GNU bug report logs - #50880
Add "Contributing to Emacs" help command (see C-h C-h)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:56:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 50880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Subject: bug#50880: Add "Contributing to Emacs" help command (see C-h C-h)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 20:45:54 +0200
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> And I already said what I think about it: to me it sounds like a waste
> to reserve a C-h key for that.  It doesn't even belong to "help" per
> se, IMO.

Whether or not it belongs should not be treated formalistically,
because then we might as well remove the entry "About the GNU
project".  The point of this is to encourage more contributions to
Emacs, and the cost for doing so is low.




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