From 8a23dc15077c6bbe3d80ccfcef64397e71f5765d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Pluim Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:15:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Describe 'view-lossage' changes in its docstring and NEWS * lisp/help.el (view-lossage): Mention that this now uses the same format as `edit-last-kbd-macro'. (Bug#30560) * etc/NEWS: Improve the wording of the entry. --- etc/NEWS | 12 +++++++----- lisp/help.el | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index dacaf023bb1..596adf88ae5 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -167,11 +167,13 @@ directories in the destination. ** Help -*** 'C-h l' (view-lossage) now displays last keystrokes and commands -in the same format as the edit buffer of edit-last-kbd-macro. -This makes possible to copy the lines from the buffer generated -by 'view-lossage', yank them to the buffer "*Edit Macro*" created by -'edit-last-kbd-macro', and save the macro by 'C-c C-c'. +--- +*** Output format of 'C-h l' (view-lossage) has changed. +For convenience, 'view-lossage' now displays the last keystrokes +and commands in the same format as the edit buffer of +'edit-last-kbd-macro'. This makes it possible to copy the lines from +the buffer generated by 'view-lossage' to the "*Edit Macro*" buffer +created by 'edit-last-kbd-macro', and to save the macro by 'C-c C-c'. ** Ibuffer diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el index 9575f5b090c..dcf1f32069b 100644 --- a/lisp/help.el +++ b/lisp/help.el @@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ is specified by the variable `message-log-max'." (defun view-lossage () "Display last few input keystrokes and the commands run. +For convenience this uses the same format as +`edit-last-kbd-macro'. To record all your input, use `open-dribble-file'." (interactive) -- 2.39.2