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25829 | 1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual. |
39287 | 2 @c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,1997,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 3 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
4 @node Glossary, Key Index, Intro, Top | |
5 @unnumbered Glossary | |
6 | |
7 @table @asis | |
8 @item Abbrev | |
9 An abbrev is a text string which expands into a different text string | |
10 when present in the buffer. For example, you might define a few letters | |
11 as an abbrev for a long phrase that you want to insert frequently. | |
12 @xref{Abbrevs}. | |
13 | |
14 @item Aborting | |
15 Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.@:). The | |
16 commands @kbd{C-]} and @kbd{M-x top-level} are used for this. | |
17 @xref{Quitting}. | |
18 | |
19 @item Alt | |
20 Alt is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may | |
21 have. To make a character Alt, type it while holding down the @key{ALT} | |
22 key. Such characters are given names that start with @kbd{Alt-} | |
23 (usually written @kbd{A-} for short). (Note that many terminals have a | |
24 key labeled @key{ALT} which is really a @key{META} key.) @xref{User | |
25 Input, Alt}. | |
26 | |
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27 @item Argument |
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28 See `numeric argument.' |
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31 An @acronym{ASCII} character is either an @acronym{ASCII} control character or an @acronym{ASCII} |
25829 | 32 printing character. @xref{User Input}. |
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35 An @acronym{ASCII} control character is the Control version of an upper-case |
25829 | 36 letter, or the Control version of one of the characters @samp{@@[\]^_?}. |
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38 @item @acronym{ASCII} printing character |
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39 @acronym{ASCII} printing characters include letters, digits, space, and these |
25829 | 40 punctuation characters: @samp{!@@#$%^& *()_-+=|\~` @{@}[]:;"' <>,.?/}. |
41 | |
42 @item Auto Fill Mode | |
43 Auto Fill mode is a minor mode in which text that you insert is | |
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45 @xref{Filling}. |
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47 @item Auto Saving | |
48 Auto saving is the practice of saving the contents of an Emacs buffer in | |
49 a specially-named file, so that the information will not be lost if the | |
50 buffer is lost due to a system error or user error. @xref{Auto Save}. | |
51 | |
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53 Emacs automatically loads Lisp libraries when a Lisp program requests a |
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55 `autoloading'. @xref{Lisp Libraries}. |
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57 @item Backtrace |
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58 A backtrace is a trace of a series of function calls showing how a |
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59 program arrived to a certain point. It is used mainly for finding and |
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60 correcting bugs (q.v.@:). Emacs can display a backtrace when it signals |
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61 an error or when you type @kbd{C-g} (see `quitting'). @xref{Checklist}. |
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25829 | 63 @item Backup File |
64 A backup file records the contents that a file had before the current | |
65 editing session. Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you | |
66 track down or cancel changes you later regret making. @xref{Backup}. | |
67 | |
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69 Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either |
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71 to move over parenthetical groupings (@pxref{Moving by Parens}). |
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73 that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching |
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38745 | 78 as a symbol, number, string constant, block, or parenthesized expression |
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82 See `tooltips.' |
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84 @item Base Buffer |
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85 A base buffer is a buffer whose text is shared by an indirect buffer |
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25829 | 88 @item Bind |
89 To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.@:). | |
90 @xref{Rebinding}. | |
91 | |
92 @item Binding | |
93 A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a | |
94 command (q.v.@:), a Lisp function that is run when the user types that | |
95 sequence. @xref{Commands,Binding}. Customization often involves | |
96 rebinding a character to a different command function. The bindings of | |
97 all key sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}. | |
98 | |
99 @item Blank Lines | |
100 Blank lines are lines that contain only whitespace. Emacs has several | |
101 commands for operating on the blank lines in the buffer. | |
102 | |
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109 A border is a thin space along the edge of the frame, used just for | |
110 spacing, not for displaying anything. An Emacs frame has an ordinary | |
111 external border, outside of everything including the menu bar, plus an | |
112 internal border that surrounds the text windows and their scroll bars | |
113 and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar. You can customize | |
114 both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders X}). Borders | |
115 are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:). | |
116 | |
25829 | 117 @item Buffer |
118 The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text | |
119 being edited. You can have several buffers, but at any time you are | |
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120 editing only one, the `current buffer,' though several can be visible |
