diff etc/TUTORIAL @ 15291:22f9530a700e

Rephrase the first page to fit on a standard tty screen.
author Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
date Sat, 25 May 1996 23:21:39 +0000
parents 18c79b8e0396
children 7a3398850d94
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--- a/etc/TUTORIAL	Sat May 25 17:49:03 1996 +0000
+++ b/etc/TUTORIAL	Sat May 25 23:21:39 1996 +0000
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 Copyright (c) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc;  See end for conditions.
-
 You are looking at the Emacs tutorial.
 
 Emacs commands generally involve the CONTROL key (sometimes labeled
 CTRL or CTL) or the META key (sometimes labeled EDIT or ALT).  Rather than
-write out META or CONTROL each time we want you to prefix a character,
-we'll use the following abbreviations:
+write that in full each time, we'll use the following abbreviations:
 
  C-<chr>  means hold the CONTROL key while typing the character <chr>
 	  Thus, C-f would be: hold the CONTROL key and type f.
  M-<chr>  means hold the META or EDIT or ALT key down while typing <chr>.
-	  If there is no META key or equivalent, type <ESC>, release it,
-	  then type the character <chr>.  "<ESC>" stands for the
-	  key labeled "ESC".
+	  If there is no META, EDIT or ALT key, instead press and release the
+	  ESC key and then type <chr>.  We write <ESC> for the ESC key.
 
 Important note: to end the Emacs session, type C-x C-c.  (Two characters.)
 The characters ">>" at the left margin indicate directions for you to