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From: Andrew Gierth <andrew@erlenstar.demon.co.uk>
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>>>>> "Brian" == Brian Somers <brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org.demon.co.uk> writes:

 Brian> I'll co-ordinate with
 Brian> Jordan (the maintainer of the emacs port) a patch to change
 Brian> the default help key binding to ^x^h (now that's gonna cause
 Brian> some "controversial" arguments!) - assuming he agrees.

Please don't do this until you have reviewed the prior debates on comp.emacs
as to future directions of the help key binding. The issue is less 
straightforward than you are assuming.

-- 
Andrew.