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25829 | 122 (q.v.@:) some file. @xref{Buffers}. |
123 | |
124 @item Buffer Selection History | |
125 Emacs keeps a buffer selection history which records how recently each | |
126 Emacs buffer has been selected. This is used for choosing a buffer to | |
127 select. @xref{Buffers}. | |
128 | |
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129 @item Bug |
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130 A bug is an incorrect or unreasonable behavior of a program, or |
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131 inaccurate or confusing documentation. Emacs developers treat bug |
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132 reports, both in Emacs code and its documentation, very seriously and |
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133 ask you to report any bugs you find. @xref{Bugs}. |
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137 you press down on a mouse button. @xref{Mouse Buttons}. |
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140 See `default.' |
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143 See `compilation.' |
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146 @kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control. | |
147 @xref{User Input,C-}. | |
148 | |
149 @item @kbd{C-M-} | |
150 @kbd{C-M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for | |
151 Control-Meta. @xref{User Input,C-M-}. | |
152 | |
153 @item Case Conversion | |
154 Case conversion means changing text from upper case to lower case or | |
155 vice versa. @xref{Case}, for the commands for case conversion. | |
156 | |
157 @item Character | |
158 Characters form the contents of an Emacs buffer; see @ref{Text | |
159 Characters}. Also, key sequences (q.v.@:) are usually made up of | |
160 characters (though they may include other input events as well). | |
161 @xref{User Input}. | |
162 | |
163 @item Character Set | |
164 Emacs supports a number of character sets, each of which represents a | |
165 particular alphabet or script. @xref{International}. | |
166 | |
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171 A click event is the kind of input event generated when you press a | |
172 mouse button and release it without moving the mouse. @xref{Mouse Buttons}. | |
173 | |
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179 @xref{Clipboard}. |
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182 A coding system is an encoding for representing text characters in a | |
183 file or in a stream of information. Emacs has the ability to convert | |
184 text to or from a variety of coding systems when reading or writing it. | |
185 @xref{Coding Systems}. | |
186 | |
187 @item Command | |
188 A command is a Lisp function specially defined to be able to serve as a | |
189 key binding in Emacs. When you type a key sequence (q.v.@:), its | |
190 binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to find | |
191 the command to run. @xref{Commands}. | |
192 | |
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193 @item Command History |
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194 See `minibuffer history.' |
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197 A command name is the name of a Lisp symbol which is a command | |
198 (@pxref{Commands}). You can invoke any command by its name using | |
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199 @kbd{M-x} (@pxref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}). |
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201 @item Comment | |
202 A comment is text in a program which is intended only for humans reading | |
203 the program, and which is marked specially so that it will be ignored | |
204 when the program is loaded or compiled. Emacs offers special commands | |
205 for creating, aligning and killing comments. @xref{Comments}. | |
206 | |
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208 Common Lisp is a dialect of Lisp (q.v.@:) much larger and more powerful |
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213 Compilation is the process of creating an executable program from source | |
214 code. Emacs has commands for compiling files of Emacs Lisp code | |
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25829 | 216 Reference Manual}) and programs in C and other languages |
217 (@pxref{Compilation}). | |
218 | |
219 @item Complete Key | |
220 A complete key is a key sequence which fully specifies one action to be | |
221 performed by Emacs. For example, @kbd{X} and @kbd{C-f} and @kbd{C-x m} | |
222 are complete keys. Complete keys derive their meanings from being bound | |
223 (q.v.@:) to commands (q.v.@:). Thus, @kbd{X} is conventionally bound to | |
224 a command to insert @samp{X} in the buffer; @kbd{C-x m} is | |
225 conventionally bound to a command to begin composing a mail message. | |
226 @xref{Keys}. | |
227 | |
228 @item Completion | |
229 Completion is what Emacs does when it automatically fills out an | |
230 abbreviation for a name into the entire name. Completion is done for | |
231 minibuffer (q.v.@:) arguments when the set of possible valid inputs | |
232 is known; for example, on command names, buffer names, and | |
233 file names. Completion occurs when @key{TAB}, @key{SPC} or @key{RET} | |
234 is typed. @xref{Completion}.@refill | |
235 | |
236 @item Continuation Line | |
237 When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it | |
238 takes up more than one screen line when displayed. We say that the | |
239 text line is continued, and all screen lines used for it after the | |
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241 A related Emacs feature is `filling' (q.v.@:). | |
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243 @item Control Character | |
244 A control character is a character that you type by holding down the | |
245 @key{CTRL} key. Some control characters also have their own keys, so | |
246 that you can type them without using @key{CTRL}. For example, | |
247 @key{RET}, @key{TAB}, @key{ESC} and @key{DEL} are all control | |
248 characters. @xref{User Input}. | |
249 | |
250 @item Copyleft | |
251 A copyleft is a notice giving the public legal permission to | |
