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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-09-20 15:46:17 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-09-20 15:46:17 +0000
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(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.
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@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ Finally, you can try looking up a suitable package using keywords
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 @@ goes straight to the documentation of the Emacs function
@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