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When sitting on top of a M-x item in the manual

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 48134 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#48134: When sitting on top of a M-x item in the manual
Date: Sun, 02 May 2021 09:14:11 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> OK, M-x M-n indeed works.
> However, we are used to "Default: list-colors-display" type hints,
> that in no way hinder power users or others who don't want the default,
> and also provides the bonus of not needing to be super savvy to know
> about arrows or M-n to get the hidden choice out into the open.

This is how Emacs works all over the place -- `M-n' should get you the
suggestion.  Making all prompts tell you about this standard feature
would be less than optimal, so I don't think there's anything to fix
here, and I'm closing this bug report.

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