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Summary Mode Help Considered Unhelpful

#9218
From: Mike Northam
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1992 22:20
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(vm-version)
vm-version's value is "4.41"

When I'm in a summary window and do C-h m (mode help), I get the following message:

VM Summary Mode:
Major mode for VM folder summaries.
This major mode use the same keymap as vm-mode.  See the vm-mode documentation
for a list of available commands.

So then, I have to bounce over to the INBOX window, where C-h m gives me
the quick keymap summary I was after in the first place.  

VM Mode:
Major mode for reading mail.

Commands:
   h - summarize folder contents

   n - go to next message
[etc., the rest deleted here]

This is frustrating, since I tend to keep my cursor in the Summary window
and do all my vm commands from there.  (And, after all, the keystrokes
*work* just fine in the Summary window, so why not have mode help be a bit
more helpful?)
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From: mbn@fps.com (Mike Northam)
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Subject: Summary Mode Help Considered Unhelpful
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