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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,1997,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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4 @node Glossary, Key Index, Intro, Top
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5 @unnumbered Glossary
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6
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7 @table @asis
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8 @item Abbrev
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9 An abbrev is a text string which expands into a different text string
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10 when present in the buffer. For example, you might define a few letters
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11 as an abbrev for a long phrase that you want to insert frequently.
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12 @xref{Abbrevs}.
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13
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14 @item Aborting
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15 Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.@:). The
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16 commands @kbd{C-]} and @kbd{M-x top-level} are used for this.
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17 @xref{Quitting}.
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19 @item Alt
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20 Alt is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
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21 have. To make a character Alt, type it while holding down the @key{ALT}
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22 key. Such characters are given names that start with @kbd{Alt-}
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23 (usually written @kbd{A-} for short). (Note that many terminals have a
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24 key labeled @key{ALT} which is really a @key{META} key.) @xref{User
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25 Input, Alt}.
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27 @item Argument
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28 See `numeric argument.'
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31 An ASCII character is either an ASCII control character or an ASCII
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32 printing character. @xref{User Input}.
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34 @item ASCII control character
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35 An ASCII control character is the Control version of an upper-case
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36 letter, or the Control version of one of the characters @samp{@@[\]^_?}.
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38 @item ASCII printing character
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39 ASCII printing characters include letters, digits, space, and these
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40 punctuation characters: @samp{!@@#$%^& *()_-+=|\~` @{@}[]:;"' <>,.?/}.
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41
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42 @item Auto Fill Mode
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43 Auto Fill mode is a minor mode in which text that you insert is
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44 automatically broken into lines of a given maximum width.
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45 @xref{Filling}.
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46
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47 @item Auto Saving
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48 Auto saving is the practice of saving the contents of an Emacs buffer in
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49 a specially-named file, so that the information will not be lost if the
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50 buffer is lost due to a system error or user error. @xref{Auto Save}.
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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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56
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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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63 @item Backup File
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64 A backup file records the contents that a file had before the current
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65 editing session. Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you
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66 track down or cancel changes you later regret making. @xref{Backup}.
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69 Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either
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70 manually or automatically. You do manual balancing with the commands
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71 to move over parenthetical groupings (@pxref{Moving by Parens}).
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72 Automatic balancing works by blinking or highlighting the delimiter
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73 that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching
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74 Parens}).
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76 @item Balanced Expressions
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77 A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
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78 as a symbol, number, string constant, block, or parenthesized expression
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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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86 (q.v.@:).
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88 @item Bind
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89 To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.@:).
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90 @xref{Rebinding}.
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92 @item Binding
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93 A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a
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94 command (q.v.@:), a Lisp function that is run when the user types that
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95 sequence. @xref{Commands,Binding}. Customization often involves
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96 rebinding a character to a different command function. The bindings of
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97 all key sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}.
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99 @item Blank Lines
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100 Blank lines are lines that contain only whitespace. Emacs has several
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101 commands for operating on the blank lines in the buffer.
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102
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103 @item Bookmark
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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
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110 spacing, not for displaying anything. An Emacs frame has an ordinary
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111 external border, outside of everything including the menu bar, plus an
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112 internal border that surrounds the text windows and their scroll bars
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113 and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar. You can customize
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114 both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders X}). Borders
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115 are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:).
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118 The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text
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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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121 when you are using multiple windows (q.v.@:). Most buffers are visiting
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122 (q.v.@:) some file. @xref{Buffers}.
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124 @item Buffer Selection History
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125 Emacs keeps a buffer selection history which records how recently each
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126 Emacs buffer has been selected. This is used for choosing a buffer to
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127 select. @xref{Buffers}.
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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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136 A button down event is the kind of input event generated right away when
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137 you press down on a mouse button. @xref{Mouse Buttons}.
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138
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139 @item By Default
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140 See `default.'
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142 @item @kbd{C-}
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143 @kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control.
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144 @xref{User Input,C-}.
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145
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146 @item @kbd{C-M-}
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147 @kbd{C-M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for
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148 Control-Meta. @xref{User Input,C-M-}.
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150 @item Case Conversion
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151 Case conversion means changing text from upper case to lower case or
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152 vice versa. @xref{Case}, for the commands for case conversion.
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154 @item Character
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155 Characters form the contents of an Emacs buffer; see @ref{Text
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156 Characters}. Also, key sequences (q.v.@:) are usually made up of
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157 characters (though they may include other input events as well).
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158 @xref{User Input}.
