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25829 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
39287 | 2 @c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,1997,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 3 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
4 @node Glossary, Key Index, Intro, Top | |
5 @unnumbered Glossary | |
6 | |
7 @table @asis | |
8 @item Abbrev | |
9 An abbrev is a text string which expands into a different text string | |
10 when present in the buffer. For example, you might define a few letters | |
11 as an abbrev for a long phrase that you want to insert frequently. | |
12 @xref{Abbrevs}. | |
13 | |
14 @item Aborting | |
15 Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.@:). The | |
16 commands @kbd{C-]} and @kbd{M-x top-level} are used for this. | |
17 @xref{Quitting}. | |
18 | |
19 @item Alt | |
20 Alt is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may | |
21 have. To make a character Alt, type it while holding down the @key{ALT} | |
22 key. Such characters are given names that start with @kbd{Alt-} | |
23 (usually written @kbd{A-} for short). (Note that many terminals have a | |
24 key labeled @key{ALT} which is really a @key{META} key.) @xref{User | |
25 Input, Alt}. | |
26 | |
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27 @item Argument |
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28 See `numeric argument.' |
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25829 | 30 @item ASCII character |
31 An ASCII character is either an ASCII control character or an ASCII | |
32 printing character. @xref{User Input}. | |
33 | |
34 @item ASCII control character | |
35 An ASCII control character is the Control version of an upper-case | |
36 letter, or the Control version of one of the characters @samp{@@[\]^_?}. | |
37 | |
38 @item ASCII printing character | |
39 ASCII printing characters include letters, digits, space, and these | |
40 punctuation characters: @samp{!@@#$%^& *()_-+=|\~` @{@}[]:;"' <>,.?/}. | |
41 | |
42 @item Auto Fill Mode | |
43 Auto Fill mode is a minor mode in which text that you insert is | |
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45 @xref{Filling}. |
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47 @item Auto Saving | |
48 Auto saving is the practice of saving the contents of an Emacs buffer in | |
49 a specially-named file, so that the information will not be lost if the | |
50 buffer is lost due to a system error or user error. @xref{Auto Save}. | |
51 | |
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52 @item Autoloading |
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53 Emacs automatically loads Lisp libraries when a Lisp program requests a |
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54 function or a variable from those libraries. This is called |
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55 `autoloading'. @xref{Lisp Libraries}. |
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57 @item Backtrace |
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58 A backtrace is a trace of a series of function calls showing how a |
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59 program arrived to a certain point. It is used mainly for finding and |
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60 correcting bugs (q.v.@:). Emacs can display a backtrace when it signals |
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61 an error or when you type @kbd{C-g} (see `quitting'). @xref{Checklist}. |
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25829 | 63 @item Backup File |
64 A backup file records the contents that a file had before the current | |
65 editing session. Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you | |
66 track down or cancel changes you later regret making. @xref{Backup}. | |
67 | |
68 @item Balance Parentheses | |
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69 Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either |
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71 to move over parenthetical groupings (@pxref{Moving by Parens}). |
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73 that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching |
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77 A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such |
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79 in C. @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}. |
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81 @item Balloon Help |
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82 See `tooltips.' |
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84 @item Base Buffer |
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85 A base buffer is a buffer whose text is shared by an indirect buffer |
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25829 | 88 @item Bind |
89 To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.@:). | |
90 @xref{Rebinding}. | |
91 | |
92 @item Binding | |
93 A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a | |
94 command (q.v.@:), a Lisp function that is run when the user types that | |
95 sequence. @xref{Commands,Binding}. Customization often involves | |
96 rebinding a character to a different command function. The bindings of | |
97 all key sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}. | |
98 | |
99 @item Blank Lines | |
100 Blank lines are lines that contain only whitespace. Emacs has several | |
101 commands for operating on the blank lines in the buffer. | |
102 | |
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104 Bookmarks are akin to registers (q.v.@:) in that they record positions |
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105 in buffers to which you can return later. Unlike registers, bookmarks |
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106 persist between Emacs sessions. |
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109 A border is a thin space along the edge of the frame, used just for | |
110 spacing, not for displaying anything. An Emacs frame has an ordinary | |
111 external border, outside of everything including the menu bar, plus an | |
112 internal border that surrounds the text windows and their scroll bars | |
113 and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar. You can customize | |
114 both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders X}). Borders | |
115 are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:). | |
116 | |
25829 | 117 @item Buffer |
118 The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text | |
119 being edited. You can have several buffers, but at any time you are | |
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120 editing only one, the `current buffer,' though several can be visible |
