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3 @c 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Glossary, Key Index, Intro, Top | |
6 @unnumbered Glossary | |
7 | |
8 @table @asis | |
9 @item Abbrev | |
10 An abbrev is a text string which expands into a different text string | |
11 when present in the buffer. For example, you might define a few letters | |
12 as an abbrev for a long phrase that you want to insert frequently. | |
13 @xref{Abbrevs}. | |
14 | |
15 @item Aborting | |
16 Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.@:). The | |
17 commands @kbd{C-]} and @kbd{M-x top-level} are used for this. | |
18 @xref{Quitting}. | |
19 | |
20 @item Alt | |
21 Alt is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may | |
22 have. To make a character Alt, type it while holding down the @key{ALT} | |
23 key. Such characters are given names that start with @kbd{Alt-} | |
24 (usually written @kbd{A-} for short). (Note that many terminals have a | |
25 key labeled @key{ALT} which is really a @key{META} key.) @xref{User | |
26 Input, Alt}. | |
27 | |
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28 @item Argument |
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29 See `numeric argument.' |
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31 @item @acronym{ASCII} character |
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32 An @acronym{ASCII} character is either an @acronym{ASCII} control character or an @acronym{ASCII} |
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35 @item @acronym{ASCII} control character |
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36 An @acronym{ASCII} control character is the Control version of an upper-case |
25829 | 37 letter, or the Control version of one of the characters @samp{@@[\]^_?}. |
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39 @item @acronym{ASCII} printing character |
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40 @acronym{ASCII} printing characters include letters, digits, space, and these |
25829 | 41 punctuation characters: @samp{!@@#$%^& *()_-+=|\~` @{@}[]:;"' <>,.?/}. |
42 | |
43 @item Auto Fill Mode | |
44 Auto Fill mode is a minor mode in which text that you insert is | |
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46 @xref{Filling}. |
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48 @item Auto Saving | |
49 Auto saving is the practice of saving the contents of an Emacs buffer in | |
50 a specially-named file, so that the information will not be lost if the | |
51 buffer is lost due to a system error or user error. @xref{Auto Save}. | |
52 | |
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54 Emacs automatically loads Lisp libraries when a Lisp program requests a |
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55 function or a variable from those libraries. This is called |
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56 `autoloading'. @xref{Lisp Libraries}. |
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58 @item Backtrace |
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59 A backtrace is a trace of a series of function calls showing how a |
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60 program arrived to a certain point. It is used mainly for finding and |
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61 correcting bugs (q.v.@:). Emacs can display a backtrace when it signals |
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62 an error or when you type @kbd{C-g} (see `quitting'). @xref{Checklist}. |
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65 A backup file records the contents that a file had before the current | |
66 editing session. Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you | |
67 track down or cancel changes you later regret making. @xref{Backup}. | |
68 | |
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70 Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either |
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72 to move over parenthetical groupings (@pxref{Moving by Parens}). |
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74 that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching |
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80 in C. @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}. |
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83 See `tooltips.' |
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85 @item Base Buffer |
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86 A base buffer is a buffer whose text is shared by an indirect buffer |
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87 (q.v.@:). |
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90 To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.@:). | |
91 @xref{Rebinding}. | |
92 | |
93 @item Binding | |
94 A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a | |
95 command (q.v.@:), a Lisp function that is run when the user types that | |
96 sequence. @xref{Commands,Binding}. Customization often involves | |
97 rebinding a character to a different command function. The bindings of | |
98 all key sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}. | |
99 | |
100 @item Blank Lines | |
101 Blank lines are lines that contain only whitespace. Emacs has several | |
102 commands for operating on the blank lines in the buffer. | |
103 | |
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106 in buffers to which you can return later. Unlike registers, bookmarks |
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110 A border is a thin space along the edge of the frame, used just for | |
111 spacing, not for displaying anything. An Emacs frame has an ordinary | |
112 external border, outside of everything including the menu bar, plus an | |
113 internal border that surrounds the text windows and their scroll bars | |
114 and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar. You can customize | |