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257 The particular form of copyleft used by the GNU project is called the | |
258 GNU General Public License. @xref{Copying}. | |
259 | |
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265 The current buffer in Emacs is the Emacs buffer on which most editing | |
266 commands operate. You can select any Emacs buffer as the current one. | |
267 @xref{Buffers}. | |
268 | |
269 @item Current Line | |
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282 @item Cursor | |
283 The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the position | |
284 called point (q.v.@:) at which insertion and deletion takes place. | |
285 The cursor is on or under the character that follows point. Often | |
286 people speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean | |
54472 | 287 `point.' @xref{Point,Cursor}. |
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289 @item Customization | |
290 Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works. It is | |
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25829 | 299 @item Default Argument |
300 The default for an argument is the value that will be assumed if you | |
301 do not specify one. When the minibuffer is used to read an argument, | |
302 the default argument is used if you just type @key{RET}. | |
303 @xref{Minibuffer}. | |
304 | |
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310 When you specify a file name that does not start with @samp{/} or @samp{~}, | |
311 it is interpreted relative to the current buffer's default directory. | |
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315 | |
316 @item Defun | |
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324 key or the @key{BACKSPACE} key, whichever one is easy to type. |
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327 @item Deletion | |
328 Deletion means erasing text without copying it into the kill ring | |
329 (q.v.@:). The alternative is killing (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing,Deletion}. | |
330 | |
331 @item Deletion of Files | |
332 Deleting a file means erasing it from the file system. | |
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333 @xref{Misc File Ops,Misc File Ops,Miscellaneous File Operations}. |
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335 @item Deletion of Messages | |
336 Deleting a message means flagging it to be eliminated from your mail | |
337 file. Until you expunge (q.v.@:) the Rmail file, you can still undelete | |
38490 | 338 the messages you have deleted. @xref{Rmail Deletion}. |
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340 @item Deletion of Windows | |
341 Deleting a window means eliminating it from the screen. Other windows | |
342 expand to use up the space. The deleted window can never come back, | |
343 but no actual text is thereby lost. @xref{Windows}. | |
344 | |
345 @item Directory | |
346 File directories are named collections in the file system, within which | |
347 you can place individual files or subdirectories. @xref{Directories}. | |
348 | |
349 @item Dired | |
350 Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a file | |
351 directory and allows you to ``edit the directory,'' performing | |
352 operations on the files in the directory. @xref{Dired}. | |
353 | |
354 @item Disabled Command | |
355 A disabled command is one that you may not run without special | |
356 confirmation. The usual reason for disabling a command is that it is | |
357 confusing for beginning users. @xref{Disabling}. | |
358 | |
359 @item Down Event | |
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362 @item Drag Event | |
363 A drag event is the kind of input event generated when you press a mouse | |
364 button, move the mouse, and then release the button. @xref{Mouse | |
365 Buttons}. | |
366 | |
367 @item Dribble File | |
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372 | |
373 @item Echo Area | |
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385 @item Electric | |
386 We say that a character is electric if it is normally self-inserting | |
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389 particular delimiter characters to reindent the line or insert one or | |
390 more newlines in addition to self-insertion. | |
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394 the end of a text line. On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline | |
395 (q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions. @xref{Coding | |
396 Systems,end-of-line}. Emacs can recognize several end-of-line | |
397 conventions in files and convert between them. | |
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415 | |
416 @item Error Message | |
417 An error message is a single line of output displayed by Emacs when the | |
418 user asks for something impossible to do (such as, killing text | |
419 forward when point is at the end of the buffer). They appear in the | |
420 echo area, accompanied by a beep. | |
421 | |
422 @item @key{ESC} | |
423 @key{ESC} is a character used as a prefix for typing Meta characters on | |
424 keyboards lacking a @key{META} key. Unlike the @key{META} key (which, | |
425 like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another character is | |
426 typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and | |
427 it applies to the next character you type. | |
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448 | |
449 @item File Name | |
450 A file name is a name that refers to a file. File names may be relative | |
451 or absolute; the meaning of a relative file name depends on the current | |
452 directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless | |
453 of which directory is current. On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute | |
454 file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or | |
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459 Some people use the term ``pathname'' for file names, but we do not; | |
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462 @item File-Name Component | |
463 A file-name component names a file directly within a particular | |
464 directory. On GNU and Unix systems, a file name is a sequence of | |
465 file-name components, separated by slashes. For example, @file{foo/bar} | |
