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describe-key doesn't tell whole redirect sequence

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: yamaoka <at> jpl.org, 7727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ding <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#7727: describe-key doesn't tell whole redirect sequence
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:02:29 -0500

jidanni <at> jidanni.org writes:

> KY> The real command that the "e" key is bound to in the article
> KY> buffer is `gnus-article-read-summary-keys'
>
> I see. So the real bug is in the describe-key function, not telling the
> user all the details! I'll Cc bug-gnu-emacs!

It's not a bug in describe-key, because that's apparently not the
command run by `C-h k' in Gnus article buffers:

  C-h k runs the command gnus-article-describe-key, which is an
  interactive compiled Lisp function in `gnus-art.el'.

  It is bound to C-h k.

Indeed, doing `M-x describe-key' instead of `C-h k' returns
gnus-article-read-summary-keys, as expected.  Dunno what the purpose of
gnus-article-describe-key is.

Bouncing back to the Gnus developers.

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