115 both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders X}). Borders | |
116 are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:). | |
117 | |
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119 The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text | |
120 being edited. You can have several buffers, but at any time you are | |
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121 editing only one, the `current buffer,' though several can be visible |
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124 | |
125 @item Buffer Selection History | |
126 Emacs keeps a buffer selection history which records how recently each | |
127 Emacs buffer has been selected. This is used for choosing a buffer to | |
128 select. @xref{Buffers}. | |
129 | |
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130 @item Bug |
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131 A bug is an incorrect or unreasonable behavior of a program, or |
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132 inaccurate or confusing documentation. Emacs developers treat bug |
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133 reports, both in Emacs code and its documentation, very seriously and |
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134 ask you to report any bugs you find. @xref{Bugs}. |
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141 See `default.' |
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144 See `compilation.' |
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147 @kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control. | |
148 @xref{User Input,C-}. | |
149 | |
150 @item @kbd{C-M-} | |
151 @kbd{C-M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for | |
152 Control-Meta. @xref{User Input,C-M-}. | |
153 | |
154 @item Case Conversion | |
155 Case conversion means changing text from upper case to lower case or | |
156 vice versa. @xref{Case}, for the commands for case conversion. | |
157 | |
158 @item Character | |
159 Characters form the contents of an Emacs buffer; see @ref{Text | |
160 Characters}. Also, key sequences (q.v.@:) are usually made up of | |
161 characters (though they may include other input events as well). | |
162 @xref{User Input}. | |
163 | |
164 @item Character Set | |
165 Emacs supports a number of character sets, each of which represents a | |
166 particular alphabet or script. @xref{International}. | |
167 | |
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173 mouse button and release it without moving the mouse. @xref{Mouse Buttons}. | |
174 | |
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176 A clipboard is a buffer provided by the window system for transferring |
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177 text between applications. On the X Window system, the clipboard is |
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180 @xref{Clipboard}. |
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183 A coding system is an encoding for representing text characters in a | |
184 file or in a stream of information. Emacs has the ability to convert | |
185 text to or from a variety of coding systems when reading or writing it. | |
186 @xref{Coding Systems}. | |
187 | |
188 @item Command | |
189 A command is a Lisp function specially defined to be able to serve as a | |
190 key binding in Emacs. When you type a key sequence (q.v.@:), its | |
191 binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to find | |
192 the command to run. @xref{Commands}. | |
193 | |
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199 (@pxref{Commands}). You can invoke any command by its name using | |
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200 @kbd{M-x} (@pxref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}). |
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202 @item Comment | |
203 A comment is text in a program which is intended only for humans reading | |
204 the program, and which is marked specially so that it will be ignored | |
205 when the program is loaded or compiled. Emacs offers special commands | |
206 for creating, aligning and killing comments. @xref{Comments}. | |
207 | |
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209 Common Lisp is a dialect of Lisp (q.v.@:) much larger and more powerful |
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214 Compilation is the process of creating an executable program from source | |
215 code. Emacs has commands for compiling files of Emacs Lisp code | |
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218 (@pxref{Compilation}). | |
219 | |
220 @item Complete Key | |
221 A complete key is a key sequence which fully specifies one action to be | |
222 performed by Emacs. For example, @kbd{X} and @kbd{C-f} and @kbd{C-x m} | |
223 are complete keys. Complete keys derive their meanings from being bound | |
224 (q.v.@:) to commands (q.v.@:). Thus, @kbd{X} is conventionally bound to | |
225 a command to insert @samp{X} in the buffer; @kbd{C-x m} is | |
226 conventionally bound to a command to begin composing a mail message. | |
227 @xref{Keys}. | |
228 | |
229 @item Completion | |
230 Completion is what Emacs does when it automatically fills out an | |
231 abbreviation for a name into the entire name. Completion is done for | |
232 minibuffer (q.v.@:) arguments when the set of possible valid inputs | |
233 is known; for example, on command names, buffer names, and | |
234 file names. Completion occurs when @key{TAB}, @key{SPC} or @key{RET} | |
235 is typed. @xref{Completion}.@refill | |
236 | |
237 @item Continuation Line | |
238 When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it | |
239 takes up more than one screen line when displayed. We say that the | |
240 text line is continued, and all screen lines used for it after the | |
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242 A related Emacs feature is `filling' (q.v.@:). | |
