# HG changeset patch # User Jay Belanger # Date 1117557305 0 # Node ID 79a7e032005c7c9710e3a2aabcf672e891f9abba # Parent 4929fb0b87a75722e2a13afec0bbfb296faffd93 (Notations Used in This Manual): Use @kbd for key sequence. (Demonstration of Calc): Mention another way of starting Calc. (Starting Calc): Mention long name of M-#. (Embedded Mode Overview): Remove unnecessary instruction. (Other M-# commands): Rephrase `M-# 0' explanation. diff -r 4929fb0b87a7 -r 79a7e032005c man/calc.texi --- a/man/calc.texi Tue May 31 15:00:44 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/calc.texi Tue May 31 16:35:05 2005 +0000 @@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ * What is Calc:: * About This Manual:: * Notations Used in This Manual:: +* Demonstration of Calc:: * Using Calc:: * Demonstration of Calc:: * History and Acknowledgements:: @@ -764,7 +765,7 @@ (If you don't have the @key{LFD} or @key{TAB} keys on your keyboard, the @kbd{C-j} and @kbd{C-i} keys are equivalent to them, respectively. If you don't have a Meta key, look for Alt or Extend Char. You can -also press @key{ESC} or @key{C-[} first to get the same effect, so +also press @key{ESC} or @kbd{C-[} first to get the same effect, so that @kbd{M-x}, @kbd{@key{ESC} x}, and @kbd{C-[ x} are all equivalent.) Sometimes the @key{RET} key is not shown when it is ``obvious'' @@ -797,7 +798,8 @@ To begin, start Emacs if necessary (usually the command @code{emacs} does this), and type @kbd{M-# c} (or @kbd{@key{ESC} # c}) to start the -Calculator. (@xref{Starting Calc}, if this doesn't work for you.) +Calculator. (You can also use @kbd{M-x calc} if this doesn't work. +@xref{Starting Calc}, for various ways of starting the Calculator.) Be sure to type all the sample input exactly, especially noting the difference between lower-case and upper-case letters. Remember, @@ -987,11 +989,15 @@ Control or @key{CTRL} while typing a left square bracket (that's @kbd{C-[} in Emacs notation). -@kbd{M-#} is a @dfn{prefix key}; when you press it, Emacs waits for -you to press a second key to complete the command. In this case, -you will follow @kbd{M-#} with a letter (upper- or lower-case, it -doesn't matter for @kbd{M-#}) that says which Calc interface you -want to use. +The key @kbd{M-#} is bound to the command @code{calc-dispatch}, +which can be rebound if convenient. +(@xref{Key Bindings,,Customizing Key Bindings,emacs, +The GNU Emacs Manual}.) + +When you press @kbd{M-#}, Emacs waits for you to press a second key to +complete the command. In this case, you will follow @kbd{M-#} with a +letter (upper- or lower-case, it doesn't matter for @kbd{M-#}) that says +which Calc interface you want to use. To get Calc's standard interface, type @kbd{M-# c}. To get Keypad mode, type @kbd{M-# k}. Type @kbd{M-# ?} to get a brief @@ -1335,9 +1341,7 @@ @end smallexample To leave Embedded mode, type @kbd{M-# e} again. The mode line -and keyboard will revert to the way they were before. (If you have -actually been trying this as you read along, you'll want to press -@kbd{M-# 0} [with the digit zero] now to reset the modes you changed.) +and keyboard will revert to the way they were before. The related command @kbd{M-# w} operates on a single word, which generally means a single number, inside text. It uses any @@ -1520,8 +1524,7 @@ @item 0 (This is the ``zero'' digit key.) Reset the Calculator to -its default state: Empty stack, and default mode settings. -With any prefix argument, reset everything but the stack. +its initial state: Empty stack, and initial mode settings. @end table @node History and Acknowledgements, , Using Calc, Getting Started @@ -1589,7 +1592,7 @@ features, large and small. A few deserve special mention: Tim Peters, who helped develop the ideas that led to the selection commands, rewrite rules, and many other algebra features; -@texline Fran\c cois +@texline Fran\c{c}ois @infoline Francois Pinard, who contributed an early prototype of the Calc Summary appendix as well as providing valuable suggestions in many other areas of Calc;