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160 @item Character Set
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161 Emacs supports a number of character sets, each of which represents a
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162 particular alphabet or script. @xref{International}.
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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
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169 mouse button and release it without moving the mouse. @xref{Mouse Buttons}.
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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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175 the clipboard is used @emph{instead} of the primary selection.
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176 @xref{Clipboard}.
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179 A coding system is an encoding for representing text characters in a
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180 file or in a stream of information. Emacs has the ability to convert
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181 text to or from a variety of coding systems when reading or writing it.
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182 @xref{Coding Systems}.
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184 @item Command
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185 A command is a Lisp function specially defined to be able to serve as a
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186 key binding in Emacs. When you type a key sequence (q.v.@:), its
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187 binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to find
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188 the command to run. @xref{Commands}.
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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
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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
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199 A comment is text in a program which is intended only for humans reading
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200 the program, and which is marked specially so that it will be ignored
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201 when the program is loaded or compiled. Emacs offers special commands
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202 for creating, aligning and killing comments. @xref{Comments}.
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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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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
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211 code. Emacs has commands for compiling files of Emacs Lisp code
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212 (@pxref{Byte Compilation,,, elisp, the Emacs Lisp
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213 Reference Manual}) and programs in C and other languages
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214 (@pxref{Compilation}).
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216 @item Complete Key
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217 A complete key is a key sequence which fully specifies one action to be
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218 performed by Emacs. For example, @kbd{X} and @kbd{C-f} and @kbd{C-x m}
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219 are complete keys. Complete keys derive their meanings from being bound
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220 (q.v.@:) to commands (q.v.@:). Thus, @kbd{X} is conventionally bound to
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221 a command to insert @samp{X} in the buffer; @kbd{C-x m} is
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222 conventionally bound to a command to begin composing a mail message.
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223 @xref{Keys}.
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225 @item Completion
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226 Completion is what Emacs does when it automatically fills out an
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227 abbreviation for a name into the entire name. Completion is done for
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228 minibuffer (q.v.@:) arguments when the set of possible valid inputs
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229 is known; for example, on command names, buffer names, and
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230 file names. Completion occurs when @key{TAB}, @key{SPC} or @key{RET}
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231 is typed. @xref{Completion}.@refill
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233 @item Continuation Line
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234 When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it
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235 takes up more than one screen line when displayed. We say that the
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236 text line is continued, and all screen lines used for it after the
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237 first are called continuation lines. @xref{Basic,Continuation,Basic
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240 @item Control Character
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241 A control character is a character that you type by holding down the
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242 @key{CTRL} key. Some control characters also have their own keys, so
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243 that you can type them without using @key{CTRL}. For example,
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244 @key{RET}, @key{TAB}, @key{ESC} and @key{DEL} are all control
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245 characters. @xref{User Input}.
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247 @item Copyleft
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248 A copyleft is a notice giving the public legal permission to
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249 redistribute a program or other work of art. Copylefts are used by
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250 left-wing programmers to promote freedom and cooperation, just as
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251 copyrights are used by right-wing programmers to gain power over other
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252 people.
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254 The particular form of copyleft used by the GNU project is called the
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255 GNU General Public License. @xref{Copying}.
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258 The @key{CTLR} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
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259 in order to enter a control character (q.v.).
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262 The current buffer in Emacs is the Emacs buffer on which most editing
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263 commands operate. You can select any Emacs buffer as the current one.
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264 @xref{Buffers}.
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265
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266 @item Current Line
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267 The current line is a line point is on (@pxref{Point}).
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280 The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the position
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281 called point (q.v.@:) at which insertion and deletion takes place.
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282 The cursor is on or under the character that follows point. Often
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283 people speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean
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284 `point.' @xref{Basic,Cursor,Basic Editing}.
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287 Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works. It is
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289 key sequences (@pxref{Keymaps}).
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293 See `killing' and `yanking.'
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296 The default for an argument is the value that will be assumed if you
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299 @xref{Minibuffer}.
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310 @xref{Minibuffer File,Default Directory}.
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314 `defun' comes from Lisp, where most such definitions use the construct
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315 @code{defun}. @xref{Defuns}.
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319 of text before the cursor. It is typically either the @key{DELETE}
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324 Deletion means erasing text without copying it into the kill ring
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325 (q.v.@:). The alternative is killing (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing,Deletion}.
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328 Deleting a file means erasing it from the file system.
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332 Deleting a message means flagging it to be eliminated from your mail
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334 the messages you have deleted. @xref{Rmail Deletion}.