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244 @item Control Character | |
245 A control character is a character that you type by holding down the | |
246 @key{CTRL} key. Some control characters also have their own keys, so | |
247 that you can type them without using @key{CTRL}. For example, | |
248 @key{RET}, @key{TAB}, @key{ESC} and @key{DEL} are all control | |
249 characters. @xref{User Input}. | |
250 | |
251 @item Copyleft | |
252 A copyleft is a notice giving the public legal permission to | |
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258 The particular form of copyleft used by the GNU project is called the | |
259 GNU General Public License. @xref{Copying}. | |
260 | |
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266 The current buffer in Emacs is the Emacs buffer on which most editing | |
267 commands operate. You can select any Emacs buffer as the current one. | |
268 @xref{Buffers}. | |
269 | |
270 @item Current Line | |
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283 @item Cursor | |
284 The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the position | |
285 called point (q.v.@:) at which insertion and deletion takes place. | |
286 The cursor is on or under the character that follows point. Often | |
287 people speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean | |
54472 | 288 `point.' @xref{Point,Cursor}. |
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290 @item Customization | |
291 Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works. It is | |
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301 The default for an argument is the value that will be assumed if you | |
302 do not specify one. When the minibuffer is used to read an argument, | |
303 the default argument is used if you just type @key{RET}. | |
304 @xref{Minibuffer}. | |
305 | |
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311 When you specify a file name that does not start with @samp{/} or @samp{~}, | |
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316 | |
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328 @item Deletion | |
329 Deletion means erasing text without copying it into the kill ring | |
330 (q.v.@:). The alternative is killing (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing,Deletion}. | |
331 | |
332 @item Deletion of Files | |
333 Deleting a file means erasing it from the file system. | |
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337 Deleting a message means flagging it to be eliminated from your mail | |
338 file. Until you expunge (q.v.@:) the Rmail file, you can still undelete | |
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341 @item Deletion of Windows | |
342 Deleting a window means eliminating it from the screen. Other windows | |
343 expand to use up the space. The deleted window can never come back, | |
344 but no actual text is thereby lost. @xref{Windows}. | |
345 | |
346 @item Directory | |
347 File directories are named collections in the file system, within which | |
348 you can place individual files or subdirectories. @xref{Directories}. | |
349 | |
350 @item Dired | |
351 Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a file | |
352 directory and allows you to ``edit the directory,'' performing | |
353 operations on the files in the directory. @xref{Dired}. | |
354 | |
355 @item Disabled Command | |
356 A disabled command is one that you may not run without special | |
357 confirmation. The usual reason for disabling a command is that it is | |
358 confusing for beginning users. @xref{Disabling}. | |
359 | |
360 @item Down Event | |
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364 A drag event is the kind of input event generated when you press a mouse | |
365 button, move the mouse, and then release the button. @xref{Mouse | |
366 Buttons}. | |
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386 @item Electric | |
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395 the end of a text line. On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline | |
396 (q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions. @xref{Coding | |
397 Systems,end-of-line}. Emacs can recognize several end-of-line | |
398 conventions in files and convert between them. | |
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416 | |
417 @item Error Message | |
418 An error message is a single line of output displayed by Emacs when the | |
419 user asks for something impossible to do (such as, killing text | |
420 forward when point is at the end of the buffer). They appear in the | |
421 echo area, accompanied by a beep. | |
422 | |
423 @item @key{ESC} | |
424 @key{ESC} is a character used as a prefix for typing Meta characters on | |
425 keyboards lacking a @key{META} key. Unlike the @key{META} key (which, | |
426 like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another character is | |
427 typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and | |
428 it applies to the next character you type. | |
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449 | |
450 @item File Name | |
451 A file name is a name that refers to a file. File names may be relative | |
452 or absolute; the meaning of a relative file name depends on the current | |
453 directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless | |
454 of which directory is current. On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute | |
455 file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or | |
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460 Some people use the term ``pathname'' for file names, but we do not; | |
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463 @item File-Name Component | |
464 A file-name component names a file directly within a particular | |
465 directory. On GNU and Unix systems, a file name is a sequence of | |
466 file-name components, separated by slashes. For example, @file{foo/bar} | |
