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23.0.60; C-h v should pick up lispified name in Customize

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Howard Melman <hmelman <at> gmail.com>, "400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <400 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#400: [External] : bug#400: 23.0.60; C-h v should pick up lispified name in Customize
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 21:25:53 +0300

>> but I'm now thinking that something like outline-cycle
>> would be great in any customize buffer.  Let S-TAB cycle
>> through the various states of all options at once.
>
> Fine.  But:
>
> 1. There should also be a simple visual affordance
>    (e.g., button or some indication of a key to hit).
>    Customize is also (but not only) for new users,
>    who won't necessarily know about such a cycling
>    key.

A help text at the beginning should be sufficient.

> 2. Unfortunately, Emacs decided to follow the outside
>    convention that S-TAB has the same behavior as TAB,
>    except that it cycles backward.  This wasn't a good
>    idea, IMO, but it was done, so another key would be
>    needed for your cycling behavior.

In outline-minor-mode, S-TAB cycles outlines only when point is
on the heading.  Otherwise, S-TAB preserves its original binding
to move backward.

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