466 is a file name containing two components, @samp{foo} and @samp{bar}; it | |
467 refers to the file named @samp{bar} in the directory named @samp{foo} in | |
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471 @item Fill Prefix | |
472 The fill prefix is a string that should be expected at the beginning | |
473 of each line when filling is done. It is not regarded as part of the | |
474 text to be filled. @xref{Filling}. | |
475 | |
476 @item Filling | |
477 Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all | |
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491 @item Formatted Text | |
492 Formatted text is text that displays with formatting information while | |
493 you edit. Formatting information includes fonts, colors, and specified | |
494 margins. @xref{Formatted Text}. | |
495 | |
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500 A frame is a rectangular cluster of Emacs windows. Emacs starts out | |
501 with one frame, but you can create more. You can subdivide each frame | |
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517 @item Function Key | |
518 A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not | |
519 correspond to any character. @xref{Function Keys}. | |
520 | |
521 @item Global | |
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525 | |
526 @item Global Abbrev | |
527 A global definition of an abbrev (q.v.@:) is effective in all major | |
528 modes that do not have local (q.v.@:) definitions for the same abbrev. | |
529 @xref{Abbrevs}. | |
530 | |
531 @item Global Keymap | |
532 The global keymap (q.v.@:) contains key bindings that are in effect | |
533 except when overridden by local key bindings in a major mode's local | |
534 keymap (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}. | |
535 | |
536 @item Global Mark Ring | |
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542 @item Global Substitution | |
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546 @item Global Variable | |
547 The global value of a variable (q.v.@:) takes effect in all buffers | |
548 that do not have their own local (q.v.@:) values for the variable. | |
549 @xref{Variables}. | |
550 | |
551 @item Graphic Character | |
552 Graphic characters are those assigned pictorial images rather than | |
553 just names. All the non-Meta (q.v.@:) characters except for the | |
554 Control (q.v.@:) characters are graphic characters. These include | |
555 letters, digits, punctuation, and spaces; they do not include | |
556 @key{RET} or @key{ESC}. In Emacs, typing a graphic character inserts | |
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564 Highlighting text means displaying it with a different foreground and/or | |
565 background color to make it stand out from the rest of the text in the | |
566 buffer. | |
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571 Mark}). Incremental search also highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental | |
572 Search}). See also `font lock'. | |
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575 Hardcopy means printed output. Emacs has commands for making printed | |
576 listings of text in Emacs buffers. @xref{Hardcopy}. | |
577 | |
578 @item @key{HELP} | |
579 @key{HELP} is the Emacs name for @kbd{C-h} or @key{F1}. You can type | |
580 @key{HELP} at any time to ask what options you have, or to ask what any | |
581 command does. @xref{Help}. | |
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597 Hyper is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may | |
598 have. To make a character Hyper, type it while holding down the | |
599 @key{HYPER} key. Such characters are given names that start with | |
600 @kbd{Hyper-} (usually written @kbd{H-} for short). @xref{User Input, | |
601 Hyper}. | |
602 | |
603 @item Inbox | |
604 An inbox is a file in which mail is delivered by the operating system. | |
605 Rmail transfers mail from inboxes to Rmail files (q.v.@:) in which the | |
606 mail is then stored permanently or until explicitly deleted. | |
607 @xref{Rmail Inbox}. | |
608 | |
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614 Indentation means blank space at the beginning of a line. Most | |
615 programming languages have conventions for using indentation to | |
616 illuminate the structure of the program, and Emacs has special | |
617 commands to adjust indentation. | |
618 @xref{Indentation}. | |
619 | |
620 @item Indirect Buffer | |
621 An indirect buffer is a buffer that shares the text of another buffer, | |
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628 @item Input Event | |
629 An input event represents, within Emacs, one action taken by the user on | |
630 the terminal. Input events include typing characters, typing function | |
631 keys, pressing or releasing mouse buttons, and switching between Emacs | |
632 frames. @xref{User Input}. | |
633 | |
634 @item Input Method | |
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638 @item Insertion | |
639 Insertion means copying text into the buffer, either from the keyboard | |
640 or from some other place in Emacs. | |
641 | |
642 @item Interlocking | |
643 Interlocking is a feature for warning when you start to alter a file | |
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659 Keyboard macros are a way of defining new Emacs commands from | |
660 sequences of existing ones, with no need to write a Lisp program. | |
661 @xref{Keyboard Macros}. | |
662 | |
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25829 | 669 @item Key Sequence |
670 A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:) | |
671 that are meaningful as a single unit. If the key sequence is enough to | |
672 specify one action, it is a complete key (q.v.@:); if it is not enough, | |
673 it is a prefix key (q.v.@:). @xref{Keys}. | |
674 | |
675 @item Keymap | |
676 The keymap is the data structure that records the bindings (q.v.@:) of | |
677 key sequences to the commands that they run. For example, the global | |
678 keymap binds the character @kbd{C-n} to the command function | |
679 @code{next-line}. @xref{Keymaps}. | |
680 | |
681 @item Keyboard Translation Table | |
682 The keyboard translation table is an array that translates the character | |