467 is a file name containing two components, @samp{foo} and @samp{bar}; it | |
468 refers to the file named @samp{bar} in the directory named @samp{foo} in | |
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472 @item Fill Prefix | |
473 The fill prefix is a string that should be expected at the beginning | |
474 of each line when filling is done. It is not regarded as part of the | |
475 text to be filled. @xref{Filling}. | |
476 | |
477 @item Filling | |
478 Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all | |
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492 @item Formatted Text | |
493 Formatted text is text that displays with formatting information while | |
494 you edit. Formatting information includes fonts, colors, and specified | |
495 margins. @xref{Formatted Text}. | |
496 | |
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501 A frame is a rectangular cluster of Emacs windows. Emacs starts out | |
502 with one frame, but you can create more. You can subdivide each frame | |
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518 @item Function Key | |
519 A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not | |
520 correspond to any character. @xref{Function Keys}. | |
521 | |
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526 | |
527 @item Global Abbrev | |
528 A global definition of an abbrev (q.v.@:) is effective in all major | |
529 modes that do not have local (q.v.@:) definitions for the same abbrev. | |
530 @xref{Abbrevs}. | |
531 | |
532 @item Global Keymap | |
533 The global keymap (q.v.@:) contains key bindings that are in effect | |
534 except when overridden by local key bindings in a major mode's local | |
535 keymap (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}. | |
536 | |
537 @item Global Mark Ring | |
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543 @item Global Substitution | |
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547 @item Global Variable | |
548 The global value of a variable (q.v.@:) takes effect in all buffers | |
549 that do not have their own local (q.v.@:) values for the variable. | |
550 @xref{Variables}. | |
551 | |
552 @item Graphic Character | |
553 Graphic characters are those assigned pictorial images rather than | |
554 just names. All the non-Meta (q.v.@:) characters except for the | |
555 Control (q.v.@:) characters are graphic characters. These include | |
556 letters, digits, punctuation, and spaces; they do not include | |
557 @key{RET} or @key{ESC}. In Emacs, typing a graphic character inserts | |
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565 Highlighting text means displaying it with a different foreground and/or | |
566 background color to make it stand out from the rest of the text in the | |
567 buffer. | |
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572 Mark}). Incremental search also highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental | |
573 Search}). See also `font lock'. | |
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579 @item @key{HELP} | |
580 @key{HELP} is the Emacs name for @kbd{C-h} or @key{F1}. You can type | |
581 @key{HELP} at any time to ask what options you have, or to ask what any | |
582 command does. @xref{Help}. | |
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598 Hyper is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may | |
599 have. To make a character Hyper, type it while holding down the | |
600 @key{HYPER} key. Such characters are given names that start with | |
601 @kbd{Hyper-} (usually written @kbd{H-} for short). @xref{User Input, | |
602 Hyper}. | |
603 | |
604 @item Inbox | |
605 An inbox is a file in which mail is delivered by the operating system. | |
606 Rmail transfers mail from inboxes to Rmail files (q.v.@:) in which the | |
607 mail is then stored permanently or until explicitly deleted. | |
608 @xref{Rmail Inbox}. | |
609 | |
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615 Indentation means blank space at the beginning of a line. Most | |
616 programming languages have conventions for using indentation to | |
617 illuminate the structure of the program, and Emacs has special | |
618 commands to adjust indentation. | |
619 @xref{Indentation}. | |
620 | |
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622 An indirect buffer is a buffer that shares the text of another buffer, | |
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629 @item Input Event | |
630 An input event represents, within Emacs, one action taken by the user on | |
631 the terminal. Input events include typing characters, typing function | |
632 keys, pressing or releasing mouse buttons, and switching between Emacs | |
633 frames. @xref{User Input}. | |
634 | |
635 @item Input Method | |
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639 @item Insertion | |
640 Insertion means copying text into the buffer, either from the keyboard | |
641 or from some other place in Emacs. | |
642 | |
643 @item Interlocking | |
644 Interlocking is a feature for warning when you start to alter a file | |
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660 Keyboard macros are a way of defining new Emacs commands from | |
661 sequences of existing ones, with no need to write a Lisp program. | |
662 @xref{Keyboard Macros}. | |
663 | |
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25829 | 670 @item Key Sequence |
671 A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:) | |
672 that are meaningful as a single unit. If the key sequence is enough to | |
673 specify one action, it is a complete key (q.v.@:); if it is not enough, | |
674 it is a prefix key (q.v.@:). @xref{Keys}. | |
675 | |
676 @item Keymap | |
677 The keymap is the data structure that records the bindings (q.v.@:) of | |
678 key sequences to the commands that they run. For example, the global | |
679 keymap binds the character @kbd{C-n} to the command function | |
680 @code{next-line}. @xref{Keymaps}. | |
