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-@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002,
-@c   2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
-@node Glossary, Key Index, Intro, Top
-@unnumbered Glossary
-
-@table @asis
-@item Abbrev
-An abbrev is a text string which expands into a different text string
-when present in the buffer.  For example, you might define a few letters
-as an abbrev for a long phrase that you want to insert frequently.
-@xref{Abbrevs}.
-
-@item Aborting
-Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.@:).  The
-commands @kbd{C-]} and @kbd{M-x top-level} are used for this.
-@xref{Quitting}.
-
-@item Alt
-Alt is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
-have.  To make a character Alt, type it while holding down the @key{ALT}
-key.  Such characters are given names that start with @kbd{Alt-}
-(usually written @kbd{A-} for short).  (Note that many terminals have a
-key labeled @key{ALT} which is really a @key{META} key.)  @xref{User
-Input, Alt}.
-
-@item Argument
-See `numeric argument.'
-
-@item @acronym{ASCII} character
-An @acronym{ASCII} character is either an @acronym{ASCII} control character or an @acronym{ASCII}
-printing character.  @xref{User Input}.
-
-@item @acronym{ASCII} control character
-An @acronym{ASCII} control character is the Control version of an upper-case
-letter, or the Control version of one of the characters @samp{@@[\]^_?}.
-
-@item @acronym{ASCII} printing character
-@acronym{ASCII} printing characters include letters, digits, space, and these
-punctuation characters: @samp{!@@#$%^& *()_-+=|\~` @{@}[]:;"' <>,.?/}.
-
-@item Auto Fill Mode
-Auto Fill mode is a minor mode in which text that you insert is
-automatically broken into lines of a given maximum width.
-@xref{Filling}.
-
-@item Auto Saving
-Auto saving is the practice of saving the contents of an Emacs buffer in
-a specially-named file, so that the information will not be lost if the
-buffer is lost due to a system error or user error.  @xref{Auto Save}.
-
-@item Autoloading
-Emacs automatically loads Lisp libraries when a Lisp program requests a
-function or a variable from those libraries.  This is called
-`autoloading'.  @xref{Lisp Libraries}.
-
-@item Backtrace
-A backtrace is a trace of a series of function calls showing how a
-program arrived to a certain point.  It is used mainly for finding and
-correcting bugs (q.v.@:).  Emacs can display a backtrace when it signals
-an error or when you type @kbd{C-g} (see `quitting').  @xref{Checklist}.
-
-@item Backup File
-A backup file records the contents that a file had before the current
-editing session.  Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you
-track down or cancel changes you later regret making.  @xref{Backup}.
-
-@item Balancing Parentheses
-Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either
-manually or automatically.  You do manual balancing with the commands
-to move over parenthetical groupings (@pxref{Moving by Parens}).
-Automatic balancing works by blinking or highlighting the delimiter
-that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching
-Parens}).
-
-@item Balanced Expressions
-A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
-as a symbol, number, string constant, block, or parenthesized expression
-in C.  @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
-
-@item Balloon Help
-See `tooltips.'
-
-@item Base Buffer
-A base buffer is a buffer whose text is shared by an indirect buffer
-(q.v.@:).
-
-@item Bind
-To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.@:).
-@xref{Rebinding}.
-
-@item Binding
-A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a
-command (q.v.@:), a Lisp function that is run when the user types that
-sequence.  @xref{Commands,Binding}.  Customization often involves
-rebinding a character to a different command function.  The bindings of
-all key sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.@:).  @xref{Keymaps}.
-
-@item Blank Lines
-Blank lines are lines that contain only whitespace.  Emacs has several
-commands for operating on the blank lines in the buffer.
-
-@item Bookmark
-Bookmarks are akin to registers (q.v.@:) in that they record positions
-in buffers to which you can return later.  Unlike registers, bookmarks
-persist between Emacs sessions.
-
-@item Border
-A border is a thin space along the edge of the frame, used just for
-spacing, not for displaying anything.  An Emacs frame has an ordinary
-external border, outside of everything including the menu bar, plus an
-internal border that surrounds the text windows and their scroll bars
-and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar.  You can customize
-both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders X}).  Borders
-are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:).
-
-@item Buffer
-The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text
-being edited.  You can have several buffers, but at any time you are
-editing only one, the `current buffer,' though several can be visible
-when you are using multiple windows (q.v.@:).  Most buffers are visiting
-(q.v.@:) some file.  @xref{Buffers}.
