# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1167936598 0 # Node ID 7d9ed49161f8622c48cfe1c417c3f7c33535c79f # Parent 291b93cd991dc7ed1bdfb8b6d8bc4c823d350b32 (Windows Keyboard): Clarify previous change. diff -r 291b93cd991d -r 7d9ed49161f8 man/msdog.texi --- a/man/msdog.texi Thu Jan 04 18:43:03 2007 +0000 +++ b/man/msdog.texi Thu Jan 04 18:49:58 2007 +0000 @@ -336,12 +336,12 @@ @cindex MS-Windows keyboard shortcuts Many key combinations (known as ``keyboard shortcuts'') that have conventional uses in MS-Windows programs conflict with traditional -Emacs commands. This conflict arose because the designers of Windows -did not concern themselves with how Emacs used these characters. -Examples include @kbd{C-c}, @kbd{C-x}, @kbd{C-z}, @kbd{C-a}, and -@kbd{W-@key{SPC}}. You can redefine some of them with meanings more -like the MS-Windows meanings by enabling CUA Mode (@pxref{CUA -Bindings}). +Emacs commands. This conflict arose because the designers of the CUA +interface implemented by MS-Windows did not try to avoid conflict with +Emacs. Examples of conflicts include @kbd{C-c}, @kbd{C-x}, @kbd{C-z}, +@kbd{C-a}, and @kbd{W-@key{SPC}}. You can redefine some of them with +meanings more like the MS-Windows meanings by enabling CUA Mode +(@pxref{CUA Bindings}). @kindex F10 @r{(MS-Windows)} @cindex menu bar access using keyboard @r{(MS-Windows)}