Re: emacs-31 0818bb3eb38: ; * etc/NEWS: Presentational fixes and improvements.

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> From: Michael Albinus <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:29:45 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> Hi Eli,
> 
> > This change is incorrect, and should be reverted.  Our conventions are
> > to up-case the function keys specified as <KEY>, as in <RIGHT> and
> > <DOWN>.  This follows what makeinfo produces for these keys in the
> > Info format.
> 
> I follow what describe-function shows:

That's not Info.

> I follow what the Elisp manual shows, for example in (info "(elisp)
> Function Keys") or (info "(elisp) Changing Key Bindings").

Which parts of that?

I alluded to what @key produces.  It sounds like you are looking at
other markups.

Please look at (info (emacs) Moving Point")

> I follow what is the practice in etc/NEWS *since ever*, except one entry
> in NEWS.27.

Better late than never...

> Btw, a plain revert would be wrong anyway. I've fixed also the wrong
> keybindings for window-layout-flip-topdown and
> window-layout-flip-leftright ('C-x w f ...' instaed of 'C-x w r ...').

It's okay to revert only the part that deals with arrow keys.

I can do it myself if you want.
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