-
-@item Buffer Selection History
-Emacs keeps a buffer selection history which records how recently each
-Emacs buffer has been selected.  This is used for choosing a buffer to
-select.  @xref{Buffers}.
-
-@item Bug
-A bug is an incorrect or unreasonable behavior of a program, or
-inaccurate or confusing documentation.  Emacs developers treat bug
-reports, both in Emacs code and its documentation, very seriously and
-ask you to report any bugs you find.  @xref{Bugs}.
-
-@item Button Down Event
-A button down event is the kind of input event generated right away when
-you press down on a mouse button.  @xref{Mouse Buttons}.
-
-@item By Default
-See `default.'
-
-@item Byte Compilation
-See `compilation.'
-
-@item @kbd{C-}
-@kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control.
-@xref{User Input,C-}.
-
-@item @kbd{C-M-}
-@kbd{C-M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for
-Control-Meta.  @xref{User Input,C-M-}.
-
-@item Case Conversion
-Case conversion means changing text from upper case to lower case or
-vice versa.  @xref{Case}, for the commands for case conversion.
-
-@item Character
-Characters form the contents of an Emacs buffer; see @ref{Text
-Characters}.  Also, key sequences (q.v.@:) are usually made up of
-characters (though they may include other input events as well).
-@xref{User Input}.
-
-@item Character Set
-Emacs supports a number of character sets, each of which represents a
-particular alphabet or script.  @xref{International}.
-
-@item Character Terminal
-See `text-only terminal.'
-
-@item Click Event
-A click event is the kind of input event generated when you press a
-mouse button and release it without moving the mouse.  @xref{Mouse Buttons}.
-
-@item Clipboard
-A clipboard is a buffer provided by the window system for transferring
-text between applications.  On the X Window system, the clipboard is
-provided in addition to the primary selection (q.v.@:); on MS-Windows and Mac,
-the clipboard is used @emph{instead} of the primary selection.
-@xref{Clipboard}.
-
-@item Coding System
-A coding system is an encoding for representing text characters in a
-file or in a stream of information.  Emacs has the ability to convert
-text to or from a variety of coding systems when reading or writing it.
-@xref{Coding Systems}.
-
-@item Command
-A command is a Lisp function specially defined to be able to serve as a
-key binding in Emacs.  When you type a key sequence (q.v.@:), its
-binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to find
-the command to run.  @xref{Commands}.
-
-@item Command History
-See `minibuffer history.'
-
-@item Command Name
-A command name is the name of a Lisp symbol which is a command
-(@pxref{Commands}).  You can invoke any command by its name using
-@kbd{M-x} (@pxref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}).
-
-@item Comment
-A comment is text in a program which is intended only for humans reading
-the program, and which is marked specially so that it will be ignored
-when the program is loaded or compiled.  Emacs offers special commands
-for creating, aligning and killing comments.  @xref{Comments}.
-
-@item Common Lisp
-Common Lisp is a dialect of Lisp (q.v.@:) much larger and more powerful
-than Emacs Lisp.  Emacs provides a subset of Common Lisp in the CL
-package.  @xref{Top, Common Lisp, Overview, cl, Common Lisp Extensions}.
-
-@item Compilation
-Compilation is the process of creating an executable program from source
-code.  Emacs has commands for compiling files of Emacs Lisp code
-(@pxref{Byte Compilation,,, elisp, the Emacs Lisp
-Reference Manual}) and programs in C and other languages
-(@pxref{Compilation}).
-
-@item Complete Key
-A complete key is a key sequence which fully specifies one action to be
-performed by Emacs.  For example, @kbd{X} and @kbd{C-f} and @kbd{C-x m}
-are complete keys.  Complete keys derive their meanings from being bound
-(q.v.@:) to commands (q.v.@:).  Thus, @kbd{X} is conventionally bound to
-a command to insert @samp{X} in the buffer; @kbd{C-x m} is
-conventionally bound to a command to begin composing a mail message.
-@xref{Keys}.
-
-@item Completion
-Completion is what Emacs does when it automatically fills out an
-abbreviation for a name into the entire name.  Completion is done for
-minibuffer (q.v.@:) arguments when the set of possible valid inputs
-is known; for example, on command names, buffer names, and
-file names.  Completion occurs when @key{TAB}, @key{SPC} or @key{RET}
-is typed.  @xref{Completion}.@refill
-
-@item Continuation Line
-When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it
-takes up more than one screen line when displayed.  We say that the
-text line is continued, and all screen lines used for it after the
-first are called continuation lines.  @xref{Continuation Lines}.