681 | |
682 @item Keyboard Translation Table | |
683 The keyboard translation table is an array that translates the character | |
684 codes that come from the terminal into the character codes that make up | |
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687 @item Kill Ring | |
688 The kill ring is where all text you have killed recently is saved. | |
689 You can reinsert any of the killed text still in the ring; this is | |
690 called yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Yanking}. | |
691 | |
692 @item Killing | |
693 Killing means erasing text and saving it on the kill ring so it can be | |
694 yanked (q.v.@:) later. Some other systems call this ``cutting.'' | |
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25829 | 699 Killing a job (such as, an invocation of Emacs) means making it cease |
700 to exist. Any data within it, if not saved in a file, is lost. | |
701 @xref{Exiting}. | |
702 | |
703 @item Language Environment | |
704 Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input | |
705 method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:). @xref{Language | |
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25829 | 707 (@pxref{International}). |
708 | |
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718 A list is, approximately, a text string beginning with an open | |
719 parenthesis and ending with the matching close parenthesis. In C mode | |
720 and other non-Lisp modes, groupings surrounded by other kinds of matched | |
721 delimiters appropriate to the language, such as braces, are also | |
722 considered lists. Emacs has special commands for many operations on | |
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725 @item Local | |
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726 Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; the relevant |
25829 | 727 kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular |
728 buffer, or a particular major mode. It is the opposite of `global' | |
729 (q.v.@:). Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below. | |
730 | |
731 @item Local Abbrev | |
732 A local abbrev definition is effective only if a particular major mode | |
733 is selected. In that major mode, it overrides any global definition | |
734 for the same abbrev. @xref{Abbrevs}. | |
735 | |
736 @item Local Keymap | |
737 A local keymap is used in a particular major mode; the key bindings | |
738 (q.v.@:) in the current local keymap override global bindings of the | |
739 same key sequences. @xref{Keymaps}. | |
740 | |
741 @item Local Variable | |
742 A local value of a variable (q.v.@:) applies to only one buffer. | |
743 @xref{Locals}. | |
744 | |
745 @item @kbd{M-} | |
746 @kbd{M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for @key{META}, | |
747 one of the modifier keys that can accompany any character. | |
54472 | 748 @xref{User Input,M-}. |
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750 @item @kbd{M-C-} | |
751 @kbd{M-C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for | |
752 Control-Meta; it means the same thing as @kbd{C-M-}. If your | |
753 terminal lacks a real @key{META} key, you type a Control-Meta character by | |
754 typing @key{ESC} and then typing the corresponding Control character. | |
755 @xref{User Input,C-M-}. | |
756 | |
757 @item @kbd{M-x} | |
758 @kbd{M-x} is the key sequence which is used to call an Emacs command by | |
759 name. This is how you run commands that are not bound to key sequences. | |
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760 @xref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}. |
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762 @item Mail | |
763 Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer | |
764 system, to be read at the recipient's convenience. Emacs has commands for | |
765 composing and sending mail, and for reading and editing the mail you have | |
766 received. @xref{Sending Mail}. @xref{Rmail}, for how to read mail. | |
767 | |
768 @item Mail Composition Method | |
769 A mail composition method is a program runnable within Emacs for editing | |
770 and sending a mail message. Emacs lets you select from several | |
771 alternative mail composition methods. @xref{Mail Methods}. | |
772 | |
773 @item Major Mode | |
774 The Emacs major modes are a mutually exclusive set of options, each of | |
775 which configures Emacs for editing a certain sort of text. Ideally, | |
776 each programming language has its own major mode. @xref{Major Modes}. | |
777 | |
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783 The mark points to a position in the text. It specifies one end of the | |
784 region (q.v.@:), point being the other end. Many commands operate on | |
785 all the text from point to the mark. Each buffer has its own mark. | |
786 @xref{Mark}. | |
787 | |
788 @item Mark Ring | |
789 The mark ring is used to hold several recent previous locations of the | |
790 mark, just in case you want to move back to them. Each buffer has its | |
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793 | |
794 @item Menu Bar | |
795 The menu bar is the line at the top of an Emacs frame. It contains | |
33746 | 796 words you can click on with the mouse to bring up menus, or you can use |
797 a keyboard interface to navigate it. @xref{Menu Bars}. | |
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799 @item Message | |
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810 @xref{User Input,Meta}. |
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816 A Meta character is one whose character code includes the Meta bit. | |
817 | |
818 @item Minibuffer | |
819 The minibuffer is the window that appears when necessary inside the | |
820 echo area (q.v.@:), used for reading arguments to commands. | |
821 @xref{Minibuffer}. | |
822 | |
823 @item Minibuffer History | |
824 The minibuffer history records the text you have specified in the past | |
