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Improve style of C-h t description (Preface)

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From: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 48504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48504: Improve style of C-h t description (Preface)
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 22:35:37 +0200

>> Currently, in the Preface of the Emacs manual (EMACS.TEXI - L1291),
>> there is:
>>     To run the tutorial, start Emacs and type @kbd{C-h t} (which is
>>     ``control h and then t'').
>>
>> I think, the part between parens should look better, e.g. similar to
>> this part of SCREEN.TEXI (L126):
>>     ...(hold down @key{Ctrl} and type @kbd{x}, then let go of
>>     @key{Ctrl} and type @kbd{=})...
>> ...i.e.:
>>     ...(hold down @key{Ctrl} and type @kbd{h}, then let go of
>>     @key{Ctrl} and type @kbd{t}).
> 
> We didn't yet introduce the Ctrl etc. notation at that place.

What about "Control" instead of "Ctrl"?

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