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336 @item Deletion of Windows
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337 Deleting a window means eliminating it from the screen. Other windows
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338 expand to use up the space. The deleted window can never come back,
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339 but no actual text is thereby lost. @xref{Windows}.
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342 File directories are named collections in the file system, within which
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343 you can place individual files or subdirectories. @xref{Directories}.
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346 Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a file
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347 directory and allows you to ``edit the directory,'' performing
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348 operations on the files in the directory. @xref{Dired}.
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351 A disabled command is one that you may not run without special
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352 confirmation. The usual reason for disabling a command is that it is
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353 confusing for beginning users. @xref{Disabling}.
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359 A drag event is the kind of input event generated when you press a mouse
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360 button, move the mouse, and then release the button. @xref{Mouse
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361 Buttons}.
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365 the user types on the keyboard. Dribble files are used to make a record
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366 for debugging Emacs bugs. Emacs does not make a dribble file unless you
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367 tell it to. @xref{Bugs}.
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372 (including error messages). The messages are stored in the buffer
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373 @samp{*Messages*} so you can review them later. @xref{Echo Area}.
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376 Echoing is acknowledging the receipt of commands by displaying them (in
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377 the echo area). Emacs never echoes single-character key sequences;
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380 @item Electric
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381 We say that a character is electric if it is normally self-inserting
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383 else as well. For example, some programming language major modes define
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384 particular delimiter characters to reindent the line or insert one or
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385 more newlines in addition to self-insertion.
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389 the end of a text line. On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline
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390 (q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions. @xref{Coding
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391 Systems,end-of-line}. Emacs can recognize several end-of-line
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392 conventions in files and convert between them.
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394 @item Environment Variable
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395 An environment variable is one of a collection of variables stored by
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396 the operating system, each one having a name and a value. Emacs can
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397 access environment variables set by its parent shell, and it can set
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398 variables in the environment it passes to programs it invokes.
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399 @xref{Environment}.
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402 See `end of line.'
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405 An error occurs when an Emacs command cannot execute in the current
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411 @item Error Message
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412 An error message is a single line of output displayed by Emacs when the
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413 user asks for something impossible to do (such as, killing text
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414 forward when point is at the end of the buffer). They appear in the
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415 echo area, accompanied by a beep.
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419 keyboards lacking a @key{META} key. Unlike the @key{META} key (which,
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420 like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another character is
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425 See `balanced expression.'
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429 operation that truly discards the messages or files you have previously
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433 A face is a style of displaying characters. It specifies attributes
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434 such as font family and size, foreground and background colors,
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441 start to edit one file at the same time. @xref{Interlocking}.
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444 A file name is a name that refers to a file. File names may be relative
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445 or absolute; the meaning of a relative file name depends on the current
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446 directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless
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447 of which directory is current. On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute
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448 file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or
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449 @samp{~@var{user}/} (a home directory). On MS-Windows/MS-DOS, and
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450 absolute file name can also start with a drive letter and a colon
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457 A file-name component names a file directly within a particular
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458 directory. On GNU and Unix systems, a file name is a sequence of
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459 file-name components, separated by slashes. For example, @file{foo/bar}
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460 is a file name containing two components, @samp{foo} and @samp{bar}; it
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461 refers to the file named @samp{bar} in the directory named @samp{foo} in
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462 the current directory. MS-DOS/MS-Windows file names can also use
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466 The fill prefix is a string that should be expected at the beginning
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467 of each line when filling is done. It is not regarded as part of the
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468 text to be filled. @xref{Filling}.
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469
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470 @item Filling
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471 Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all
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472 the lines are approximately the same length. @xref{Filling}. Some
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473 other editors call this feature `line wrapping.'
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475 @item Font Lock
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479 @item Fontset
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480 A fontset is a named collection of fonts. A fontset specification lists
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481 character sets and which font to use to display each of them. Fontsets
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482 make it easy to change several fonts at once by specifying the name of a
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486 Formatted text is text that displays with formatting information while
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487 you edit. Formatting information includes fonts, colors, and specified
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488 margins. @xref{Formatted Text}.
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489
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490 @item Formfeed Character
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491 See `page.'
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494 A frame is a rectangular cluster of Emacs windows. Emacs starts out
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496 into Emacs windows (q.v.@:). When you are using a windowing system, all
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497 the frames can be visible at the same time. @xref{Frames}. Some
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498 other editors use the term ``window'' for this, but in Emacs a window
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504 fringe using a special face (q.v.@:) called @code{fringe}.
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505 @xref{Faces,fringe}.