683 codes that come from the terminal into the character codes that make up | |
684 key sequences. @xref{Keyboard Translations}. | |
685 | |
686 @item Kill Ring | |
687 The kill ring is where all text you have killed recently is saved. | |
688 You can reinsert any of the killed text still in the ring; this is | |
689 called yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Yanking}. | |
690 | |
691 @item Killing | |
692 Killing means erasing text and saving it on the kill ring so it can be | |
693 yanked (q.v.@:) later. Some other systems call this ``cutting.'' | |
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25829 | 698 Killing a job (such as, an invocation of Emacs) means making it cease |
699 to exist. Any data within it, if not saved in a file, is lost. | |
700 @xref{Exiting}. | |
701 | |
702 @item Language Environment | |
703 Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input | |
704 method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:). @xref{Language | |
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25829 | 706 (@pxref{International}). |
707 | |
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717 A list is, approximately, a text string beginning with an open | |
718 parenthesis and ending with the matching close parenthesis. In C mode | |
719 and other non-Lisp modes, groupings surrounded by other kinds of matched | |
720 delimiters appropriate to the language, such as braces, are also | |
721 considered lists. Emacs has special commands for many operations on | |
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724 @item Local | |
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725 Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; the relevant |
25829 | 726 kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular |
727 buffer, or a particular major mode. It is the opposite of `global' | |
728 (q.v.@:). Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below. | |
729 | |
730 @item Local Abbrev | |
731 A local abbrev definition is effective only if a particular major mode | |
732 is selected. In that major mode, it overrides any global definition | |
733 for the same abbrev. @xref{Abbrevs}. | |
734 | |
735 @item Local Keymap | |
736 A local keymap is used in a particular major mode; the key bindings | |
737 (q.v.@:) in the current local keymap override global bindings of the | |
738 same key sequences. @xref{Keymaps}. | |
739 | |
740 @item Local Variable | |
741 A local value of a variable (q.v.@:) applies to only one buffer. | |
742 @xref{Locals}. | |
743 | |
744 @item @kbd{M-} | |
745 @kbd{M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for @key{META}, | |
746 one of the modifier keys that can accompany any character. | |
54472 | 747 @xref{User Input,M-}. |
25829 | 748 |
749 @item @kbd{M-C-} | |
750 @kbd{M-C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for | |
751 Control-Meta; it means the same thing as @kbd{C-M-}. If your | |
752 terminal lacks a real @key{META} key, you type a Control-Meta character by | |
753 typing @key{ESC} and then typing the corresponding Control character. | |
754 @xref{User Input,C-M-}. | |
755 | |
756 @item @kbd{M-x} | |
757 @kbd{M-x} is the key sequence which is used to call an Emacs command by | |
758 name. This is how you run commands that are not bound to key sequences. | |
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759 @xref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}. |
25829 | 760 |
761 @item Mail | |
762 Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer | |
763 system, to be read at the recipient's convenience. Emacs has commands for | |
764 composing and sending mail, and for reading and editing the mail you have | |
765 received. @xref{Sending Mail}. @xref{Rmail}, for how to read mail. | |
766 | |
767 @item Mail Composition Method | |
768 A mail composition method is a program runnable within Emacs for editing | |
769 and sending a mail message. Emacs lets you select from several | |
770 alternative mail composition methods. @xref{Mail Methods}. | |
771 | |
772 @item Major Mode | |
773 The Emacs major modes are a mutually exclusive set of options, each of | |
774 which configures Emacs for editing a certain sort of text. Ideally, | |
775 each programming language has its own major mode. @xref{Major Modes}. | |
776 | |
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782 The mark points to a position in the text. It specifies one end of the | |
783 region (q.v.@:), point being the other end. Many commands operate on | |
784 all the text from point to the mark. Each buffer has its own mark. | |
785 @xref{Mark}. | |
786 | |
787 @item Mark Ring | |
788 The mark ring is used to hold several recent previous locations of the | |
789 mark, just in case you want to move back to them. Each buffer has its | |
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25829 | 791 @xref{Mark Ring}. |
792 | |
793 @item Menu Bar | |
794 The menu bar is the line at the top of an Emacs frame. It contains | |
33746 | 795 words you can click on with the mouse to bring up menus, or you can use |
796 a keyboard interface to navigate it. @xref{Menu Bars}. | |
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798 @item Message | |
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815 A Meta character is one whose character code includes the Meta bit. | |
816 | |
817 @item Minibuffer | |
818 The minibuffer is the window that appears when necessary inside the | |
819 echo area (q.v.@:), used for reading arguments to commands. | |
820 @xref{Minibuffer}. | |
821 | |
822 @item Minibuffer History | |
823 The minibuffer history records the text you have specified in the past | |
824 for minibuffer arguments, so you can conveniently use the same text | |
825 again. @xref{Minibuffer History}. | |
826 | |
827 @item Minor Mode | |
828 A minor mode is an optional feature of Emacs which can be switched on | |
829 or off independently of all other features. Each minor mode has a | |
830 command to turn it on or off. @xref{Minor Modes}. | |
831 | |
832 @item Minor Mode Keymap | |
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838 @item Mode Line | |
839 The mode line is the line at the bottom of each window (q.v.@:), giving | |