825 for minibuffer arguments, so you can conveniently use the same text | |
826 again. @xref{Minibuffer History}. | |
827 | |
828 @item Minor Mode | |
829 A minor mode is an optional feature of Emacs which can be switched on | |
830 or off independently of all other features. Each minor mode has a | |
831 command to turn it on or off. @xref{Minor Modes}. | |
832 | |
833 @item Minor Mode Keymap | |
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839 @item Mode Line | |
840 The mode line is the line at the bottom of each window (q.v.@:), giving | |
841 status information on the buffer displayed in that window. @xref{Mode | |
842 Line}. | |
843 | |
844 @item Modified Buffer | |
845 A buffer (q.v.@:) is modified if its text has been changed since the | |
846 last time the buffer was saved (or since when it was created, if it | |
847 has never been saved). @xref{Saving}. | |
848 | |
849 @item Moving Text | |
850 Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in | |
851 another. The usual way to move text by killing (q.v.@:) and then | |
852 yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}. | |
853 | |
854 @item MULE | |
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25829 | 856 using multibyte characters (q.v.@:). @xref{International}. |
857 | |
858 @item Multibyte Character | |
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864 @item Named Mark | |
865 A named mark is a register (q.v.@:) in its role of recording a | |
866 location in text so that you can move point to that location. | |
867 @xref{Registers}. | |
868 | |
869 @item Narrowing | |
870 Narrowing means creating a restriction (q.v.@:) that limits editing in | |
871 the current buffer to only a part of the text in the buffer. Text | |
872 outside that part is inaccessible to the user until the boundaries are | |
873 widened again, but it is still there, and saving the file saves it | |
874 all. @xref{Narrowing}. | |
875 | |
876 @item Newline | |
877 Control-J characters in the buffer terminate lines of text and are | |
878 therefore also called newlines. @xref{Text Characters,Newline}. | |
879 | |
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887 A numeric argument is a number, specified before a command, to change | |
888 the effect of the command. Often the numeric argument serves as a | |
889 repeat count. @xref{Arguments}. | |
890 | |
891 @item Overwrite Mode | |
892 Overwrite mode is a minor mode. When it is enabled, ordinary text | |
893 characters replace the existing text after point rather than pushing | |
894 it to the right. @xref{Minor Modes}. | |
895 | |
896 @item Page | |
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899 commands are provided for moving over and operating on pages. | |
900 @xref{Pages}. | |
901 | |
902 @item Paragraph | |
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25829 | 904 special Emacs commands for moving over and operating on paragraphs. |
905 @xref{Paragraphs}. | |
906 | |
907 @item Parsing | |
908 We say that certain Emacs commands parse words or expressions in the | |
909 text being edited. Really, all they know how to do is find the other | |
910 end of a word or expression. @xref{Syntax}. | |
911 | |
912 @item Point | |
913 Point is the place in the buffer at which insertion and deletion | |
914 occur. Point is considered to be between two characters, not at one | |
915 character. The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:) indicates the location of | |
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921 @item Prefix Key | |
922 A prefix key is a key sequence (q.v.@:) whose sole function is to | |
923 introduce a set of longer key sequences. @kbd{C-x} is an example of | |
924 prefix key; any two-character sequence starting with @kbd{C-x} is | |
925 therefore a legitimate key sequence. @xref{Keys}. | |
926 | |
927 @item Primary Rmail File | |
928 Your primary Rmail file is the file named @samp{RMAIL} in your home | |
929 directory. That's where Rmail stores your incoming mail, unless you | |
930 specify a different file name. @xref{Rmail}. | |
931 | |
932 @item Primary Selection | |
933 The primary selection is one particular X selection (q.v.@:); it is the | |
934 selection that most X applications use for transferring text to and from | |
935 other applications. | |
936 | |
937 The Emacs kill commands set the primary selection and the yank command | |
938 uses the primary selection when appropriate. @xref{Killing}. | |
939 | |
940 @item Prompt | |
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943 (q.v.@:). One kind of prompting happens when the minibuffer is used to | |
944 read an argument (@pxref{Minibuffer}); the echoing which happens when | |
945 you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also | |
946 a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}). | |
947 | |
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953 Quitting means canceling a partially typed command or a running | |
954 command, using @kbd{C-g} (or @kbd{C-@key{BREAK}} on MS-DOS). @xref{Quitting}. | |
955 | |
956 @item Quoting | |
957 Quoting means depriving a character of its usual special significance. | |
958 The most common kind of quoting in Emacs is with @kbd{C-q}. What | |
959 constitutes special significance depends on the context and on | |
960 convention. For example, an ``ordinary'' character as an Emacs command | |
961 inserts itself; so in this context, a special character is any character | |
962 that does not normally insert itself (such as @key{DEL}, for example), | |
963 and quoting it makes it insert itself as if it were not special. Not | |
54472 | 964 all contexts allow quoting. @xref{Inserting Text,Quoting}. |
25829 | 965 |
966 @item Quoting File Names | |
967 Quoting a file name turns off the special significance of constructs | |
968 such as @samp{$}, @samp{~} and @samp{:}. @xref{Quoted File Names}. | |
969 | |
970 @item Read-Only Buffer | |
