GNU bug report logs - #7686
describe-key should say "It is ONLY bound to X"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:05:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

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

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: describe-key should say "It is ONLY bound to X"
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:53:55 +0800

  r runs the command Man-follow-manual-reference, which is an
  interactive compiled Lisp function in `man.el'.

  It is bound to r.

Yes, you said that already.

If it is bound only to one thing, then say

  It is bound to r only.

or

  It is only bound to r.

or don't say that line at all.
Else that line looks silly.
emacs-version "24.0.50.1"
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 7686 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7686: describe-key should say "It is ONLY bound to X"
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:50:12 +0200

jidanni <at> jidanni.org writes:

>   r runs the command Man-follow-manual-reference, which is an
>   interactive compiled Lisp function in `man.el'.
>
>   It is bound to r.
>
> Yes, you said that already.
>
> If it is bound only to one thing, then say
>
>   It is bound to r only.
>
> or
>
>   It is only bound to r.

I think that's even more confusing -- I would interpret that as there
was something special about the `r' key.  And it may be bound to other
keys in other buffers.

Closing.

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