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507 @item FTP
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512 A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not
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513 correspond to any character. @xref{Function Keys}.
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519
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520 @item Global Abbrev
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521 A global definition of an abbrev (q.v.@:) is effective in all major
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522 modes that do not have local (q.v.@:) definitions for the same abbrev.
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523 @xref{Abbrevs}.
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524
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525 @item Global Keymap
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526 The global keymap (q.v.@:) contains key bindings that are in effect
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527 except when overridden by local key bindings in a major mode's local
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528 keymap (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}.
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529
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530 @item Global Mark Ring
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534 tags (see `tags table'). @xref{Global Mark Ring}.
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537 Global substitution means replacing each occurrence of one string by
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540 @item Global Variable
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541 The global value of a variable (q.v.@:) takes effect in all buffers
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542 that do not have their own local (q.v.@:) values for the variable.
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543 @xref{Variables}.
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544
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545 @item Graphic Character
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546 Graphic characters are those assigned pictorial images rather than
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547 just names. All the non-Meta (q.v.@:) characters except for the
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548 Control (q.v.@:) characters are graphic characters. These include
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549 letters, digits, punctuation, and spaces; they do not include
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550 @key{RET} or @key{ESC}. In Emacs, typing a graphic character inserts
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551 that character (in ordinary editing modes). @xref{Basic,,Basic Editing}.
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552
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553 @item Highlighting
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554 Highlighting text means displaying it with a different foreground and/or
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555 background color to make it stand out from the rest of the text in the
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556 buffer.
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557
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559 the mouse, the region is always highlighted. Optionally Emacs can
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561 Mark}). Incremental search also highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental
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562 Search}). See also `font lock'.
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565 Hardcopy means printed output. Emacs has commands for making printed
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566 listings of text in Emacs buffers. @xref{Hardcopy}.
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567
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568 @item @key{HELP}
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569 @key{HELP} is the Emacs name for @kbd{C-h} or @key{F1}. You can type
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570 @key{HELP} at any time to ask what options you have, or to ask what any
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571 command does. @xref{Help}.
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572
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575 pointer is located on portions of display that require some
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576 explanations. Emacs displays help echo for menu items, parts of the
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577 mode line, tool-bar buttons, etc. On graphics displays, the messages
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578 can be displayed as tooltips (q.v.@:). @xref{Tooltips}.
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579
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580 @item Hook
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581 A hook is a list of functions to be called on specific occasions, such
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582 as saving a buffer in a file, major mode activation, etc. By
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583 customizing the various hooks, you can modify Emacs's behavior without
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584 changing any of its code. @xref{Hooks}.
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587 Hyper is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
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588 have. To make a character Hyper, type it while holding down the
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589 @key{HYPER} key. Such characters are given names that start with
|
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590 @kbd{Hyper-} (usually written @kbd{H-} for short). @xref{User Input,
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591 Hyper}.
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592
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593 @item Inbox
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594 An inbox is a file in which mail is delivered by the operating system.
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595 Rmail transfers mail from inboxes to Rmail files (q.v.@:) in which the
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596 mail is then stored permanently or until explicitly deleted.
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597 @xref{Rmail Inbox}.
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598
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599 @item Incremental Search
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600 Emacs provides an incremental search facility, whereby Emacs searches
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601 for the string as you type it. @xref{Incremental Search}.
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604 Indentation means blank space at the beginning of a line. Most
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605 programming languages have conventions for using indentation to
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606 illuminate the structure of the program, and Emacs has special
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607 commands to adjust indentation.
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608 @xref{Indentation}.
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609
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610 @item Indirect Buffer
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611 An indirect buffer is a buffer that shares the text of another buffer,
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612 called its base buffer (q.v.@:). @xref{Indirect Buffers}.
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613
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614 @item Info
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615 Info is the hypertext format used by the GNU project for writing
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616 documentation.
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618 @item Input Event
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619 An input event represents, within Emacs, one action taken by the user on
|
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620 the terminal. Input events include typing characters, typing function
|
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621 keys, pressing or releasing mouse buttons, and switching between Emacs
|
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622 frames. @xref{User Input}.
|
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623
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624 @item Input Method
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625 An input method is a system for entering non-ASCII text characters by
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626 typing sequences of ASCII characters (q.v.@:). @xref{Input Methods}.
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627
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628 @item Insertion
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629 Insertion means copying text into the buffer, either from the keyboard
|
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630 or from some other place in Emacs.
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631
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632 @item Interlocking
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633 Interlocking is a feature for warning when you start to alter a file
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634 that someone else is already editing.
