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

From: Alexander Summers <alexandermsummers <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs manual suggestion
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 03:43:08 -0400

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Apologies, after considering my previous email and confirming it with
research, I learned that the 'c' abbreviation is for the "control" key, not
shift. I am new to Emacs so I had a brief lapse of judgement.

I suppose my last email was self-demonstrative ;)

On Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 3:38 AM Alexander Summers <alexandermsummers <at> gmail.com>
wrote:

> In the preface to the Emacs manual, it is recommended that the reader
> first access the tutorial with "C-h t". However, I'm not sure if the target
> audience for that particular paragraph will know what that means -- that
> is, to hold down Shift and h, release, and then type 't'. I am concerned
> this instruction might confuse them.
>
> Also, it seems the HTML version is missing this preface entirely. Why is
> that the case?
>
> Thanks,
> Alexander Summers
>

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