971 A read-only buffer is one whose text you are not allowed to change. | |
972 Normally Emacs makes buffers read-only when they contain text which | |
973 has a special significance to Emacs; for example, Dired buffers. | |
974 Visiting a file that is write-protected also makes a read-only buffer. | |
975 @xref{Buffers}. | |
976 | |
977 @item Rectangle | |
978 A rectangle consists of the text in a given range of columns on a given | |
979 range of lines. Normally you specify a rectangle by putting point at | |
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25829 | 981 @xref{Rectangles}. |
982 | |
983 @item Recursive Editing Level | |
984 A recursive editing level is a state in which part of the execution of | |
985 a command involves asking the user to edit some text. This text may | |
986 or may not be the same as the text to which the command was applied. | |
987 The mode line indicates recursive editing levels with square brackets | |
988 (@samp{[} and @samp{]}). @xref{Recursive Edit}. | |
989 | |
990 @item Redisplay | |
991 Redisplay is the process of correcting the image on the screen to | |
992 correspond to changes that have been made in the text being edited. | |
993 @xref{Screen,Redisplay}. | |
994 | |
995 @item Regexp | |
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998 @item Region | |
999 The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.@:). | |
1000 Many commands operate on the text of the region. @xref{Mark,Region}. | |
1001 | |
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1007 @item Regular Expression | |
1008 A regular expression is a pattern that can match various text strings; | |
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25829 | 1010 digits. @xref{Regexps}. |
1011 | |
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1022 @item Replacement | |
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1025 @item Restriction | |
1026 A buffer's restriction is the amount of text, at the beginning or the | |
1027 end of the buffer, that is temporarily inaccessible. Giving a buffer a | |
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1031 @item @key{RET} | |
1032 @key{RET} is a character that in Emacs runs the command to insert a | |
1033 newline into the text. It is also used to terminate most arguments | |
1034 read in the minibuffer (q.v.@:). @xref{User Input,Return}. | |
1035 | |
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25829 | 1040 @item Rmail File |
1041 An Rmail file is a file containing text in a special format used by | |
1042 Rmail for storing mail. @xref{Rmail}. | |
1043 | |
1044 @item Saving | |
1045 Saving a buffer means copying its text into the file that was visited | |
1046 (q.v.@:) in that buffer. This is the way text in files actually gets | |
1047 changed by your Emacs editing. @xref{Saving}. | |
1048 | |
1049 @item Scroll Bar | |
1050 A scroll bar is a tall thin hollow box that appears at the side of a | |
1051 window. You can use mouse commands in the scroll bar to scroll the | |
33746 | 1052 window. The scroll bar feature is supported only under windowing |
1053 systems. @xref{Scroll Bars}. | |
25829 | 1054 |
1055 @item Scrolling | |
1056 Scrolling means shifting the text in the Emacs window so as to see a | |
54472 | 1057 different part of the buffer. @xref{Scrolling}. |
25829 | 1058 |
1059 @item Searching | |
1060 Searching means moving point to the next occurrence of a specified | |
1061 string or the next match for a specified regular expression. | |
1062 @xref{Search}. | |
1063 | |
1064 @item Search Path | |
1065 A search path is a list of directory names, to be used for searching for | |
1066 files for certain purposes. For example, the variable @code{load-path} | |
1067 holds a search path for finding Lisp library files. @xref{Lisp Libraries}. | |
1068 | |
1069 @item Secondary Selection | |
1070 The secondary selection is one particular X selection; some X | |
1071 applications can use it for transferring text to and from other | |
1072 applications. Emacs has special mouse commands for transferring text | |
1073 using the secondary selection. @xref{Secondary Selection}. | |
1074 | |
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54472 | 1085 @xref{Select Buffer}. |
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1087 @item Selection | |
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1090 selections that other programs have set up. This is the principal way | |
1091 of transferring text between window applications. Emacs has commands to | |
1092 work with the primary (q.v.@:) selection and the secondary (q.v.@:) | |
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1095 @item Self-Documentation | |
1096 Self-documentation is the feature of Emacs which can tell you what any | |
1097 command does, or give you a list of all commands related to a topic | |
1098 you specify. You ask for self-documentation with the help character, | |
1099 @kbd{C-h}. @xref{Help}. | |
1100 | |
1101 @item Self-Inserting Character | |
1102 A character is self-inserting if typing that character inserts that | |
1103 character in the buffer. Ordinary printing and whitespace characters | |
1104 are self-inserting in Emacs, except in certain special major modes. | |
1105 | |
1106 @item Sentences | |
1107 Emacs has commands for moving by or killing by sentences. | |
1108 @xref{Sentences}. | |
1109 | |
1110 @item Sexp | |
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1117 @item Simultaneous Editing | |
1118 Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once. | |
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1141 characters. Many Emacs variables are intended to have strings as | |
1142 values. The Lisp syntax for a string consists of the characters in the | |
1143 string with a @samp{"} before and another @samp{"} after. A @samp{"} | |
1144 that is part of the string must be written as @samp{\"} and a @samp{\} | |
1145 that is part of the string must be written as @samp{\\}. All other | |