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25829 | 122 (q.v.@:) some file. @xref{Buffers}. |
123 | |
124 @item Buffer Selection History | |
125 Emacs keeps a buffer selection history which records how recently each | |
126 Emacs buffer has been selected. This is used for choosing a buffer to | |
127 select. @xref{Buffers}. | |
128 | |
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129 @item Bug |
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130 A bug is an incorrect or unreasonable behavior of a program, or |
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131 inaccurate or confusing documentation. Emacs developers treat bug |
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132 reports, both in Emacs code and its documentation, very seriously and |
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133 ask you to report any bugs you find. @xref{Bugs}. |
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137 you press down on a mouse button. @xref{Mouse Buttons}. |
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139 @item By Default |
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140 See `default.' |
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143 @kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control. | |
144 @xref{User Input,C-}. | |
145 | |
146 @item @kbd{C-M-} | |
147 @kbd{C-M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for | |
148 Control-Meta. @xref{User Input,C-M-}. | |
149 | |
150 @item Case Conversion | |
151 Case conversion means changing text from upper case to lower case or | |
152 vice versa. @xref{Case}, for the commands for case conversion. | |
153 | |
154 @item Character | |
155 Characters form the contents of an Emacs buffer; see @ref{Text | |
156 Characters}. Also, key sequences (q.v.@:) are usually made up of | |
157 characters (though they may include other input events as well). | |
158 @xref{User Input}. | |
159 | |
160 @item Character Set | |
161 Emacs supports a number of character sets, each of which represents a | |
162 particular alphabet or script. @xref{International}. | |
163 | |
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164 @item Character Terminal |
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165 See `text-only terminal.' |
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168 A click event is the kind of input event generated when you press a | |
169 mouse button and release it without moving the mouse. @xref{Mouse Buttons}. | |
170 | |
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171 @item Clipboard |
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172 A clipboard is a buffer provided by the window system for transferring |
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173 text between applications. On the X Window system, the clipboard is |
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174 provided in addition to the primary selection (q.v.@:); on MS-Windows, |
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176 @xref{Clipboard}. |
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25829 | 178 @item Coding System |
179 A coding system is an encoding for representing text characters in a | |
180 file or in a stream of information. Emacs has the ability to convert | |
181 text to or from a variety of coding systems when reading or writing it. | |
182 @xref{Coding Systems}. | |
183 | |
184 @item Command | |
185 A command is a Lisp function specially defined to be able to serve as a | |
186 key binding in Emacs. When you type a key sequence (q.v.@:), its | |
187 binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to find | |
188 the command to run. @xref{Commands}. | |
189 | |
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190 @item Command History |
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191 See `minibuffer history.' |
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194 A command name is the name of a Lisp symbol which is a command | |
195 (@pxref{Commands}). You can invoke any command by its name using | |
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196 @kbd{M-x} (@pxref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}). |
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198 @item Comment | |
199 A comment is text in a program which is intended only for humans reading | |
200 the program, and which is marked specially so that it will be ignored | |
201 when the program is loaded or compiled. Emacs offers special commands | |
202 for creating, aligning and killing comments. @xref{Comments}. | |
203 | |
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204 @item Common Lisp |
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205 Common Lisp is a dialect of Lisp (q.v.@:) much larger and more powerful |
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206 than Emacs Lisp. Emacs provides a subset of Common Lisp in the CL |
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207 package. @xref{Common Lisp,,, cl, Common Lisp Extensions}. |
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210 Compilation is the process of creating an executable program from source | |
211 code. Emacs has commands for compiling files of Emacs Lisp code | |
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25829 | 213 Reference Manual}) and programs in C and other languages |
214 (@pxref{Compilation}). | |
215 | |
216 @item Complete Key | |
217 A complete key is a key sequence which fully specifies one action to be | |
218 performed by Emacs. For example, @kbd{X} and @kbd{C-f} and @kbd{C-x m} | |
219 are complete keys. Complete keys derive their meanings from being bound | |
220 (q.v.@:) to commands (q.v.@:). Thus, @kbd{X} is conventionally bound to | |
221 a command to insert @samp{X} in the buffer; @kbd{C-x m} is | |
222 conventionally bound to a command to begin composing a mail message. | |
223 @xref{Keys}. | |
224 | |
225 @item Completion | |
226 Completion is what Emacs does when it automatically fills out an | |
227 abbreviation for a name into the entire name. Completion is done for | |
228 minibuffer (q.v.@:) arguments when the set of possible valid inputs | |
229 is known; for example, on command names, buffer names, and | |
230 file names. Completion occurs when @key{TAB}, @key{SPC} or @key{RET} | |
231 is typed. @xref{Completion}.@refill | |
232 | |
233 @item Continuation Line | |
234 When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it | |
235 takes up more than one screen line when displayed. We say that the | |
236 text line is continued, and all screen lines used for it after the | |
237 first are called continuation lines. @xref{Basic,Continuation,Basic | |
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238 Editing}. A related Emacs feature is `filling' (q.v.@:). |
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240 @item Control Character | |