-A related Emacs feature is `filling' (q.v.@:).
-
-@item Control Character
-A control character is a character that you type by holding down the
-@key{CTRL} key.  Some control characters also have their own keys, so
-that you can type them without using @key{CTRL}.  For example,
-@key{RET}, @key{TAB}, @key{ESC} and @key{DEL} are all control
-characters.  @xref{User Input}.
-
-@item Copyleft
-A copyleft is a notice giving the public legal permission to
-redistribute and modify a program or other work of art, but requiring
-modified versions to carry similar permission.  Copyright is normally
-used to keep users divided and helpless; with copyleft we turn that
-around to empower users and encourage them to cooperate.
-
-The particular form of copyleft used by the GNU project is called the
-GNU General Public License.  @xref{Copying}.
-
-@item @key{CTRL}
-The @key{CTRL} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
-in order to enter a control character (q.v.).
-
-@item Current Buffer
-The current buffer in Emacs is the Emacs buffer on which most editing
-commands operate.  You can select any Emacs buffer as the current one.
-@xref{Buffers}.
-
-@item Current Line
-The current line is the line that point is on (@pxref{Point}).
-
-@item Current Paragraph
-The current paragraph is the paragraph that point is in.  If point is
-between two paragraphs, the current paragraph is the one that follows
-point.  @xref{Paragraphs}.
-
-@item Current Defun
-The current defun is the defun (q.v.@:) that point is in.  If point is
-between defuns, the current defun is the one that follows point.
-@xref{Defuns}.
-
-@item Cursor
-The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the position
-called point (q.v.@:) at which insertion and deletion takes place.
-The cursor is on or under the character that follows point.  Often
-people speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean
-`point.'  @xref{Point,Cursor}.
-
-@item Customization
-Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works.  It is
-often done by setting variables (@pxref{Variables}) or faces
-(@pxref{Face Customization}), or by rebinding key sequences
-(@pxref{Keymaps}).
-
-@cindex cut and paste
-@item Cut and Paste
-See `killing' and `yanking.'
-
-@item Default Argument
-The default for an argument is the value that will be assumed if you
-do not specify one.  When the minibuffer is used to read an argument,
-the default argument is used if you just type @key{RET}.
-@xref{Minibuffer}.
-
-@item Default
-A default is the value that is used for a certain purpose if and when
-you do not specify a value to use.
-
-@item Default Directory
-When you specify a file name that does not start with @samp{/} or @samp{~},
-it is interpreted relative to the current buffer's default directory.
-(On MS-Windows and MS-DOS, file names which start with a drive letter
-@samp{@var{x}:} are treated as absolute, not relative.)
-@xref{Minibuffer File,Default Directory}.
-
-@item Defun
-A defun is a major definition at the top level in a program.  The name
-`defun' comes from Lisp, where most such definitions use the construct
-@code{defun}.  @xref{Defuns}.
-
-@item @key{DEL}
-@key{DEL} is a character that runs the command to delete one character
-of text before the cursor.  It is typically either the @key{DELETE}
-key or the @key{BACKSPACE} key, whichever one is easy to type.
-@xref{Erasing,DEL}.
-
-@item Deletion
-Deletion means erasing text without copying it into the kill ring
-(q.v.@:).  The alternative is killing (q.v.@:).  @xref{Killing,Deletion}.
-
-@item Deletion of Files
-Deleting a file means erasing it from the file system.
-@xref{Misc File Ops,Misc File Ops,Miscellaneous File Operations}.
-
-@item Deletion of Messages
-Deleting a message means flagging it to be eliminated from your mail
-file.  Until you expunge (q.v.@:) the Rmail file, you can still undelete
-the messages you have deleted.  @xref{Rmail Deletion}.
-
-@item Deletion of Windows
-Deleting a window means eliminating it from the screen.  Other windows
-expand to use up the space.  The deleted window can never come back,
-but no actual text is thereby lost.  @xref{Windows}.
-
-@item Directory
-File directories are named collections in the file system, within which
-you can place individual files or subdirectories.  @xref{Directories}.
-
-@item Dired
-Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a file
-directory and allows you to ``edit the directory,'' performing
-operations on the files in the directory.  @xref{Dired}.
