Thanks to Cor and Dave. I've removed the relevant line from the draft chapter.
Regards, Steve On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 at 13:05, Dave Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/03/2020 12:38, Cor Nouws wrote: > > Hi Stephen, > > > > Stephen Fanning wrote on 08/03/2020 00:33: > >> I am reviewing Appendix A (Keyboard Shortcuts) of the Getting Started > Guide > >> v6.4 and have a question which somebody may be able to answer for me. > >> > >> In a section entitled “Getting help”, the following description is > given of > >> the Escape key’s function in the context of help information: “In > >> LibreOffice Help: goes up one level. For Help online, the key is > handled by > >> the browser”. > > > > The old local installed 'built-in' Help, opens separate dialogs. > > Usually, ESC closes a dialog, triggering Cancel. For the built-in Help, > > that is not relevant. So ESC does not close the dialog. Neither does it > > go up one level (assuming that is meant back to a previous visited page, > > or up to chapter level from paragraph). > > > >> Is the first part of this text a throwback to an old method of providing > >> help? If so, is it correct to say that this key is now handled by the > >> browser irrespective of whether the help is local or online? > > > > Unless someone else comes up with a description that makes sense and > > adds something to the user experience (I can't remember using ESC in the > > browser), I would suggest to leave that part out. > > > > Cor > > I would agree with Cor. The "Help" facility, both on-line and local is a > set of HTML files viewed in a web browser and the web browser's > navigation controls are used. > So +1 to drop the "Esc" key from the "Getting Help" shortcut keys. > > Dave > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