241 A control character is a character that you type by holding down the | |
242 @key{CTRL} key. Some control characters also have their own keys, so | |
243 that you can type them without using @key{CTRL}. For example, | |
244 @key{RET}, @key{TAB}, @key{ESC} and @key{DEL} are all control | |
245 characters. @xref{User Input}. | |
246 | |
247 @item Copyleft | |
248 A copyleft is a notice giving the public legal permission to | |
249 redistribute a program or other work of art. Copylefts are used by | |
250 left-wing programmers to promote freedom and cooperation, just as | |
251 copyrights are used by right-wing programmers to gain power over other | |
252 people. | |
253 | |
254 The particular form of copyleft used by the GNU project is called the | |
255 GNU General Public License. @xref{Copying}. | |
256 | |
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262 The current buffer in Emacs is the Emacs buffer on which most editing | |
263 commands operate. You can select any Emacs buffer as the current one. | |
264 @xref{Buffers}. | |
265 | |
266 @item Current Line | |
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279 @item Cursor | |
280 The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the position | |
281 called point (q.v.@:) at which insertion and deletion takes place. | |
282 The cursor is on or under the character that follows point. Often | |
283 people speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean | |
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286 @item Customization | |
287 Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works. It is | |
288 often done by setting variables (@pxref{Variables}) or by rebinding | |
289 key sequences (@pxref{Keymaps}). | |
290 | |
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296 The default for an argument is the value that will be assumed if you | |
297 do not specify one. When the minibuffer is used to read an argument, | |
298 the default argument is used if you just type @key{RET}. | |
299 @xref{Minibuffer}. | |
300 | |
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306 When you specify a file name that does not start with @samp{/} or @samp{~}, | |
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311 | |
312 @item Defun | |
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321 @xref{Basic,DEL,Basic Editing}. |
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323 @item Deletion | |
324 Deletion means erasing text without copying it into the kill ring | |
325 (q.v.@:). The alternative is killing (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing,Deletion}. | |
326 | |
327 @item Deletion of Files | |
328 Deleting a file means erasing it from the file system. | |
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331 @item Deletion of Messages | |
332 Deleting a message means flagging it to be eliminated from your mail | |
333 file. Until you expunge (q.v.@:) the Rmail file, you can still undelete | |
38490 | 334 the messages you have deleted. @xref{Rmail Deletion}. |
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336 @item Deletion of Windows | |
337 Deleting a window means eliminating it from the screen. Other windows | |
338 expand to use up the space. The deleted window can never come back, | |
339 but no actual text is thereby lost. @xref{Windows}. | |
340 | |
341 @item Directory | |
342 File directories are named collections in the file system, within which | |
343 you can place individual files or subdirectories. @xref{Directories}. | |
344 | |
345 @item Dired | |
346 Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a file | |
347 directory and allows you to ``edit the directory,'' performing | |
348 operations on the files in the directory. @xref{Dired}. | |
349 | |
350 @item Disabled Command | |
351 A disabled command is one that you may not run without special | |
352 confirmation. The usual reason for disabling a command is that it is | |
353 confusing for beginning users. @xref{Disabling}. | |
354 | |
355 @item Down Event | |
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358 @item Drag Event | |
359 A drag event is the kind of input event generated when you press a mouse | |
360 button, move the mouse, and then release the button. @xref{Mouse | |
361 Buttons}. | |
362 | |
363 @item Dribble File | |
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368 | |
369 @item Echo Area | |
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373 @samp{*Messages*} so you can review them later. @xref{Echo Area}. | |
374 | |
375 @item Echoing | |
376 Echoing is acknowledging the receipt of commands by displaying them (in | |
377 the echo area). Emacs never echoes single-character key sequences; | |
378 longer key sequences echo only if you pause while typing them. | |
379 | |
380 @item Electric | |
381 We say that a character is electric if it is normally self-inserting | |
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384 particular delimiter characters to reindent the line or insert one or | |
385 more newlines in addition to self-insertion. | |
386 | |
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389 the end of a text line. On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline | |
390 (q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions. @xref{Coding | |
391 Systems,end-of-line}. Emacs can recognize several end-of-line | |
392 conventions in files and convert between them. | |
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405 An error occurs when an Emacs command cannot execute in the current | |
406 circumstances. When an error occurs, execution of the command stops | |
407 (unless the command has been programmed to do otherwise) and Emacs | |
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410 | |
411 @item Error Message | |
412 An error message is a single line of output displayed by Emacs when the | |
413 user asks for something impossible to do (such as, killing text | |
414 forward when point is at the end of the buffer). They appear in the | |
415 echo area, accompanied by a beep. | |
416 | |
417 @item @key{ESC} | |
418 @key{ESC} is a character used as a prefix for typing Meta characters on | |
419 keyboards lacking a @key{META} key. Unlike the @key{META} key (which, | |
420 like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another character is | |
421 typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and | |
422 it applies to the next character you type. | |
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444 A file name is a name that refers to a file. File names may be relative | |
445 or absolute; the meaning of a relative file name depends on the current | |
446 directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless | |
447 of which directory is current. On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute | |
448 file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or | |
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453 Some people use the term ``pathname'' for file names, but we do not; | |
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456 @item File-Name Component | |
457 A file-name component names a file directly within a particular | |
458 directory. On GNU and Unix systems, a file name is a sequence of | |
459 file-name components, separated by slashes. For example, @file{foo/bar} | |
460 is a file name containing two components, @samp{foo} and @samp{bar}; it | |
461 refers to the file named @samp{bar} in the directory named @samp{foo} in | |
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465 @item Fill Prefix | |
466 The fill prefix is a string that should be expected at the beginning | |
467 of each line when filling is done. It is not regarded as part of the | |
468 text to be filled. @xref{Filling}. | |
469 | |
470 @item Filling | |
471 Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all | |
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485 @item Formatted Text | |
486 Formatted text is text that displays with formatting information while | |
487 you edit. Formatting information includes fonts, colors, and specified | |
488 margins. @xref{Formatted Text}. | |
489 | |
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494 A frame is a rectangular cluster of Emacs windows. Emacs starts out | |
495 with one frame, but you can create more. You can subdivide each frame | |
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511 @item Function Key | |
512 A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not | |
513 correspond to any character. @xref{Function Keys}. | |
514 | |
515 @item Global | |
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519 | |
520 @item Global Abbrev | |
521 A global definition of an abbrev (q.v.@:) is effective in all major | |
522 modes that do not have local (q.v.@:) definitions for the same abbrev. | |
523 @xref{Abbrevs}. | |
524 | |
525 @item Global Keymap | |
526 The global keymap (q.v.@:) contains key bindings that are in effect | |
527 except when overridden by local key bindings in a major mode's local | |
528 keymap (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}. | |
529 | |
530 @item Global Mark Ring | |
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536 @item Global Substitution | |
537 Global substitution means replacing each occurrence of one string by | |
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540 @item Global Variable | |
541 The global value of a variable (q.v.@:) takes effect in all buffers | |
542 that do not have their own local (q.v.@:) values for the variable. | |
543 @xref{Variables}. | |
544 | |
545 @item Graphic Character | |
546 Graphic characters are those assigned pictorial images rather than | |
547 just names. All the non-Meta (q.v.@:) characters except for the | |
548 Control (q.v.@:) characters are graphic characters. These include | |
549 letters, digits, punctuation, and spaces; they do not include | |
550 @key{RET} or @key{ESC}. In Emacs, typing a graphic character inserts | |
551 that character (in ordinary editing modes). @xref{Basic,,Basic Editing}. | |
552 | |
553 @item Highlighting | |
554 Highlighting text means displaying it with a different foreground and/or | |
555 background color to make it stand out from the rest of the text in the | |
556 buffer. | |
557 | |
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561 Mark}). Incremental search also highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental | |
562 Search}). See also `font lock'. | |
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565 Hardcopy means printed output. Emacs has commands for making printed | |
566 listings of text in Emacs buffers. @xref{Hardcopy}. | |
567 | |
568 @item @key{HELP} | |
569 @key{HELP} is the Emacs name for @kbd{C-h} or @key{F1}. You can type | |
570 @key{HELP} at any time to ask what options you have, or to ask what any | |
571 command does. @xref{Help}. | |
572 | |
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587 Hyper is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may | |
588 have. To make a character Hyper, type it while holding down the | |
589 @key{HYPER} key. Such characters are given names that start with | |
590 @kbd{Hyper-} (usually written @kbd{H-} for short). @xref{User Input, | |
591 Hyper}. | |
592 | |
593 @item Inbox | |
594 An inbox is a file in which mail is delivered by the operating system. | |
595 Rmail transfers mail from inboxes to Rmail files (q.v.@:) in which the | |
596 mail is then stored permanently or until explicitly deleted. | |
597 @xref{Rmail Inbox}. | |
598 | |
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604 Indentation means blank space at the beginning of a line. Most | |
605 programming languages have conventions for using indentation to | |
606 illuminate the structure of the program, and Emacs has special | |
607 commands to adjust indentation. | |
608 @xref{Indentation}. | |
609 | |
610 @item Indirect Buffer | |
611 An indirect buffer is a buffer that shares the text of another buffer, | |
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618 @item Input Event | |
619 An input event represents, within Emacs, one action taken by the user on | |
620 the terminal. Input events include typing characters, typing function | |
621 keys, pressing or releasing mouse buttons, and switching between Emacs | |
622 frames. @xref{User Input}. | |
623 | |
624 @item Input Method | |
625 An input method is a system for entering non-ASCII text characters by | |
626 typing sequences of ASCII characters (q.v.@:). @xref{Input Methods}. | |
627 | |
628 @item Insertion | |
629 Insertion means copying text into the buffer, either from the keyboard | |
630 or from some other place in Emacs. | |
631 | |
632 @item Interlocking | |
633 Interlocking is a feature for warning when you start to alter a file | |
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645 @item Keyboard Macro | |
646 Keyboard macros are a way of defining new Emacs commands from | |
647 sequences of existing ones, with no need to write a Lisp program. | |
648 @xref{Keyboard Macros}. | |
649 | |
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657 A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:) | |
658 that are meaningful as a single unit. If the key sequence is enough to | |
659 specify one action, it is a complete key (q.v.@:); if it is not enough, | |
660 it is a prefix key (q.v.@:). @xref{Keys}. | |
661 | |
662 @item Keymap | |
663 The keymap is the data structure that records the bindings (q.v.@:) of | |
664 key sequences to the commands that they run. For example, the global | |
665 keymap binds the character @kbd{C-n} to the command function | |
666 @code{next-line}. @xref{Keymaps}. | |
