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changeset 68511:01315c421f31
(M-x): Minor clarifications
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:25:17 +0000 |
parents | 80b042d12556 |
children | 7d8049c045c4 |
files | man/m-x.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/m-x.texi Tue Jan 31 18:24:21 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/m-x.texi Tue Jan 31 18:25:17 2006 +0000 @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Every Emacs command has a name that you can use to run it. Commands that are used often, or that must be quick to type, are also bound to keys---short sequences of characters---for convenient use. You can -run them by name if you don't remember the keys. Other Emacs commands -that do not need to be quick are not bound to keys; the only way to -run them is by name. @xref{Key Bindings}, for the description of -how to bind commands to keys. +run them by typing the keys, or run them by name if you don't remember +the keys. Other Emacs commands that do not need to be quick are not +bound to keys; the only way to run them is by name. @xref{Key +Bindings}, for the description of how to bind commands to keys. By convention, a command name consists of one or more words, separated by hyphens; for example, @code{auto-fill-mode} or @@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ the key @kbd{C-f}. You can run any Emacs command by name using @kbd{M-x}, whether or not any keys are bound to it. - If you type @kbd{C-g} while the command name is being read, you -cancel the @kbd{M-x} command and get out of the minibuffer, ending up -at command level. + If you type @kbd{C-g} while the command name is being read, that +cancels the @kbd{M-x} command and exits the minibuffer, so you end up +back at command level. To pass a numeric argument to the command you are invoking with @kbd{M-x}, specify the numeric argument before the @kbd{M-x}. @kbd{M-x} @@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ @vindex suggest-key-bindings If the command you type has a key binding of its own, Emacs mentions -this in the echo area. For example, if you type @kbd{M-x -forward-word}, the message says that you can run the same command more -easily by typing @kbd{M-f}. You can turn off these messages by -setting @code{suggest-key-bindings} to @code{nil}. +this in the echo area after running the command. For example, if you +type @kbd{M-x forward-word}, the message says that you can run the +same command more easily by typing @kbd{M-f}. You can turn off these +messages by setting the variable @code{suggest-key-bindings} to +@code{nil}. Normally, when describing in this manual a command that is run by name, we omit the @key{RET} that is needed to terminate the name. Thus