840 status information on the buffer displayed in that window. @xref{Mode | |
841 Line}. | |
842 | |
843 @item Modified Buffer | |
844 A buffer (q.v.@:) is modified if its text has been changed since the | |
845 last time the buffer was saved (or since when it was created, if it | |
846 has never been saved). @xref{Saving}. | |
847 | |
848 @item Moving Text | |
849 Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in | |
850 another. The usual way to move text by killing (q.v.@:) and then | |
851 yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}. | |
852 | |
853 @item MULE | |
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25829 | 855 using multibyte characters (q.v.@:). @xref{International}. |
856 | |
857 @item Multibyte Character | |
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863 @item Named Mark | |
864 A named mark is a register (q.v.@:) in its role of recording a | |
865 location in text so that you can move point to that location. | |
866 @xref{Registers}. | |
867 | |
868 @item Narrowing | |
869 Narrowing means creating a restriction (q.v.@:) that limits editing in | |
870 the current buffer to only a part of the text in the buffer. Text | |
871 outside that part is inaccessible to the user until the boundaries are | |
872 widened again, but it is still there, and saving the file saves it | |
873 all. @xref{Narrowing}. | |
874 | |
875 @item Newline | |
876 Control-J characters in the buffer terminate lines of text and are | |
877 therefore also called newlines. @xref{Text Characters,Newline}. | |
878 | |
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886 A numeric argument is a number, specified before a command, to change | |
887 the effect of the command. Often the numeric argument serves as a | |
888 repeat count. @xref{Arguments}. | |
889 | |
890 @item Overwrite Mode | |
891 Overwrite mode is a minor mode. When it is enabled, ordinary text | |
892 characters replace the existing text after point rather than pushing | |
893 it to the right. @xref{Minor Modes}. | |
894 | |
895 @item Page | |
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898 commands are provided for moving over and operating on pages. | |
899 @xref{Pages}. | |
900 | |
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904 @xref{Paragraphs}. | |
905 | |
906 @item Parsing | |
907 We say that certain Emacs commands parse words or expressions in the | |
908 text being edited. Really, all they know how to do is find the other | |
909 end of a word or expression. @xref{Syntax}. | |
910 | |
911 @item Point | |
912 Point is the place in the buffer at which insertion and deletion | |
913 occur. Point is considered to be between two characters, not at one | |
914 character. The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:) indicates the location of | |
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920 @item Prefix Key | |
921 A prefix key is a key sequence (q.v.@:) whose sole function is to | |
922 introduce a set of longer key sequences. @kbd{C-x} is an example of | |
923 prefix key; any two-character sequence starting with @kbd{C-x} is | |
924 therefore a legitimate key sequence. @xref{Keys}. | |
925 | |
926 @item Primary Rmail File | |
927 Your primary Rmail file is the file named @samp{RMAIL} in your home | |
928 directory. That's where Rmail stores your incoming mail, unless you | |
929 specify a different file name. @xref{Rmail}. | |
930 | |
931 @item Primary Selection | |
932 The primary selection is one particular X selection (q.v.@:); it is the | |
933 selection that most X applications use for transferring text to and from | |
934 other applications. | |
935 | |
936 The Emacs kill commands set the primary selection and the yank command | |
937 uses the primary selection when appropriate. @xref{Killing}. | |
938 | |
939 @item Prompt | |
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942 (q.v.@:). One kind of prompting happens when the minibuffer is used to | |
943 read an argument (@pxref{Minibuffer}); the echoing which happens when | |
944 you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also | |
945 a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}). | |
946 | |
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952 Quitting means canceling a partially typed command or a running | |
953 command, using @kbd{C-g} (or @kbd{C-@key{BREAK}} on MS-DOS). @xref{Quitting}. | |
954 | |
955 @item Quoting | |
956 Quoting means depriving a character of its usual special significance. | |
957 The most common kind of quoting in Emacs is with @kbd{C-q}. What | |
958 constitutes special significance depends on the context and on | |
959 convention. For example, an ``ordinary'' character as an Emacs command | |
960 inserts itself; so in this context, a special character is any character | |
961 that does not normally insert itself (such as @key{DEL}, for example), | |
962 and quoting it makes it insert itself as if it were not special. Not | |
54472 | 963 all contexts allow quoting. @xref{Inserting Text,Quoting}. |
25829 | 964 |
965 @item Quoting File Names | |
966 Quoting a file name turns off the special significance of constructs | |
967 such as @samp{$}, @samp{~} and @samp{:}. @xref{Quoted File Names}. | |
968 | |
969 @item Read-Only Buffer | |
970 A read-only buffer is one whose text you are not allowed to change. | |
971 Normally Emacs makes buffers read-only when they contain text which | |
972 has a special significance to Emacs; for example, Dired buffers. | |
973 Visiting a file that is write-protected also makes a read-only buffer. | |
974 @xref{Buffers}. | |
975 | |
976 @item Rectangle | |
977 A rectangle consists of the text in a given range of columns on a given | |
978 range of lines. Normally you specify a rectangle by putting point at | |
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981 | |
982 @item Recursive Editing Level | |
983 A recursive editing level is a state in which part of the execution of | |
984 a command involves asking the user to edit some text. This text may | |
985 or may not be the same as the text to which the command was applied. | |
986 The mode line indicates recursive editing levels with square brackets | |
987 (@samp{[} and @samp{]}). @xref{Recursive Edit}. | |
988 | |
989 @item Redisplay | |
