# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1001000777 0 # Node ID eaeec47bf5fefb229e3c2861d6c7885abd5918d4 # Parent 88b1d99e92ad8bb179118cd38575adc145d4773d (Help): Mention C-h C-f and C-h C-k. (Misc Help): Explain that C-h C-k can be used for menu items, and that C-h C-f and C-h C-k look in manuals other than the Emacs manual, not only in the Emacs manual. diff -r 88b1d99e92ad -r eaeec47bf5fe man/help.texi --- a/man/help.texi Thu Sep 20 15:43:41 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/help.texi Thu Sep 20 15:46:17 2001 +0000 @@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ pertinent to the feature you need. @xref{Library Keywords}. @end table + To find the documentation of a key sequence or a menu item, type +@kbd{C-h C-k} and then type that key sequence or select the menu +item. This looks up the description of the command invoked by the key +or the menu in the appropriate manual (not necessarily the Emacs +manual). Likewise, use @kbd{C-h C-f} for reading documentation of a +command. + @menu * Help Summary:: Brief list of all Help commands. * Key Help:: Asking what a key does in Emacs. @@ -471,7 +478,15 @@ @var{function}. @kbd{C-h C-k @var{key}} enters Info and goes straight to the documentation of the key @var{key}. These two keys run the commands @code{Info-goto-emacs-command-node} and -@code{Info-goto-emacs-key-command-node}. +@code{Info-goto-emacs-key-command-node}. You can use @kbd{C-h C-k} to +find the documentation of a menu item: just select that menu item when +@kbd{C-h C-k} prompts for a key. + + @kbd{C-h C-f} and @kbd{C-h C-k} know about commands and keys +described in manuals other than the Emacs manual. Thus, they make it +easier to find the documentation of commands and keys when you are not +sure which manual describes them, like when using some specialized +mode. When editing a program, if you have an Info version of the manual for the programming language, you can use the command @kbd{C-h C-i} to refer