# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 995548250 0 # Node ID 2a70c922f6ad7550ef0fde177d8cf26c1e928e1c # Parent b6d397fa9acb07a1aa16b72cf2fbc190ad2292f5 Fix last change. diff -r b6d397fa9acb -r 2a70c922f6ad man/help.texi --- a/man/help.texi Thu Jul 19 13:04:43 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/help.texi Thu Jul 19 13:10:50 2001 +0000 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ @kindex F1 Emacs provides extensive help features accessible through a single -character, @kbd{C-h}. @kbd{C-h} is a prefix key that is used only for +character, @kbd{C-h}. @kbd{C-h} is a prefix key that is used for commands that display documentation. The characters that you can type after @kbd{C-h} are called @dfn{help options}. One help option is @kbd{C-h}; that is how you ask for help about using @kbd{C-h}. To cancel, type @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ mode bindings, major mode bindings, and global bindings (@code{describe-bindings}). @item C-h c @var{key} -Show the name of the command that will be run if @var{key} is typed +Show the name of the command that @var{key} runs (@code{describe-key-briefly}). Here @kbd{c} stands for ``character.'' For more extensive information on @var{key}, use @kbd{C-h k}. @item C-h f @var{function} @key{RET} @@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ @item C-h m Display documentation of the current major mode (@code{describe-mode}). @item C-h n -Display documentation of changes to Emacs and its packages, most -recent first (@code{view-emacs-news}). +Display documentation of Emacs changes, most recent first +(@code{view-emacs-news}). @item C-h P Display info on known problems with Emacs and possible workarounds (@code{view-emacs-problems}). @@ -146,13 +146,12 @@ @item C-h t Enter the Emacs interactive tutorial (@code{help-with-tutorial}). @item C-h v @var{var} @key{RET} -Display the documentation for the Lisp variable @var{var} +Display the documentation of the Lisp variable @var{var} (@code{describe-variable}). @item C-h w @var{command} @key{RET} -Display the list of keys that will run the command named @var{command} -(@code{where-is}). +Show which keys run the command named @var{command} (@code{where-is}). @item C-h C @var{coding} @key{RET} -Describe a coding system @var{coding} +Describe coding system @var{coding} (@code{describe-coding-system}). @item C-h C @key{RET} Describe the coding systems currently in use. @@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ Describe an input method (@code{describe-input-method}). @item C-h L @var{language-env} @key{RET} Display information on the character sets, coding systems and input -methods used for a language environment @var{language-env} +methods used for language environment @var{language-env} (@code{describe-language-environment}). @item C-h C-c Display the copying conditions for GNU Emacs. @@ -230,14 +229,13 @@ among command names yet fail to be unique when other function names are allowed. - The name of the function that @kbd{C-h f} describes has a default which is -used if you type @key{RET} leaving the minibuffer empty. The default is -the function called by the innermost Lisp expression in the buffer around -point, @emph{provided} that is a valid, defined Lisp function name. For -example, if point is located following the text @samp{(make-vector (car -x)}, the innermost list containing point is the one that starts with -@samp{(make-vector}, so the default is to describe the function -@code{make-vector}. + The default function name for @kbd{C-h f} to describe, if you type +just @key{RET}, is the name of the function called by the innermost Lisp +expression in the buffer around point, @emph{provided} that is a valid, +defined Lisp function name. For example, if point is located following +the text @samp{(make-vector (car x)}, the innermost list containing +point is the one that starts with @samp{(make-vector}, so the default is +to describe the function @code{make-vector}. @kbd{C-h f} is often useful just to verify that you have the right spelling for the function name. If @kbd{C-h f} mentions a name from the @@ -407,8 +405,8 @@ @node Help Mode @section Help Mode Commands - Help buffers provide the same commands commands as the View mode -(@pxref{Misc File Ops}), plus a few special commands of their own. + Help buffers provide the same commands as View mode (@pxref{Misc File +Ops}), plus a few special commands of their own. @table @kbd @item @key{SPC} @@ -453,7 +451,7 @@ @cindex on-line manuals @kbd{C-h i} (@code{info}) runs the Info program, which is used for browsing through structured documentation files. The entire Emacs manual -is available within Info. Eventually all of the documentation of the GNU +is available within Info. Eventually all the documentation of the GNU system will be available. Type @kbd{h} after entering Info to run a tutorial on using Info.