667 | |
668 @item Keyboard Translation Table | |
669 The keyboard translation table is an array that translates the character | |
670 codes that come from the terminal into the character codes that make up | |
671 key sequences. @xref{Keyboard Translations}. | |
672 | |
673 @item Kill Ring | |
674 The kill ring is where all text you have killed recently is saved. | |
675 You can reinsert any of the killed text still in the ring; this is | |
676 called yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Yanking}. | |
677 | |
678 @item Killing | |
679 Killing means erasing text and saving it on the kill ring so it can be | |
680 yanked (q.v.@:) later. Some other systems call this ``cutting.'' | |
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686 to exist. Any data within it, if not saved in a file, is lost. | |
687 @xref{Exiting}. | |
688 | |
689 @item Language Environment | |
690 Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input | |
691 method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:). @xref{Language | |
692 Environments}. These defaults are relevant if you edit non-ASCII text | |
693 (@pxref{International}). | |
694 | |
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704 A list is, approximately, a text string beginning with an open | |
705 parenthesis and ending with the matching close parenthesis. In C mode | |
706 and other non-Lisp modes, groupings surrounded by other kinds of matched | |
707 delimiters appropriate to the language, such as braces, are also | |
708 considered lists. Emacs has special commands for many operations on | |
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711 @item Local | |
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25829 | 713 kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular |
714 buffer, or a particular major mode. It is the opposite of `global' | |
715 (q.v.@:). Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below. | |
716 | |
717 @item Local Abbrev | |
718 A local abbrev definition is effective only if a particular major mode | |
719 is selected. In that major mode, it overrides any global definition | |
720 for the same abbrev. @xref{Abbrevs}. | |
721 | |
722 @item Local Keymap | |
723 A local keymap is used in a particular major mode; the key bindings | |
724 (q.v.@:) in the current local keymap override global bindings of the | |
725 same key sequences. @xref{Keymaps}. | |
726 | |
727 @item Local Variable | |
728 A local value of a variable (q.v.@:) applies to only one buffer. | |
729 @xref{Locals}. | |
730 | |
731 @item @kbd{M-} | |
732 @kbd{M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for @key{META}, | |
733 one of the modifier keys that can accompany any character. | |
734 @xref{User Input}. | |
735 | |
736 @item @kbd{M-C-} | |
737 @kbd{M-C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for | |
738 Control-Meta; it means the same thing as @kbd{C-M-}. If your | |
739 terminal lacks a real @key{META} key, you type a Control-Meta character by | |
740 typing @key{ESC} and then typing the corresponding Control character. | |
741 @xref{User Input,C-M-}. | |
742 | |
743 @item @kbd{M-x} | |
744 @kbd{M-x} is the key sequence which is used to call an Emacs command by | |
745 name. This is how you run commands that are not bound to key sequences. | |
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748 @item Mail | |
749 Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer | |
750 system, to be read at the recipient's convenience. Emacs has commands for | |
751 composing and sending mail, and for reading and editing the mail you have | |
752 received. @xref{Sending Mail}. @xref{Rmail}, for how to read mail. | |
753 | |
754 @item Mail Composition Method | |
755 A mail composition method is a program runnable within Emacs for editing | |
756 and sending a mail message. Emacs lets you select from several | |
757 alternative mail composition methods. @xref{Mail Methods}. | |
758 | |
759 @item Major Mode | |
760 The Emacs major modes are a mutually exclusive set of options, each of | |
761 which configures Emacs for editing a certain sort of text. Ideally, | |
762 each programming language has its own major mode. @xref{Major Modes}. | |
763 | |
764 @item Mark | |
765 The mark points to a position in the text. It specifies one end of the | |
766 region (q.v.@:), point being the other end. Many commands operate on | |
767 all the text from point to the mark. Each buffer has its own mark. | |
768 @xref{Mark}. | |
769 | |
770 @item Mark Ring | |
771 The mark ring is used to hold several recent previous locations of the | |
772 mark, just in case you want to move back to them. Each buffer has its | |
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775 | |
776 @item Menu Bar | |
777 The menu bar is the line at the top of an Emacs frame. It contains | |
33746 | 778 words you can click on with the mouse to bring up menus, or you can use |
779 a keyboard interface to navigate it. @xref{Menu Bars}. | |
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781 @item Message | |
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798 A Meta character is one whose character code includes the Meta bit. | |
799 | |
800 @item Minibuffer | |
801 The minibuffer is the window that appears when necessary inside the | |
802 echo area (q.v.@:), used for reading arguments to commands. | |
803 @xref{Minibuffer}. | |
804 | |
805 @item Minibuffer History | |
806 The minibuffer history records the text you have specified in the past | |
807 for minibuffer arguments, so you can conveniently use the same text | |
808 again. @xref{Minibuffer History}. | |
809 | |
810 @item Minor Mode | |
811 A minor mode is an optional feature of Emacs which can be switched on | |
812 or off independently of all other features. Each minor mode has a | |
813 command to turn it on or off. @xref{Minor Modes}. | |
814 | |
815 @item Minor Mode Keymap | |
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821 @item Mode Line | |
822 The mode line is the line at the bottom of each window (q.v.@:), giving | |
823 status information on the buffer displayed in that window. @xref{Mode | |
824 Line}. | |
825 | |
826 @item Modified Buffer | |
827 A buffer (q.v.@:) is modified if its text has been changed since the | |
828 last time the buffer was saved (or since when it was created, if it | |
829 has never been saved). @xref{Saving}. | |
830 | |
831 @item Moving Text | |
832 Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in | |
833 another. The usual way to move text by killing (q.v.@:) and then | |
834 yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}. | |
835 | |
836 @item MULE | |
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25829 | 838 using multibyte characters (q.v.@:). @xref{International}. |
839 | |
840 @item Multibyte Character | |