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635 @xref{Interlocking,Interlocking,Simultaneous Editing}.
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636
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637 @item Isearch
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638 See `incremental search.'
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639
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641 Justification means adding extra spaces within lines of text to make
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642 them extend exactly to a specified width.
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643 @xref{Filling,Justification}.
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644
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645 @item Keyboard Macro
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646 Keyboard macros are a way of defining new Emacs commands from
|
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647 sequences of existing ones, with no need to write a Lisp program.
|
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648 @xref{Keyboard Macros}.
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649
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651 @item Keyboard Shortcut
|
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652 A keyboard shortcut is a key sequence (q.v.@:) which invokes a
|
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653 command. What other programs call ``assign a keyboard shortcut''
|
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654 Emacs calls ``bind a key sequence''. See `binding.'
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655
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657 A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:)
|
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658 that are meaningful as a single unit. If the key sequence is enough to
|
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659 specify one action, it is a complete key (q.v.@:); if it is not enough,
|
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660 it is a prefix key (q.v.@:). @xref{Keys}.
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661
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662 @item Keymap
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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
|
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665 keymap binds the character @kbd{C-n} to the command function
|
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666 @code{next-line}. @xref{Keymaps}.
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667
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668 @item Keyboard Translation Table
|
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669 The keyboard translation table is an array that translates the character
|
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670 codes that come from the terminal into the character codes that make up
|
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671 key sequences. @xref{Keyboard Translations}.
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672
|
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673 @item Kill Ring
|
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674 The kill ring is where all text you have killed recently is saved.
|
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675 You can reinsert any of the killed text still in the ring; this is
|
|
676 called yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Yanking}.
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677
|
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678 @item Killing
|
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679 Killing means erasing text and saving it on the kill ring so it can be
|
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680 yanked (q.v.@:) later. Some other systems call this ``cutting.''
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681 Most Emacs commands that erase text perform killing, as opposed to
|
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682 deletion (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}.
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683
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684 @item Killing a Job
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685 Killing a job (such as, an invocation of Emacs) means making it cease
|
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686 to exist. Any data within it, if not saved in a file, is lost.
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687 @xref{Exiting}.
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688
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689 @item Language Environment
|
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690 Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input
|
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691 method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:). @xref{Language
|
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692 Environments}. These defaults are relevant if you edit non-ASCII text
|
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693 (@pxref{International}).
|
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694
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695 @item Line Wrapping
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696 See `filling.'
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698 @item Lisp
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699 Lisp is a programming language. Most of Emacs is written in a dialect
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700 of Lisp, called Emacs Lisp, that is extended with special features which
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701 make it especially suitable for text editing tasks.
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702
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703 @item List
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704 A list is, approximately, a text string beginning with an open
|
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705 parenthesis and ending with the matching close parenthesis. In C mode
|
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706 and other non-Lisp modes, groupings surrounded by other kinds of matched
|
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707 delimiters appropriate to the language, such as braces, are also
|
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708 considered lists. Emacs has special commands for many operations on
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709 lists. @xref{Moving by Parens}.
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710
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711 @item Local
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712 Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; the relevant
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713 kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular
|
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714 buffer, or a particular major mode. It is the opposite of `global'
|
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715 (q.v.@:). Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below.
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716
|
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717 @item Local Abbrev
|
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718 A local abbrev definition is effective only if a particular major mode
|
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719 is selected. In that major mode, it overrides any global definition
|
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720 for the same abbrev. @xref{Abbrevs}.
|
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721
|
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722 @item Local Keymap
|
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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}.
|
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726
|
|
727 @item Local Variable
|
|
728 A local value of a variable (q.v.@:) applies to only one buffer.
|
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729 @xref{Locals}.
|
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730
|
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731 @item @kbd{M-}
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732 @kbd{M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for @key{META},
|
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733 one of the modifier keys that can accompany any character.
|
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734 @xref{User Input}.
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735
|
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736 @item @kbd{M-C-}
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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
|
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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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746 @xref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}.
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748 @item Mail
|
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749 Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer
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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
|
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752 received. @xref{Sending Mail}. @xref{Rmail}, for how to read mail.
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753
|
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754 @item Mail Composition Method
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755 A mail composition method is a program runnable within Emacs for editing
|
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756 and sending a mail message. Emacs lets you select from several
|
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757 alternative mail composition methods. @xref{Mail Methods}.
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758
|
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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,
|
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762 each programming language has its own major mode. @xref{Major Modes}.
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|
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.
|
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768 @xref{Mark}.