990 Redisplay is the process of correcting the image on the screen to | |
991 correspond to changes that have been made in the text being edited. | |
992 @xref{Screen,Redisplay}. | |
993 | |
994 @item Regexp | |
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997 @item Region | |
998 The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.@:). | |
999 Many commands operate on the text of the region. @xref{Mark,Region}. | |
1000 | |
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1006 @item Regular Expression | |
1007 A regular expression is a pattern that can match various text strings; | |
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1008 for example, @samp{a[0-9]+} matches @samp{a} followed by one or more |
25829 | 1009 digits. @xref{Regexps}. |
1010 | |
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1021 @item Replacement | |
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1024 @item Restriction | |
1025 A buffer's restriction is the amount of text, at the beginning or the | |
1026 end of the buffer, that is temporarily inaccessible. Giving a buffer a | |
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1030 @item @key{RET} | |
1031 @key{RET} is a character that in Emacs runs the command to insert a | |
1032 newline into the text. It is also used to terminate most arguments | |
1033 read in the minibuffer (q.v.@:). @xref{User Input,Return}. | |
1034 | |
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25829 | 1039 @item Rmail File |
1040 An Rmail file is a file containing text in a special format used by | |
1041 Rmail for storing mail. @xref{Rmail}. | |
1042 | |
1043 @item Saving | |
1044 Saving a buffer means copying its text into the file that was visited | |
1045 (q.v.@:) in that buffer. This is the way text in files actually gets | |
1046 changed by your Emacs editing. @xref{Saving}. | |
1047 | |
1048 @item Scroll Bar | |
1049 A scroll bar is a tall thin hollow box that appears at the side of a | |
1050 window. You can use mouse commands in the scroll bar to scroll the | |
33746 | 1051 window. The scroll bar feature is supported only under windowing |
1052 systems. @xref{Scroll Bars}. | |
25829 | 1053 |
1054 @item Scrolling | |
1055 Scrolling means shifting the text in the Emacs window so as to see a | |
54472 | 1056 different part of the buffer. @xref{Scrolling}. |
25829 | 1057 |
1058 @item Searching | |
1059 Searching means moving point to the next occurrence of a specified | |
1060 string or the next match for a specified regular expression. | |
1061 @xref{Search}. | |
1062 | |
1063 @item Search Path | |
1064 A search path is a list of directory names, to be used for searching for | |
1065 files for certain purposes. For example, the variable @code{load-path} | |
1066 holds a search path for finding Lisp library files. @xref{Lisp Libraries}. | |
1067 | |
1068 @item Secondary Selection | |
1069 The secondary selection is one particular X selection; some X | |
1070 applications can use it for transferring text to and from other | |
1071 applications. Emacs has special mouse commands for transferring text | |
1072 using the secondary selection. @xref{Secondary Selection}. | |
1073 | |
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54472 | 1084 @xref{Select Buffer}. |
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1086 @item Selection | |
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1089 selections that other programs have set up. This is the principal way | |
1090 of transferring text between window applications. Emacs has commands to | |
1091 work with the primary (q.v.@:) selection and the secondary (q.v.@:) | |
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1094 @item Self-Documentation | |
1095 Self-documentation is the feature of Emacs which can tell you what any | |
1096 command does, or give you a list of all commands related to a topic | |
1097 you specify. You ask for self-documentation with the help character, | |
1098 @kbd{C-h}. @xref{Help}. | |
1099 | |
1100 @item Self-Inserting Character | |
1101 A character is self-inserting if typing that character inserts that | |
1102 character in the buffer. Ordinary printing and whitespace characters | |
1103 are self-inserting in Emacs, except in certain special major modes. | |
1104 | |
1105 @item Sentences | |
1106 Emacs has commands for moving by or killing by sentences. | |
1107 @xref{Sentences}. | |
1108 | |
1109 @item Sexp | |
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1116 @item Simultaneous Editing | |
1117 Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once. | |
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1140 characters. Many Emacs variables are intended to have strings as | |
1141 values. The Lisp syntax for a string consists of the characters in the | |
1142 string with a @samp{"} before and another @samp{"} after. A @samp{"} | |
1143 that is part of the string must be written as @samp{\"} and a @samp{\} | |
1144 that is part of the string must be written as @samp{\\}. All other | |
1145 characters, including newline, can be included just by writing them | |
1146 inside the string; however, backslash sequences as in C, such as | |
1147 @samp{\n} for newline or @samp{\241} using an octal character code, are | |
1148 allowed as well. | |
1149 | |
1150 @item String Substitution | |
1151 See `global substitution'. | |
1152 | |
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1157 The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word, | |
1158 which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc. | |
1159 @xref{Syntax}. | |
1160 | |
1161 @item Super | |
1162 Super is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may | |
1163 have. To make a character Super, type it while holding down the | |
1164 @key{SUPER} key. Such characters are given names that start with | |
1165 @kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short). @xref{User Input, | |
1166 Super}. | |
1167 | |
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1179 A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function | |
1180 definitions in one or more other files. @xref{Tags}. | |
1181 | |
1182 @item Termscript File | |
1183 A termscript file contains a record of all characters sent by Emacs to | |
