GNU bug report logs - #8325
24.0.50; info-mode help is missing reference to `b' command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Christoph Scholtes <cschol2112 <at> googlemail.com>

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:33:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.0.50

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 8325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Christoph Scholtes <cschol2112 <at> googlemail.com>
Cc: 8325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8325: 24.0.50;
	info-mode help is missing reference to `b' command
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:17:15 -0400

Christoph Scholtes wrote:

> This is a little confusing since the info-mode tutorial introduces `b'
> as the command to move to the beginning of the buffer.
>
> Why are there two keys bound to the same function?

Why not? It happens sometimes. There are plenty of free keys in
info-mode-map.

> Why is the help command overview only showing the binding for `.' and
> not `b'?

The help is just the doc of Info-mode. The binding comes from
"\\[beginning-of-buffer]". It displays the first binding it finds. This
can be changed by the :advertised-binding feature.
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