From: Bob Wilson <bwilson@tensilica.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [doc/commit] Re: fix use of @kbd and @key in gdb.texinfo
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:18:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4535488A.3060705@tensilica.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <upscqrage.fsf@gnu.org>
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> What about the TUI chapter? There are lots of "C-" prefixes in there and it's
>> not tied to Emacs users. Should they all use "Ctrl-"?
>
> I left "C-" there because the text mentions the corresponding Emacs
> keybindings. But I'm open to other opinions.
Sounds good enough. I just wanted to make sure that it was intentional.
>> Also, I noticed that there is a mix of upper- and lowercase for Ctrl key
>> combinations, e.g, "Ctrl-C" vs. "Ctrl-c". Can we make them all the same?
>
> The latter should be used in @kbd, the former in @samp. If this is
> so, it's deliberate: @kbd shows what one types, @samp shows what's
> displayed on the screen as the result. AFAIK, you always get Ctrl-C
> (uppercase C) when you interrupt a process.
OK. I wasn't aware of that distinction, but it makes sense and it looks to me
like the doc is now consistently following that rule.
--Bob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-17 21:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-10 18:56 Bob Wilson
2006-10-10 21:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-15 21:33 ` [doc/commit] " Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-15 21:38 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-16 17:55 ` Bob Wilson
2006-10-17 19:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-10-17 21:18 ` Bob Wilson [this message]
2006-10-24 17:52 ` Jim Blandy
2006-10-25 4:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
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