1184 the terminal. It is used for tracking down bugs in Emacs redisplay. | |
1185 Emacs does not make a termscript file unless you tell it to. | |
1186 @xref{Bugs}. | |
1187 | |
1188 @item Text | |
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1191 @itemize @bullet | |
1192 @item | |
1193 Data consisting of a sequence of characters, as opposed to binary | |
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1194 numbers, executable programs, and the like. The basic contents of an |
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25829 | 1197 @item |
1198 Data consisting of written human language, as opposed to programs, | |
1199 or following the stylistic conventions of human language. | |
1200 @end itemize | |
1201 | |
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1204 character units. Such a terminal cannot control individual pixels it |
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1205 displays. Emacs supports a subset of display features on text-only |
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1209 Text properties are annotations recorded for particular characters in |
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1210 the buffer. Images in the buffer are recorded as text properties; |
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1211 they also specify formatting information. @xref{Editing Format Info}. |
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1215 of an Emacs frame. Clicking on one of these icons executes a command. |
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1216 You can think of this as a graphical relative of the menu bar (q.v.@:). |
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1220 Tooltips are small windows displaying a help echo (q.v.@:) text that |
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1221 explains parts of the display, lists useful options available via mouse |
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1222 clicks, etc. @xref{Tooltips}. |
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25829 | 1224 @item Top Level |
1225 Top level is the normal state of Emacs, in which you are editing the | |
1226 text of the file you have visited. You are at top level whenever you | |
1227 are not in a recursive editing level (q.v.@:) or the minibuffer | |
1228 (q.v.@:), and not in the middle of a command. You can get back to top | |
1229 level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.@:). @xref{Quitting}. | |
1230 | |
1231 @item Transposition | |
1232 Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place | |
1233 formerly occupied by the other. There are Emacs commands to transpose | |
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1234 two adjacent characters, words, balanced expressions (q.v.@:) or lines |
25829 | 1235 (@pxref{Transpose}). |
1236 | |
1237 @item Truncation | |
1238 Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a | |
1239 line that does not fit within the right margin of the window | |
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1240 displaying it. See also `continuation line.' |
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1247 Undoing means making your previous editing go in reverse, bringing | |
1248 back the text that existed earlier in the editing session. | |
1249 @xref{Undo}. | |
1250 | |
1251 @item User Option | |
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1253 that you can customize Emacs by setting it to a new value. |
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1254 @xref{Easy Customization}. |
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1256 @item Variable | |
1257 A variable is an object in Lisp that can store an arbitrary value. | |
1258 Emacs uses some variables for internal purposes, and has others (known | |
1259 as `user options' (q.v.@:)) just so that you can set their values to | |
1260 control the behavior of Emacs. The variables used in Emacs that you | |
1261 are likely to be interested in are listed in the Variables Index in | |
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1263 information on variables. |
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1265 @item Version Control | |
1266 Version control systems keep track of multiple versions of a source file. | |
1267 They provide a more powerful alternative to keeping backup files (q.v.@:). | |
1268 @xref{Version Control}. | |
1269 | |
1270 @item Visiting | |
1271 Visiting a file means loading its contents into a buffer (q.v.@:) | |
1272 where they can be edited. @xref{Visiting}. | |
1273 | |
1274 @item Whitespace | |
1275 Whitespace is any run of consecutive formatting characters (space, | |
1276 tab, newline, and backspace). | |
1277 | |
1278 @item Widening | |
1279 Widening is removing any restriction (q.v.@:) on the current buffer; | |
1280 it is the opposite of narrowing (q.v.@:). @xref{Narrowing}. | |
1281 | |
1282 @item Window | |
1283 Emacs divides a frame (q.v.@:) into one or more windows, each of which | |
1284 can display the contents of one buffer (q.v.@:) at any time. | |
1285 @xref{Screen}, for basic information on how Emacs uses the screen. | |
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1286 @xref{Windows}, for commands to control the use of windows. Some |
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1295 See `abbrev.' |
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1297 @item Word Search | |
1298 Word search is searching for a sequence of words, considering the | |
1299 punctuation between them as insignificant. @xref{Word Search}. | |
1300 | |
1301 @item WYSIWYG | |
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1302 WYSIWYG stands for ``What you see is what you get.'' Emacs generally |
25829 | 1303 provides WYSIWYG editing for files of characters; in Enriched mode |
1304 (@pxref{Formatted Text}), it provides WYSIWYG editing for files that | |
1305 include text formatting information. | |
1306 | |
1307 @item Yanking | |
1308 Yanking means reinserting text previously killed. It can be used to | |
1309 undo a mistaken kill, or for copying or moving text. Some other | |
1310 systems call this ``pasting.'' @xref{Yanking}. | |
1311 @end table | |
1312 | |
52401 | 1313 @ignore |
1314 arch-tag: 0dd53ce1-5f09-4ac2-b13b-cf22b0f28d23 | |
1315 @end ignore |