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769
|
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770 @item Mark Ring
|
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771 The mark ring is used to hold several recent previous locations of the
|
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772 mark, just in case you want to move back to them. Each buffer has its
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774 @xref{Mark Ring}.
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775
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776 @item Menu Bar
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777 The menu bar is the line at the top of an Emacs frame. It contains
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778 words you can click on with the mouse to bring up menus, or you can use
|
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779 a keyboard interface to navigate it. @xref{Menu Bars}.
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780
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781 @item Message
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782 See `mail.'
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783
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784 @item Meta
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786 character. To enter a meta character, you hold down the @key{META}
|
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787 key while typing the character. We refer to such characters with
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788 names that start with @kbd{Meta-} (usually written @kbd{M-} for
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789 short). For example, @kbd{M-<} is typed by holding down @key{META}
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790 and at the same time typing @kbd{<} (which itself is done, on most
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791 terminals, by holding down @key{SHIFT} and typing @kbd{,}).
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792 @xref{User Input,Meta}.
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794 On some terminals, the @key{META} key is actually labeled @key{ALT}
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795 or @key{EDIT}.
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796
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797 @item Meta Character
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798 A Meta character is one whose character code includes the Meta bit.
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799
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800 @item Minibuffer
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801 The minibuffer is the window that appears when necessary inside the
|
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802 echo area (q.v.@:), used for reading arguments to commands.
|
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803 @xref{Minibuffer}.
|
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804
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805 @item Minibuffer History
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806 The minibuffer history records the text you have specified in the past
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807 for minibuffer arguments, so you can conveniently use the same text
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808 again. @xref{Minibuffer History}.
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809
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810 @item Minor Mode
|
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811 A minor mode is an optional feature of Emacs which can be switched on
|
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812 or off independently of all other features. Each minor mode has a
|
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813 command to turn it on or off. @xref{Minor Modes}.
|
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814
|
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815 @item Minor Mode Keymap
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817 active when that mode is enabled. Minor mode keymaps take precedence
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819 precedence over the global keymap. @xref{Keymaps}.
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820
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821 @item Mode Line
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822 The mode line is the line at the bottom of each window (q.v.@:), giving
|
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823 status information on the buffer displayed in that window. @xref{Mode
|
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824 Line}.
|
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825
|
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826 @item Modified Buffer
|
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827 A buffer (q.v.@:) is modified if its text has been changed since the
|
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828 last time the buffer was saved (or since when it was created, if it
|
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829 has never been saved). @xref{Saving}.
|
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830
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831 @item Moving Text
|
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832 Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in
|
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833 another. The usual way to move text by killing (q.v.@:) and then
|
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834 yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}.
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835
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836 @item MULE
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837 MULE refers to the Emacs features for editing multilingual non-ASCII text
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838 using multibyte characters (q.v.@:). @xref{International}.
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839
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840 @item Multibyte Character
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841 A multibyte character is a character that takes up several bytes in a
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842 buffer. Emacs uses multibyte characters to represent non-ASCII text,
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843 since the number of non-ASCII characters is much more than 256.
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844 @xref{International Chars, International Characters}.
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845
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846 @item Named Mark
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847 A named mark is a register (q.v.@:) in its role of recording a
|
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848 location in text so that you can move point to that location.
|
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849 @xref{Registers}.
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850
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851 @item Narrowing
|
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852 Narrowing means creating a restriction (q.v.@:) that limits editing in
|
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853 the current buffer to only a part of the text in the buffer. Text
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854 outside that part is inaccessible to the user until the boundaries are
|
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855 widened again, but it is still there, and saving the file saves it
|
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856 all. @xref{Narrowing}.
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857
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858 @item Newline
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859 Control-J characters in the buffer terminate lines of text and are
|
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860 therefore also called newlines. @xref{Text Characters,Newline}.
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861
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862 @cindex nil
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863 @cindex t
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864 @item @code{nil}
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865 @code{nil} is a value usually interpreted as a logical ``false.'' Its
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866 opposite is @code{t}, interpreted as ``true.''
