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diff man/faq.texi @ 52979:3649390c0f91
Replace @sc{ascii} and ASCII with @acronym{ASCII}.
author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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date | Sun, 02 Nov 2003 07:01:19 +0000 |
parents | 695cf19ef79e |
children | c0b7b601058f |
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--- a/man/faq.texi Sun Nov 02 06:29:59 2003 +0000 +++ b/man/faq.texi Sun Nov 02 07:01:19 2003 +0000 @@ -161,19 +161,19 @@ Any real spaces in such a key sequence should be ignored; only @key{SPC} really means press the space key. -The ASCII code sent by @kbd{C-x} (except for @kbd{C-?}) is the value +The @acronym{ASCII} code sent by @kbd{C-x} (except for @kbd{C-?}) is the value that would be sent by pressing just @key{x} minus 96 (or 64 for upper-case @key{X}) and will be from 0 to 31. On Unix and GNU/Linux -terminals, the ASCII code sent by @kbd{M-x} is the sum of 128 and the -ASCII code that would be sent by pressing just @key{x}. Essentially, +terminals, the @acronym{ASCII} code sent by @kbd{M-x} is the sum of 128 and the +@acronym{ASCII} code that would be sent by pressing just @key{x}. Essentially, @key{Control} turns off bits 5 and 6 and @key{Meta} turns on bit 7@footnote{ DOS and Windows terminals don't set bit 7 when the @key{Meta} key is pressed.}. -@kbd{C-?} (aka @key{DEL}) is ASCII code 127. It is a misnomer to call +@kbd{C-?} (aka @key{DEL}) is @acronym{ASCII} code 127. It is a misnomer to call @kbd{C-?} a ``control'' key, since 127 has both bits 5 and 6 turned ON. -Also, on very few keyboards does @kbd{C-?} generate ASCII code 127. +Also, on very few keyboards does @kbd{C-?} generate @acronym{ASCII} code 127. @inforef{Text Characters, Text Characters, emacs}, and @inforef{Keys, Keys, emacs}, for more information. (@xref{On-line manual}, for more @@ -4541,7 +4541,7 @@ @cindex Help invoked by Backspace @cindex DEL key does not delete -The @key{Backspace} key (on most keyboards) generates ASCII code 8. +The @key{Backspace} key (on most keyboards) generates @acronym{ASCII} code 8. @kbd{C-h} sends the same code. In Emacs by default @kbd{C-h} invokes help-command. This is intended to be easy to remember since the first letter of @samp{help} is @samp{h}. The easiest solution to this problem @@ -4739,7 +4739,7 @@ @cindex Lacking an Escape key @cindex Escape key, lacking -Type @kbd{C-[} instead. This should send ASCII code 27 just like an +Type @kbd{C-[} instead. This should send @acronym{ASCII} code 27 just like an Escape key would. @kbd{C-3} may also work on some terminal (but not under X). For many terminals (notably DEC terminals) @key{F11} generates @key{ESC}. If not, the following form can be used to bind it: @@ -4791,7 +4791,7 @@ @item Not all modifiers are permitted in all situations. @key{Hyper}, @key{Super}, and @key{Alt} are not available on Unix character -terminals. Non-ASCII keys and mouse events (e.g. @kbd{C-=} and +terminals. Non-@acronym{ASCII} keys and mouse events (e.g. @kbd{C-=} and @kbd{Mouse-1}) also fall under this category. @end itemize @@ -4821,7 +4821,7 @@ find out what keysym your @key{Meta} key generates. It should be either @code{Meta_L} or @code{Meta_R}. If it isn't, use @file{xmodmap} to fix the situation. If @key{Meta} does generate @code{Meta_L} or -@code{Meta_R}, but @kbd{M-x} produces a non-ASCII character, put this in +@code{Meta_R}, but @kbd{M-x} produces a non-@acronym{ASCII} character, put this in your @file{~/.Xdefaults} file: @example @@ -4914,7 +4914,7 @@ display or is invoked with @samp{emacs -nw}, you typically need to use @code{set-terminal-coding-system} to tell Emacs what the terminal can display, even after setting the language environment; otherwise -non-ASCII characters will display as @samp{?}. On other operating +non-@acronym{ASCII} characters will display as @samp{?}. On other operating systems, such as MS-DOS and MS-Windows, Emacs queries the OS about the character set supported by the display, and sets up the required terminal coding system automatically.