1146 characters, including newline, can be included just by writing them | |
1147 inside the string; however, backslash sequences as in C, such as | |
1148 @samp{\n} for newline or @samp{\241} using an octal character code, are | |
1149 allowed as well. | |
1150 | |
1151 @item String Substitution | |
1152 See `global substitution'. | |
1153 | |
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1158 The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word, | |
1159 which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc. | |
1160 @xref{Syntax}. | |
1161 | |
1162 @item Super | |
1163 Super is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may | |
1164 have. To make a character Super, type it while holding down the | |
1165 @key{SUPER} key. Such characters are given names that start with | |
1166 @kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short). @xref{User Input, | |
1167 Super}. | |
1168 | |
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25829 | 1179 @item Tags Table |
1180 A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function | |
1181 definitions in one or more other files. @xref{Tags}. | |
1182 | |
1183 @item Termscript File | |
1184 A termscript file contains a record of all characters sent by Emacs to | |
1185 the terminal. It is used for tracking down bugs in Emacs redisplay. | |
1186 Emacs does not make a termscript file unless you tell it to. | |
1187 @xref{Bugs}. | |
1188 | |
1189 @item Text | |
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25829 | 1191 |
1192 @itemize @bullet | |
1193 @item | |
1194 Data consisting of a sequence of characters, as opposed to binary | |
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1195 numbers, executable programs, and the like. The basic contents of an |
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25829 | 1198 @item |
1199 Data consisting of written human language, as opposed to programs, | |
1200 or following the stylistic conventions of human language. | |
1201 @end itemize | |
1202 | |
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1211 the buffer. Images in the buffer are recorded as text properties; |
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1217 You can think of this as a graphical relative of the menu bar (q.v.@:). |
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25829 | 1225 @item Top Level |
1226 Top level is the normal state of Emacs, in which you are editing the | |
1227 text of the file you have visited. You are at top level whenever you | |
1228 are not in a recursive editing level (q.v.@:) or the minibuffer | |
1229 (q.v.@:), and not in the middle of a command. You can get back to top | |
1230 level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.@:). @xref{Quitting}. | |
1231 | |
1232 @item Transposition | |
1233 Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place | |
1234 formerly occupied by the other. There are Emacs commands to transpose | |
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25829 | 1236 (@pxref{Transpose}). |
1237 | |
1238 @item Truncation | |
1239 Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a | |
1240 line that does not fit within the right margin of the window | |
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25829 | 1247 @item Undoing |
1248 Undoing means making your previous editing go in reverse, bringing | |
1249 back the text that existed earlier in the editing session. | |
1250 @xref{Undo}. | |
1251 | |
1252 @item User Option | |
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1255 @xref{Easy Customization}. |
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1257 @item Variable | |
1258 A variable is an object in Lisp that can store an arbitrary value. | |
1259 Emacs uses some variables for internal purposes, and has others (known | |
1260 as `user options' (q.v.@:)) just so that you can set their values to | |
1261 control the behavior of Emacs. The variables used in Emacs that you | |
1262 are likely to be interested in are listed in the Variables Index in | |
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1266 @item Version Control | |
1267 Version control systems keep track of multiple versions of a source file. | |
1268 They provide a more powerful alternative to keeping backup files (q.v.@:). | |
1269 @xref{Version Control}. | |
1270 | |
1271 @item Visiting | |
1272 Visiting a file means loading its contents into a buffer (q.v.@:) | |
1273 where they can be edited. @xref{Visiting}. | |
1274 | |
1275 @item Whitespace | |
1276 Whitespace is any run of consecutive formatting characters (space, | |
1277 tab, newline, and backspace). | |
1278 | |
1279 @item Widening | |
1280 Widening is removing any restriction (q.v.@:) on the current buffer; | |
1281 it is the opposite of narrowing (q.v.@:). @xref{Narrowing}. | |
1282 | |
1283 @item Window | |
1284 Emacs divides a frame (q.v.@:) into one or more windows, each of which | |
1285 can display the contents of one buffer (q.v.@:) at any time. | |
1286 @xref{Screen}, for basic information on how Emacs uses the screen. | |
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1298 @item Word Search | |
1299 Word search is searching for a sequence of words, considering the | |
1300 punctuation between them as insignificant. @xref{Word Search}. | |
1301 | |
1302 @item WYSIWYG | |
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25829 | 1304 provides WYSIWYG editing for files of characters; in Enriched mode |
1305 (@pxref{Formatted Text}), it provides WYSIWYG editing for files that | |
1306 include text formatting information. | |
1307 | |
1308 @item Yanking | |
1309 Yanking means reinserting text previously killed. It can be used to | |
1310 undo a mistaken kill, or for copying or moving text. Some other | |
1311 systems call this ``pasting.'' @xref{Yanking}. | |
1312 @end table | |
1313 | |
52401 | 1314 @ignore |
1315 arch-tag: 0dd53ce1-5f09-4ac2-b13b-cf22b0f28d23 | |
1316 @end ignore |