GNU bug report logs - #63815
29.0.91; Bind `M-n' in `Info-mode-map' to `clone-buffer'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 20:02:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 29.0.91

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 63815 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 "63815 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <63815 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: bug#63815: 29.0.91; Bind `M-n' in
 `Info-mode-map' to `clone-buffer'
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2023 09:49:31 +0300

>> > I should have requested that we bind M-n in help-mode-map to
>> > clone-buffer, just as we bind M-n in Info-mode-map to clone-buffer.
>>
>> In Emacs 29 you can use 'clone-buffer' in the Help buffer
>> bound to 'C-x x n'.
>
> I see.  Why not (also) `M-n', like elsewhere?
> Why not treat *Help* like *info* and *Man __*?

Actually, 'C-x x n' is the global keybinding.  Here is what Help says:

  C-x x n runs the command clone-buffer (found in global-map).

  It is bound to M-n and C-x x n.
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