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867
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868 @item Numeric Argument
|
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869 A numeric argument is a number, specified before a command, to change
|
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870 the effect of the command. Often the numeric argument serves as a
|
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871 repeat count. @xref{Arguments}.
|
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872
|
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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}.
|
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877
|
|
878 @item Page
|
|
879 A page is a unit of text, delimited by formfeed characters (ASCII
|
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880 control-L, code 014) coming at the beginning of a line. Some Emacs
|
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881 commands are provided for moving over and operating on pages.
|
|
882 @xref{Pages}.
|
|
883
|
|
884 @item Paragraph
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885 Paragraphs are the medium-size unit of human-language text. There are
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886 special Emacs commands for moving over and operating on paragraphs.
|
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887 @xref{Paragraphs}.
|
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888
|
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889 @item Parsing
|
|
890 We say that certain Emacs commands parse words or expressions in the
|
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891 text being edited. Really, all they know how to do is find the other
|
|
892 end of a word or expression. @xref{Syntax}.
|
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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
|
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897 character. The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:) indicates the location of
|
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898 point. @xref{Basic,Point,Basic Editing}.
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899
|
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900 @item Prefix Argument
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901 See `numeric argument.'
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902
|
|
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}.
|
|
921
|
|
922 @item Prompt
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923 A prompt is text used to ask the user for input. Displaying a prompt
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924 is called prompting. Emacs prompts always appear in the echo area
|
|
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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930 @item Query-Replace
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931 Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by
|
|
932 Emacs. @xref{Query Replace}.
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933
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934 @item Quitting
|
|
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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962 one corner and putting the mark at the diagonally opposite corner.
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963 @xref{Rectangles}.
|
|
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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978 See `regular expression.'
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979
|
|
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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986 rectangles can be saved for later use. @xref{Registers}. A related
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987 Emacs feature is `bookmarks' (q.v.@:).
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988
|
|
989 @item Regular Expression
|
|
990 A regular expression is a pattern that can match various text strings;
|
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991 for example, @samp{a[0-9]+} matches @samp{a} followed by one or more
|
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992 digits. @xref{Regexps}.
|
|
993
|
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994 @item Remote File
|
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995 A remote file is a file that is stored on a system other than your own.
|
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996 Emacs can access files on other computers provided that they are
|
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997 connected to the same network as your machine, and (obviously) that
|
|
998 you have a supported method to gain access to those files.
|
|
999 @xref{Remote Files}.
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1001 @item Repeat Count
|
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1002 See `numeric argument.'
|
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1003
|
|
1004 @item Replacement
|
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1005 See `global substitution.'
|
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1006
|
|
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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1010 nonzero amount of restriction is called narrowing (q.v.@:); removing
|
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1011 a restriction is called widening (q.v.@:). @xref{Narrowing}.
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1012
|
|
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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1018 @item Reverting
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1019 Reverting means returning to the original state. Emacs lets you
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1020 revert a buffer by re-reading its file from disk. @xref{Reverting}.
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1021
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|
|
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
|
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1034 window. The scroll bar feature is supported only under windowing
|
|
1035 systems. @xref{Scroll Bars}.
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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
|
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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.@:).
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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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1085 A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of
|
|
1086 Lisp in its textual form: either a list, or Lisp atom. Sexps are also
|
|
1087 the balanced expressions (q.v.@:) of the Lisp language; this is why
|
|
1088 the commands for editing balanced expressions have `sexp' in their
|
|
1089 name. @xref{Expressions,Sexps}.
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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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1094 or her work. Emacs detects all cases of simultaneous editing, and
|
|
1095 warns one of the users to investigate.
|
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1096 @xref{Interlocking,Interlocking,Simultaneous Editing}.
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1097
|
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|
|
1099 @key{SPC} is the space character, which you enter by pressing the
|
|
1100 space bar.
|
|
1101
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1102 @item Speedbar
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1103 Speedbar is a special tall frame that provides fast access to Emacs
|
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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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1106
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1108 Spell checking means checking correctness of the written form of each
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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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1113 @item String
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1114 A string is a kind of Lisp data object which contains a sequence of
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1115 characters. Many Emacs variables are intended to have strings as
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1116 values. The Lisp syntax for a string consists of the characters in the
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1117 string with a @samp{"} before and another @samp{"} after. A @samp{"}
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1118 that is part of the string must be written as @samp{\"} and a @samp{\}
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1119 that is part of the string must be written as @samp{\\}. All other
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1120 characters, including newline, can be included just by writing them
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1121 inside the string; however, backslash sequences as in C, such as
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1122 @samp{\n} for newline or @samp{\241} using an octal character code, are
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1123 allowed as well.
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1124
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1125 @item String Substitution
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1126 See `global substitution'.
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1128 @item Syntax Highlighting
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1129 See `font lock.'
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1131 @item Syntax Table
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1132 The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word,
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1133 which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc.
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1134 @xref{Syntax}.
