From ec9523a6ae240d219b43b7539100e7f8b6b92bfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boruch Baum Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 03:09:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a keybinding to the help menu to display manuals * lisp/help.el (help-for-help-internal): Add a keybinding to prompt for and display a manual (bug#43956). --- etc/NEWS | 5 +++++ lisp/help.el | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index cc8733c2c07..071edc5208a 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -562,6 +562,11 @@ skipped. +++ *** New command 'describe-keymap' describes keybindings in a keymap. +--- +*** New keybinding in 'help-for-help' to display a manual. +The 'R' keybinding after 'C-h C-h' will prompt for a manual name and +then display it. + +++ ** New command 'lossage-size'. It allows users to set the maximum number of keystrokes and commands diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el index edef78d2075..9b7355c6b63 100644 --- a/lisp/help.el +++ b/lisp/help.el @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ (define-key map "p" 'finder-by-keyword) (define-key map "P" 'describe-package) (define-key map "r" 'info-emacs-manual) + (define-key map "R" 'info-display-manual) (define-key map "s" 'describe-syntax) (define-key map "t" 'help-with-tutorial) (define-key map "w" 'where-is) @@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ o SYMBOL Display the given function or variable's documentation and value. p TOPIC Find packages matching a given topic keyword. P PACKAGE Describe the given Emacs Lisp package. r Display the Emacs manual in Info mode. +R Prompt for a manual and then display it in Info mode. s Display contents of current syntax table, plus explanations. S SYMBOL Show the section for the given symbol in the Info manual for the programming language used in this buffer. -- 2.39.5