# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1030632229 0 # Node ID 2111424826e53f96d6e4733e04e793a526e746ce # Parent 4098bad57f212f1e1f117f947f2cd3381bdbb614 Use instead of , and explain how to find it. diff -r 4098bad57f21 -r 2111424826e5 etc/TUTORIAL --- a/etc/TUTORIAL Thu Aug 29 14:42:56 2002 +0000 +++ b/etc/TUTORIAL Thu Aug 29 14:43:49 2002 +0000 @@ -303,15 +303,21 @@ immediately. Type (the carriage-return key) to insert a Newline character. -You can delete the last character you typed by typing . - is a key on the keyboard, which may be labeled "Del". In -some cases, the "Backspace" key serves as , but not always! +You can delete the last character you typed by typing . + is a key on the keyboard--the same one you normally use, +outside Emacs, for deleting the last character you typed. It is +normally a large key a couple of lines up from the key, and +it is usually labeled "Delete", "Del" or "Backspace". -More generally, deletes the character immediately before the +If the large key there is labeled "Backspace", then that's the one you +use for . There may also be another key labeled "Delete" +somewhere else, but that's not . + +More generally, deletes the character immediately before the current cursor position. >> Do this now--type a few characters, then delete them - by typing a few times. Don't worry about this file + by typing a few times. Don't worry about this file being changed; you will not alter the master tutorial. This is your personal copy of it. @@ -323,7 +329,7 @@ >> Insert text until you reach the right margin, and keep on inserting. You'll see a continuation line appear. ->> Use s to delete the text until the line fits on one screen +>> Use s to delete the text until the line fits on one screen line again. The continuation line goes away. You can delete a Newline character just like any other character. @@ -331,7 +337,7 @@ one line. If the resulting combined line is too long to fit in the screen width, it will be displayed with a continuation line. ->> Move the cursor to the beginning of a line and type . This +>> Move the cursor to the beginning of a line and type . This merges that line with the previous line. >> Type to reinsert the Newline you deleted. @@ -346,17 +352,17 @@ Emacs and correcting errors. You can delete by words or lines as well. Here is a summary of the delete operations: - delete the character just before the cursor + delete the character just before the cursor C-d delete the next character after the cursor - M- kill the word immediately before the cursor + M- kill the word immediately before the cursor M-d kill the next word after the cursor C-k kill from the cursor position to end of line M-k kill to the end of the current sentence -Notice that and C-d vs M- and M-d extend the parallel -started by C-f and M-f (well, is not really a control +Notice that and C-d vs M- and M-d extend the parallel +started by C-f and M-f (well, is not really a control character, but let's not worry about that). C-k and M-k are like C-e and M-e, sort of, in that lines are opposite sentences. @@ -842,7 +848,7 @@ character to notice what happens to the cursor. Now you have searched for "cursor", once. >> Type C-s again, to search for the next occurrence of "cursor". ->> Now type four times and see how the cursor moves. +>> Now type four times and see how the cursor moves. >> Type to terminate the search. Did you see what happened? Emacs, in an incremental search, tries to @@ -858,12 +864,12 @@ Then see the section "Spontaneous Entry to Incremental Search" in the Emacs manual for advice on dealing with this "feature". -If you are in the middle of an incremental search and type , +If you are in the middle of an incremental search and type , you'll notice that the last character in the search string is erased and the search backs up to the last place of the search. For instance, suppose you have typed "c", to search for the first occurrence of "c". Now if you type "u", the cursor will move -to the first occurrence of "cu". Now type . This erases +to the first occurrence of "cu". Now type . This erases the "u" from the search string, and the cursor moves back to the first occurrence of "c".