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846 @item Named Mark | |
847 A named mark is a register (q.v.@:) in its role of recording a | |
848 location in text so that you can move point to that location. | |
849 @xref{Registers}. | |
850 | |
851 @item Narrowing | |
852 Narrowing means creating a restriction (q.v.@:) that limits editing in | |
853 the current buffer to only a part of the text in the buffer. Text | |
854 outside that part is inaccessible to the user until the boundaries are | |
855 widened again, but it is still there, and saving the file saves it | |
856 all. @xref{Narrowing}. | |
857 | |
858 @item Newline | |
859 Control-J characters in the buffer terminate lines of text and are | |
860 therefore also called newlines. @xref{Text Characters,Newline}. | |
861 | |
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869 A numeric argument is a number, specified before a command, to change | |
870 the effect of the command. Often the numeric argument serves as a | |
871 repeat count. @xref{Arguments}. | |
872 | |
873 @item Overwrite Mode | |
874 Overwrite mode is a minor mode. When it is enabled, ordinary text | |
875 characters replace the existing text after point rather than pushing | |
876 it to the right. @xref{Minor Modes}. | |
877 | |
878 @item Page | |
879 A page is a unit of text, delimited by formfeed characters (ASCII | |
880 control-L, code 014) coming at the beginning of a line. Some Emacs | |
881 commands are provided for moving over and operating on pages. | |
882 @xref{Pages}. | |
883 | |
884 @item Paragraph | |
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887 @xref{Paragraphs}. | |
888 | |
889 @item Parsing | |
890 We say that certain Emacs commands parse words or expressions in the | |
891 text being edited. Really, all they know how to do is find the other | |
892 end of a word or expression. @xref{Syntax}. | |
893 | |
894 @item Point | |
895 Point is the place in the buffer at which insertion and deletion | |
896 occur. Point is considered to be between two characters, not at one | |
897 character. The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:) indicates the location of | |
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903 @item Prefix Key | |
904 A prefix key is a key sequence (q.v.@:) whose sole function is to | |
905 introduce a set of longer key sequences. @kbd{C-x} is an example of | |
906 prefix key; any two-character sequence starting with @kbd{C-x} is | |
907 therefore a legitimate key sequence. @xref{Keys}. | |
908 | |
909 @item Primary Rmail File | |
910 Your primary Rmail file is the file named @samp{RMAIL} in your home | |
911 directory. That's where Rmail stores your incoming mail, unless you | |
912 specify a different file name. @xref{Rmail}. | |
913 | |
914 @item Primary Selection | |
915 The primary selection is one particular X selection (q.v.@:); it is the | |
916 selection that most X applications use for transferring text to and from | |
917 other applications. | |
918 | |
919 The Emacs kill commands set the primary selection and the yank command | |
920 uses the primary selection when appropriate. @xref{Killing}. | |
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925 (q.v.@:). One kind of prompting happens when the minibuffer is used to | |
926 read an argument (@pxref{Minibuffer}); the echoing which happens when | |
927 you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also | |
928 a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}). | |
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935 Quitting means canceling a partially typed command or a running | |
936 command, using @kbd{C-g} (or @kbd{C-@key{BREAK}} on MS-DOS). @xref{Quitting}. | |
937 | |
938 @item Quoting | |
939 Quoting means depriving a character of its usual special significance. | |
940 The most common kind of quoting in Emacs is with @kbd{C-q}. What | |
941 constitutes special significance depends on the context and on | |
942 convention. For example, an ``ordinary'' character as an Emacs command | |
943 inserts itself; so in this context, a special character is any character | |
944 that does not normally insert itself (such as @key{DEL}, for example), | |
945 and quoting it makes it insert itself as if it were not special. Not | |
946 all contexts allow quoting. @xref{Basic,Quoting,Basic Editing}. | |
947 | |
948 @item Quoting File Names | |
949 Quoting a file name turns off the special significance of constructs | |
950 such as @samp{$}, @samp{~} and @samp{:}. @xref{Quoted File Names}. | |
951 | |
952 @item Read-Only Buffer | |
953 A read-only buffer is one whose text you are not allowed to change. | |
954 Normally Emacs makes buffers read-only when they contain text which | |
955 has a special significance to Emacs; for example, Dired buffers. | |
956 Visiting a file that is write-protected also makes a read-only buffer. | |
957 @xref{Buffers}. | |
958 | |
959 @item Rectangle | |
960 A rectangle consists of the text in a given range of columns on a given | |
961 range of lines. Normally you specify a rectangle by putting point at | |
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964 | |
965 @item Recursive Editing Level | |
966 A recursive editing level is a state in which part of the execution of | |
967 a command involves asking the user to edit some text. This text may | |
968 or may not be the same as the text to which the command was applied. | |
969 The mode line indicates recursive editing levels with square brackets | |
970 (@samp{[} and @samp{]}). @xref{Recursive Edit}. | |
971 | |
972 @item Redisplay | |
973 Redisplay is the process of correcting the image on the screen to | |
974 correspond to changes that have been made in the text being edited. | |
975 @xref{Screen,Redisplay}. | |
976 | |
977 @item Regexp | |
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980 @item Region | |
981 The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.@:). | |
982 Many commands operate on the text of the region. @xref{Mark,Region}. | |
983 | |
984 @item Registers | |
985 Registers are named slots in which text or buffer positions or | |
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989 @item Regular Expression | |
990 A regular expression is a pattern that can match various text strings; | |
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993 | |
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1007 @item Restriction | |
1008 A buffer's restriction is the amount of text, at the beginning or the | |
1009 end of the buffer, that is temporarily inaccessible. Giving a buffer a | |
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1013 @item @key{RET} | |
1014 @key{RET} is a character that in Emacs runs the command to insert a | |
1015 newline into the text. It is also used to terminate most arguments | |
1016 read in the minibuffer (q.v.@:). @xref{User Input,Return}. | |
1017 | |
