# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 998772284 0 # Node ID 5c282c7df1cfc7d824890b5140b0fda3c05db022 # Parent 41ebc22562e05cfd11eb37a7a5383031dc5198a7 Minor clarifications. diff -r 41ebc22562e0 -r 5c282c7df1cf man/entering.texi --- a/man/entering.texi Sat Aug 25 20:38:20 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/entering.texi Sat Aug 25 20:44:44 2001 +0000 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ as soon as you direct your keyboard input to the Emacs frame. @vindex initial-major-mode - When Emacs starts up, it makes a buffer named @samp{*scratch*}. + When Emacs starts up, it creates a buffer named @samp{*scratch*}. That's the buffer you start out in. The @samp{*scratch*} buffer uses Lisp Interaction mode; you can use it to type Lisp expressions and evaluate them, or you can ignore that capability and simply doodle. (You can @@ -106,19 +106,20 @@ dedicated X windows, @kbd{C-z} has a different meaning. Suspending an application that uses its own X windows is not meaningful or useful. Instead, @kbd{C-z} runs the command @code{iconify-or-deiconify-frame}, -which temporarily closes up the selected Emacs frame (@pxref{Frames}). -The way to get back to a shell window is with the window manager. +which temporarily iconifies (or ``minimizes'') the selected Emacs +frame (@pxref{Frames}). Then you can use the window manager to get +back to a shell window. @kindex C-x C-c @findex save-buffers-kill-emacs - To kill Emacs, type @kbd{C-x C-c} (@code{save-buffers-kill-emacs}). A -two-character key is used for this to make it harder to type. This -command first offers to save any modified file-visiting buffers. If you -do not save them all, it asks for reconfirmation with @kbd{yes} before -killing Emacs, since any changes not saved will be lost forever. Also, -if any subprocesses are still running, @kbd{C-x C-c} asks for -confirmation about them, since killing Emacs will kill the subprocesses -immediately. + To exit and kill Emacs, type @kbd{C-x C-c} +(@code{save-buffers-kill-emacs}). A two-character key is used for +this to make it harder to type by accident. This command first offers +to save any modified file-visiting buffers. If you do not save them +all, it asks for reconfirmation with @kbd{yes} before killing Emacs, +since any changes not saved will be lost forever. Also, if any +subprocesses are still running, @kbd{C-x C-c} asks for confirmation +about them, since killing Emacs will also kill the subprocesses. @vindex confirm-kill-emacs If the value of the variable @code{confirm-kill-emacs} is @@ -129,10 +130,10 @@ function @code{yes-or-no-p}. The default value of @code{confirm-kill-emacs} is @code{nil}. - There is no way to restart an Emacs session once you have killed it. + There is no way to resume an Emacs session once you have killed it. You can, however, arrange for Emacs to record certain session -information, such as which files are visited, when you kill it, so that -the next time you restart Emacs it will try to visit the same files and +information when you kill it, such as which files are visited, so that +the next time you start Emacs it will try to visit the same files and so on. @xref{Saving Emacs Sessions}. The operating system usually listens for certain special characters diff -r 41ebc22562e0 -r 5c282c7df1cf man/fixit.texi --- a/man/fixit.texi Sat Aug 25 20:38:20 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/fixit.texi Sat Aug 25 20:44:44 2001 +0000 @@ -81,12 +81,11 @@ the line with the newline, which would be useless, @kbd{C-t} transposes the last two characters on the line. So, if you catch your transposition error right away, you can fix it with just a @kbd{C-t}. If you don't catch it so -fast, you must move the cursor back to between the two transposed -characters. If you transposed a space with the last character of the word -before it, the word motion commands are a good way of getting there. -Otherwise, a reverse search (@kbd{C-r}) is often the best way. -@xref{Search}. - +fast, you must move the cursor back between the two transposed +characters before you type @kbd{C-t}. If you transposed a space with +the last character of the word before it, the word motion commands are +a good way of getting there. Otherwise, a reverse search (@kbd{C-r}) +is often the best way. @xref{Search}. @kindex C-x C-t @findex transpose-lines @@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ To check the entire current buffer, use @kbd{M-x ispell-buffer}. Use @kbd{M-x ispell-region} to check just the current region. To check spelling in an email message you are writing, use @kbd{M-x -ispell-message}; that checks the whole buffer, but does not check +ispell-message}; that command checks the whole buffer, except for material that is indented or appears to be cited from other messages. @findex ispell @@ -223,7 +222,8 @@ Each time these commands encounter an incorrect word, they ask you what to do. They display a list of alternatives, usually including several ``near-misses''---words that are close to the word being -checked. Then you must type a character. Here are the valid responses: +checked. Then you must type a single-character response. Here are +the valid responses: @table @kbd @item @key{SPC} @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ @item i Insert this word in your private dictionary file so that Ispell will -consider it correct it from now on, even in future sessions. +consider it correct from now on, even in future sessions. @item u Insert the lower-case version of this word in your private dic@-tion@-ary @@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ @item l @var{word} @key{RET} Look in the dictionary for words that match @var{word}. These words -become the new list of ``near-misses''; you can select one of them to -replace with by typing a digit. You can use @samp{*} in @var{word} as a +become the new list of ``near-misses''; you can select one of them as +the replacement by typing a digit. You can use @samp{*} in @var{word} as a wildcard. @item C-g diff -r 41ebc22562e0 -r 5c282c7df1cf man/regs.texi --- a/man/regs.texi Sat Aug 25 20:38:20 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/regs.texi Sat Aug 25 20:44:44 2001 +0000 @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ @kbd{C-x r s @var{r}} stores a copy of the text of the region into the register named @var{r}. @kbd{C-u C-x r s @var{r}}, the same command with a numeric argument, deletes the text from the buffer as -well. +well; you can think of this as ``moving'' the region text into the register. @kbd{C-x r i @var{r}} inserts in the buffer the text from register @var{r}. Normally it leaves point before the text and places the mark @@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ To display a list of all your bookmarks in a separate buffer, type @kbd{C-x r l} (@code{list-bookmarks}). If you switch to that buffer, you can use it to edit your bookmark definitions or annotate the -bookmarks. Type @kbd{C-h m} in that buffer for more information about -its special editing commands. +bookmarks. Type @kbd{C-h m} in the bookmark buffer for more +information about its special editing commands. When you kill Emacs, Emacs offers to save your bookmark values in your default bookmark file, @file{~/.emacs.bmk}, if you have changed any