-
-@item Disabled Command
-A disabled command is one that you may not run without special
-confirmation.  The usual reason for disabling a command is that it is
-confusing for beginning users.  @xref{Disabling}.
-
-@item Down Event
-Short for `button down event' (q.v.@:).
-
-@item Drag Event
-A drag event is the kind of input event generated when you press a mouse
-button, move the mouse, and then release the button.  @xref{Mouse
-Buttons}.
-
-@item Dribble File
-A dribble file is a file into which Emacs writes all the characters that
-you type on the keyboard.  Dribble files are used to make a record
-for debugging Emacs bugs.  Emacs does not make a dribble file unless you
-tell it to.  @xref{Bugs}.
-
-@item Echo Area
-The echo area is the bottom line of the screen, used for echoing the
-arguments to commands, for asking questions, and showing brief messages
-(including error messages).  The messages are stored in the buffer
-@samp{*Messages*} so you can review them later.  @xref{Echo Area}.
-
-@item Echoing
-Echoing is acknowledging the receipt of input events by displaying
-them (in the echo area).  Emacs never echoes single-character key
-sequences; longer key sequences echo only if you pause while typing
-them.
-
-@item Electric
-We say that a character is electric if it is normally self-inserting
-(q.v.@:), but the current major mode (q.v.@:) redefines it to do something
-else as well.  For example, some programming language major modes define
-particular delimiter characters to reindent the line or insert one or
-more newlines in addition to self-insertion.
-
-@item End Of Line
-End of line is a character or a sequence of characters that indicate
-the end of a text line.  On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline
-(q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions.  @xref{Coding
-Systems,end-of-line}.  Emacs can recognize several end-of-line
-conventions in files and convert between them.
-
-@item Environment Variable
-An environment variable is one of a collection of variables stored by
-the operating system, each one having a name and a value.  Emacs can
-access environment variables set by its parent shell, and it can set
-variables in the environment it passes to programs it invokes.
-@xref{Environment}.
-
-@item EOL
-See `end of line.'
-
-@item Error
-An error occurs when an Emacs command cannot execute in the current
-circumstances.  When an error occurs, execution of the command stops
-(unless the command has been programmed to do otherwise) and Emacs
-reports the error by displaying an error message (q.v.@:).  Type-ahead
-is discarded.  Then Emacs is ready to read another editing command.
-
-@item Error Message
-An error message is a single line of output displayed by Emacs when the
-user asks for something impossible to do (such as, killing text
-forward when point is at the end of the buffer).  They appear in the
-echo area, accompanied by a beep.
-
-@item @key{ESC}
-@key{ESC} is a character used as a prefix for typing Meta characters on
-keyboards lacking a @key{META} key.  Unlike the @key{META} key (which,
-like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another character is
-typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and
-it applies to the next character you type.
-
-@item Expression
-See `balanced expression.'
-
-@item Expunging
-Expunging an Rmail file or Dired buffer or a Gnus newsgroup buffer is an
-operation that truly discards the messages or files you have previously
-flagged for deletion.
-
-@item Face
-A face is a style of displaying characters.  It specifies attributes
-such as font family and size, foreground and background colors,
-underline and strike-through, background stipple, etc.  Emacs provides
-features to associate specific faces with portions of buffer text, in
-order to display that text as specified by the face attributes.
-@xref{Faces}.
-
-@item File Locking
-Emacs uses file locking to notice when two different users
-start to edit one file at the same time.  @xref{Interlocking}.
-
-@item File Name
-A file name is a name that refers to a file.  File names may be relative
-or absolute; the meaning of a relative file name depends on the current
-directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless
-of which directory is current.  On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute
-file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or
-@samp{~@var{user}/} (a home directory).  On MS-Windows/MS-DOS, an
-absolute file name can also start with a drive letter and a colon
-@samp{@var{d}:}.
-
-Some people use the term ``pathname'' for file names, but we do not;
-we use the word ``path'' only in the term ``search path'' (q.v.@:).
-
-@item File-Name Component
-A file-name component names a file directly within a particular
-directory.  On GNU and Unix systems, a file name is a sequence of
-file-name components, separated by slashes.  For example, @file{foo/bar}
-is a file name containing two components, @samp{foo} and @samp{bar}; it
-refers to the file named @samp{bar} in the directory named @samp{foo} in
-the current directory.  MS-DOS/MS-Windows file names can also use
-backslashes to separate components, as in @file{foo\bar}.