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1020 revert a buffer by re-reading its file from disk. @xref{Reverting}. |
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25829 | 1022 @item Rmail File |
1023 An Rmail file is a file containing text in a special format used by | |
1024 Rmail for storing mail. @xref{Rmail}. | |
1025 | |
1026 @item Saving | |
1027 Saving a buffer means copying its text into the file that was visited | |
1028 (q.v.@:) in that buffer. This is the way text in files actually gets | |
1029 changed by your Emacs editing. @xref{Saving}. | |
1030 | |
1031 @item Scroll Bar | |
1032 A scroll bar is a tall thin hollow box that appears at the side of a | |
1033 window. You can use mouse commands in the scroll bar to scroll the | |
33746 | 1034 window. The scroll bar feature is supported only under windowing |
1035 systems. @xref{Scroll Bars}. | |
25829 | 1036 |
1037 @item Scrolling | |
1038 Scrolling means shifting the text in the Emacs window so as to see a | |
1039 different part of the buffer. @xref{Display,Scrolling}. | |
1040 | |
1041 @item Searching | |
1042 Searching means moving point to the next occurrence of a specified | |
1043 string or the next match for a specified regular expression. | |
1044 @xref{Search}. | |
1045 | |
1046 @item Search Path | |
1047 A search path is a list of directory names, to be used for searching for | |
1048 files for certain purposes. For example, the variable @code{load-path} | |
1049 holds a search path for finding Lisp library files. @xref{Lisp Libraries}. | |
1050 | |
1051 @item Secondary Selection | |
1052 The secondary selection is one particular X selection; some X | |
1053 applications can use it for transferring text to and from other | |
1054 applications. Emacs has special mouse commands for transferring text | |
1055 using the secondary selection. @xref{Secondary Selection}. | |
1056 | |
1057 @item Selecting | |
1058 Selecting a buffer means making it the current (q.v.@:) buffer. | |
1059 @xref{Buffers,Selecting}. | |
1060 | |
1061 @item Selection | |
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1062 Windowing systems allow an application program to specify |
25829 | 1063 selections whose values are text. A program can also read the |
1064 selections that other programs have set up. This is the principal way | |
1065 of transferring text between window applications. Emacs has commands to | |
1066 work with the primary (q.v.@:) selection and the secondary (q.v.@:) | |
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1067 selection, and also with the clipboard (q.v.@:). |
25829 | 1068 |
1069 @item Self-Documentation | |
1070 Self-documentation is the feature of Emacs which can tell you what any | |
1071 command does, or give you a list of all commands related to a topic | |
1072 you specify. You ask for self-documentation with the help character, | |
1073 @kbd{C-h}. @xref{Help}. | |
1074 | |
1075 @item Self-Inserting Character | |
1076 A character is self-inserting if typing that character inserts that | |
1077 character in the buffer. Ordinary printing and whitespace characters | |
1078 are self-inserting in Emacs, except in certain special major modes. | |
1079 | |
1080 @item Sentences | |
1081 Emacs has commands for moving by or killing by sentences. | |
1082 @xref{Sentences}. | |
1083 | |
1084 @item Sexp | |
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1086 Lisp in its textual form: either a list, or Lisp atom. Sexps are also |
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1087 the balanced expressions (q.v.@:) of the Lisp language; this is why |
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1088 the commands for editing balanced expressions have `sexp' in their |
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1089 name. @xref{Expressions,Sexps}. |
25829 | 1090 |
1091 @item Simultaneous Editing | |
1092 Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once. | |
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1093 Simultaneous editing, if not detected, can cause one user to lose his |
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1095 warns one of the users to investigate. | |
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1096 @xref{Interlocking,Interlocking,Simultaneous Editing}. |
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1098 @item @key{SPC} |
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1099 @key{SPC} is the space character, which you enter by pressing the |
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1100 space bar. |
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1104 buffers, functions within those buffers, Info nodes, and other |
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1105 interesting parts of text within Emacs. @xref{Speedbar}. |
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1109 one of the words in a text. Emacs uses the Ispell spelling-checker |
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1110 program to check the spelling of parts of a buffer via a convenient user |
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1111 interface. @xref{Spelling}. |
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1114 A string is a kind of Lisp data object which contains a sequence of | |
1115 characters. Many Emacs variables are intended to have strings as | |
1116 values. The Lisp syntax for a string consists of the characters in the | |
1117 string with a @samp{"} before and another @samp{"} after. A @samp{"} | |
1118 that is part of the string must be written as @samp{\"} and a @samp{\} | |
1119 that is part of the string must be written as @samp{\\}. All other | |
1120 characters, including newline, can be included just by writing them | |
1121 inside the string; however, backslash sequences as in C, such as | |
1122 @samp{\n} for newline or @samp{\241} using an octal character code, are | |
1123 allowed as well. | |
1124 | |
1125 @item String Substitution | |
1126 See `global substitution'. | |
1127 | |
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1128 @item Syntax Highlighting |
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1129 See `font lock.' |
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25829 | 1131 @item Syntax Table |
1132 The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word, | |
1133 which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc. | |
1134 @xref{Syntax}. | |
1135 | |
1136 @item Super | |
1137 Super is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may | |
1138 have. To make a character Super, type it while holding down the | |
1139 @key{SUPER} key. Such characters are given names that start with | |
1140 @kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short). @xref{User Input, | |
1141 Super}. | |
1142 | |
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1143 @item Suspending |
