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Is displaying <menu-bar> bindings in describe-function useful?

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "52870 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <52870 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Subject: bug#52870: [External] : bug#52870: Is displaying <menu-bar> bindings in describe-function useful?
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:37:02 +0000

> I think saying explictly
>   It can be invoked from the menu: "Help Menu" -> "Describe..."
> is a lot clearer (and helpful) for users than the current
>   It is bound to C-h f, <help> f, <menu-bar> <help-menu> <describe>
>   <describe-function>.

No, it's not.  It doesn't tell you the key binding
(the menu it's in isn't the same thing).  And it
tells you nothing about how to find out more about
that binding or to do something with its menu.

This ain't broke.  Please don't fix it.

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