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Improve style of C-h t description (Preface)

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 48504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48504: Improve style of C-h t description (Preface)
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 17:06:11 +0300

> Cc: 48504 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Sebastian Urban <mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 15:44:51 +0200
> 
>  >> No, I mean to change this:
>  >>     (which is ``control h and then t'')
>  >> into this:
>  >>     (hold down @key{Control} and type @kbd{h}, then let go of
>  >>     @key{Control} and type @kbd{t})
>  >
>  > That's awkward.
> 
> What exactly? It's basically copy-paste from SCREEN.TEXI (L126). Is it
> awkward there as well?

Maybe, I didn't look.

>  > How about
>  >
>  >   To run the tutorial, start Emacs and type @kbd{C-h t} (that is,
>  >   press and hold Control, then type h, then release Control and type
>  >   t).
> 
> Why @kbd/@key (commands for indication) can't be used here for
> "Control"/"h"/"t"?

Because we didn't yet explain this notation, that comes later in the
manual.

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