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1135
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1136 @item Super
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1137 Super is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
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1138 have. To make a character Super, type it while holding down the
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1139 @key{SUPER} key. Such characters are given names that start with
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1140 @kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short). @xref{User Input,
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1141 Super}.
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1142
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1143 @item Suspending
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1144 Suspending Emacs means stopping it temporarily and returning control
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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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1152
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1153 @item Tags Table
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1154 A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function
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1155 definitions in one or more other files. @xref{Tags}.
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1156
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1157 @item Termscript File
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1158 A termscript file contains a record of all characters sent by Emacs to
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1159 the terminal. It is used for tracking down bugs in Emacs redisplay.
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1160 Emacs does not make a termscript file unless you tell it to.
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1161 @xref{Bugs}.
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1162
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1163 @item Text
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1164 `Text' has two meanings (@pxref{Text}):
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1165
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1166 @itemize @bullet
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1167 @item
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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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1171 in this sense.
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1172 @item
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1173 Data consisting of written human language, as opposed to programs,
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1174 or following the stylistic conventions of human language.
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1175 @end itemize
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1176
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1177 @item Text-only Terminal
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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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1183 @item Text Properties
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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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1186 they also specify formatting information. @xref{Editing Format Info}.
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1188 @item Tool Bar
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1189 The tool bar is a line (sometimes multiple lines) of icons at the top
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1190 of an Emacs frame. Clicking on one of these icons executes a command.
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1191 You can think of this as a graphical relative of the menu bar (q.v.@:).
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1192 @xref{Tool Bars}.
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1193
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1194 @item Tooltips
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1195 Tooltips are small windows displaying a help echo (q.v.@:) text that
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1196 explains parts of the display, lists useful options available via mouse
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1197 clicks, etc. @xref{Tooltips}.
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1199 @item Top Level
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1200 Top level is the normal state of Emacs, in which you are editing the
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1201 text of the file you have visited. You are at top level whenever you
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1202 are not in a recursive editing level (q.v.@:) or the minibuffer
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1203 (q.v.@:), and not in the middle of a command. You can get back to top
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1204 level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.@:). @xref{Quitting}.
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1205
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1206 @item Transposition
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1207 Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place
|
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1208 formerly occupied by the other. There are Emacs commands to transpose
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1209 two adjacent characters, words, balanced expressions (q.v.@:) or lines
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1210 (@pxref{Transpose}).
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1211
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1212 @item Truncation
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1213 Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a
|
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1214 line that does not fit within the right margin of the window
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1215 displaying it. See also `continuation line.'
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1216 @xref{Basic,Truncation,Basic Editing}.
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1217
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1218 @item TTY
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1219 See `text-only terminal.'
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1222 Undoing means making your previous editing go in reverse, bringing
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1223 back the text that existed earlier in the editing session.
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1224 @xref{Undo}.
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1225
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1226 @item User Option
|
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1227 A user option is a variable (q.v.@:) that exists so that you can customize
|
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1228 Emacs by setting it to a new value. @xref{Variables}.
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1229
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1230 @item Variable
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|
1231 A variable is an object in Lisp that can store an arbitrary value.
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1232 Emacs uses some variables for internal purposes, and has others (known
|
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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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1236 this manual (@pxref{Variable Index}). @xref{Variables}, for
|
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1237 information on variables.
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1238
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1239 @item Version Control
|
|
1240 Version control systems keep track of multiple versions of a source file.
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|
1241 They provide a more powerful alternative to keeping backup files (q.v.@:).
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|
1242 @xref{Version Control}.
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1243
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1244 @item Visiting
|
|
1245 Visiting a file means loading its contents into a buffer (q.v.@:)
|
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1246 where they can be edited. @xref{Visiting}.
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1247
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1248 @item Whitespace
|
|
1249 Whitespace is any run of consecutive formatting characters (space,
|
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1250 tab, newline, and backspace).
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1251
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1252 @item Widening
|
|
1253 Widening is removing any restriction (q.v.@:) on the current buffer;
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|
1254 it is the opposite of narrowing (q.v.@:). @xref{Narrowing}.
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1255
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|
1256 @item Window
|
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1257 Emacs divides a frame (q.v.@:) into one or more windows, each of which
|
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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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1260 @xref{Windows}, for commands to control the use of windows. Some
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1261 other editors use the term ``window'' for what we call a `frame'
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1262 (q.v.@:) in Emacs.
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1263
|
|
1264 @item Word Abbrev
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1265 See `abbrev.'
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1266
|
|
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}.
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|
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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1273 provides WYSIWYG editing for files of characters; in Enriched mode
|
|
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
|
|
1282
|