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1145 to its parent process, which is usually a shell. Unlike killing a job |
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1146 (q.v.@:), you can later resume the suspended Emacs job without losing |
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1147 your buffers, unsaved edits, undo history, etc. @xref{Exiting}. |
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1150 @key{TAB} is the tab character. In Emacs it is typically used for |
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1151 indentation or completion. |
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25829 | 1153 @item Tags Table |
1154 A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function | |
1155 definitions in one or more other files. @xref{Tags}. | |
1156 | |
1157 @item Termscript File | |
1158 A termscript file contains a record of all characters sent by Emacs to | |
1159 the terminal. It is used for tracking down bugs in Emacs redisplay. | |
1160 Emacs does not make a termscript file unless you tell it to. | |
1161 @xref{Bugs}. | |
1162 | |
1163 @item Text | |
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1164 `Text' has two meanings (@pxref{Text}): |
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1166 @itemize @bullet | |
1167 @item | |
1168 Data consisting of a sequence of characters, as opposed to binary | |
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1169 numbers, executable programs, and the like. The basic contents of an |
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1170 Emacs buffer (aside from the text properties, q.v.@:) are always text |
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25829 | 1172 @item |
1173 Data consisting of written human language, as opposed to programs, | |
1174 or following the stylistic conventions of human language. | |
1175 @end itemize | |
1176 | |
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1178 A text-only terminal is a display that is limited to displaying text in |
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1179 character units. Such a terminal cannot control individual pixels it |
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1180 displays. Emacs supports a subset of display features on text-only |
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1181 terminals. |
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1184 Text properties are annotations recorded for particular characters in |
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1185 the buffer. Images in the buffer are recorded as text properties; |
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1190 of an Emacs frame. Clicking on one of these icons executes a command. |
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1195 Tooltips are small windows displaying a help echo (q.v.@:) text that |
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1197 clicks, etc. @xref{Tooltips}. |
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1200 Top level is the normal state of Emacs, in which you are editing the | |
1201 text of the file you have visited. You are at top level whenever you | |
1202 are not in a recursive editing level (q.v.@:) or the minibuffer | |
1203 (q.v.@:), and not in the middle of a command. You can get back to top | |
1204 level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.@:). @xref{Quitting}. | |
1205 | |
1206 @item Transposition | |
1207 Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place | |
1208 formerly occupied by the other. There are Emacs commands to transpose | |
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1211 | |
1212 @item Truncation | |
1213 Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a | |
1214 line that does not fit within the right margin of the window | |
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1217 | |
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1222 Undoing means making your previous editing go in reverse, bringing | |
1223 back the text that existed earlier in the editing session. | |
1224 @xref{Undo}. | |
1225 | |
1226 @item User Option | |
1227 A user option is a variable (q.v.@:) that exists so that you can customize | |
1228 Emacs by setting it to a new value. @xref{Variables}. | |
1229 | |
1230 @item Variable | |
1231 A variable is an object in Lisp that can store an arbitrary value. | |
1232 Emacs uses some variables for internal purposes, and has others (known | |
1233 as `user options' (q.v.@:)) just so that you can set their values to | |
1234 control the behavior of Emacs. The variables used in Emacs that you | |
1235 are likely to be interested in are listed in the Variables Index in | |
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1237 information on variables. |
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1239 @item Version Control | |
1240 Version control systems keep track of multiple versions of a source file. | |
1241 They provide a more powerful alternative to keeping backup files (q.v.@:). | |
1242 @xref{Version Control}. | |
1243 | |
1244 @item Visiting | |
1245 Visiting a file means loading its contents into a buffer (q.v.@:) | |
1246 where they can be edited. @xref{Visiting}. | |
1247 | |
1248 @item Whitespace | |
1249 Whitespace is any run of consecutive formatting characters (space, | |
1250 tab, newline, and backspace). | |
1251 | |
1252 @item Widening | |
1253 Widening is removing any restriction (q.v.@:) on the current buffer; | |
1254 it is the opposite of narrowing (q.v.@:). @xref{Narrowing}. | |
1255 | |
1256 @item Window | |
1257 Emacs divides a frame (q.v.@:) into one or more windows, each of which | |
1258 can display the contents of one buffer (q.v.@:) at any time. | |
1259 @xref{Screen}, for basic information on how Emacs uses the screen. | |
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1262 (q.v.@:) in Emacs. |
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1264 @item Word Abbrev | |
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1267 @item Word Search | |
1268 Word search is searching for a sequence of words, considering the | |
1269 punctuation between them as insignificant. @xref{Word Search}. | |
1270 | |
1271 @item WYSIWYG | |
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1272 WYSIWYG stands for ``What you see is what you get.'' Emacs generally |
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1274 (@pxref{Formatted Text}), it provides WYSIWYG editing for files that | |
1275 include text formatting information. | |
1276 | |
1277 @item Yanking | |
1278 Yanking means reinserting text previously killed. It can be used to | |
1279 undo a mistaken kill, or for copying or moving text. Some other | |
1280 systems call this ``pasting.'' @xref{Yanking}. | |
1281 @end table | |
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