- would scale
the screen, just a few months ago.

Perhaps we don't need C-- to make the argument negative.  Perhaps
it is enough that M-- does that.



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