-
-@item Fill Prefix
-The fill prefix is a string that should be expected at the beginning
-of each line when filling is done.  It is not regarded as part of the
-text to be filled.  @xref{Filling}.
-
-@item Filling
-Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all
-the lines are approximately the same length.  @xref{Filling}.  Some
-other editors call this feature `line wrapping.'
-
-@item Font Lock
-Font Lock is a mode that highlights parts of buffer text according to
-its syntax.  @xref{Font Lock}.
-
-@item Fontset
-A fontset is a named collection of fonts.  A fontset specification lists
-character sets and which font to use to display each of them.  Fontsets
-make it easy to change several fonts at once by specifying the name of a
-fontset, rather than changing each font separately.  @xref{Fontsets}.
-
-@item Formatted Text
-Formatted text is text that displays with formatting information while
-you edit.  Formatting information includes fonts, colors, and specified
-margins.  @xref{Formatted Text}.
-
-@item Formfeed Character
-See `page.'
-
-@item Frame
-A frame is a rectangular cluster of Emacs windows.  Emacs starts out
-with one frame, but you can create more.  You can subdivide each frame
-into Emacs windows (q.v.@:).  When you are using a window system
-(q.v.@:), all the frames can be visible at the same time.
-@xref{Frames}.  Some other editors use the term ``window'' for this,
-but in Emacs a window means something else.
-
-@item Fringe
-On a graphical display (q.v.@:), there's a narrow portion of the
-frame (q.v.@:) between the text area and the window's border.  Emacs
-displays the fringe using a special face (q.v.@:) called
-@code{fringe}.  @xref{Faces,fringe}.
-
-@item FTP
-FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol.  Emacs uses an FTP client
-program to provide access to remote files (q.v.@:).
-
-@item Function Key
-A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not
-correspond to any character.  @xref{Function Keys}.
-
-@item Global
-Global means ``independent of the current environment; in effect
-throughout Emacs.''  It is the opposite of local (q.v.@:).  Particular
-examples of the use of `global' appear below.
-
-@item Global Abbrev
-A global definition of an abbrev (q.v.@:) is effective in all major
-modes that do not have local (q.v.@:) definitions for the same abbrev.
-@xref{Abbrevs}.
-
-@item Global Keymap
-The global keymap (q.v.@:) contains key bindings that are in effect
-except when overridden by local key bindings in a major mode's local
-keymap (q.v.@:).  @xref{Keymaps}.
-
-@item Global Mark Ring
-The global mark ring records the series of buffers you have recently
-set a mark (q.v.@:) in.  In many cases you can use this to backtrack
-through buffers you have been editing in, or in which you have found
-tags (see `tags table').  @xref{Global Mark Ring}.
-
-@item Global Substitution
-Global substitution means replacing each occurrence of one string by
-another string throughout a large amount of text.  @xref{Replace}.
-
-@item Global Variable
-The global value of a variable (q.v.@:) takes effect in all buffers
-that do not have their own local (q.v.@:) values for the variable.
-@xref{Variables}.
-
-@item Graphic Character
-Graphic characters are those assigned pictorial images rather than
-just names.  All the non-Meta (q.v.@:) characters except for the
-Control (q.v.@:) characters are graphic characters.  These include
-letters, digits, punctuation, and spaces; they do not include
-@key{RET} or @key{ESC}.  In Emacs, typing a graphic character inserts
-that character (in ordinary editing modes).  @xref{Inserting Text}.
-
-@item Graphical Display
-A graphical display is one that can display images and multiple fonts.
-Usually it also has a window system (q.v.@:).
-
-@item Highlighting
-Highlighting text means displaying it with a different foreground and/or
-background color to make it stand out from the rest of the text in the
-buffer.
-
-Emacs uses highlighting in several ways.  When you mark a region with
-the mouse, the region is always highlighted.  Optionally Emacs can
-also highlight the region whenever it is active (@pxref{Transient
-Mark}).  Incremental search also highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental
-Search}).  See also `font lock'.
-
-@item Hardcopy
-Hardcopy means printed output.  Emacs has commands for making printed
-listings of text in Emacs buffers.  @xref{Printing}.
-
-@item @key{HELP}
-@key{HELP} is the Emacs name for @kbd{C-h} or @key{F1}.  You can type
-@key{HELP} at any time to ask what options you have, or to ask what any
-command does.  @xref{Help}.
-
-@item Help Echo
-Help echo is a short message displayed in the echo area when the mouse
-pointer is located on portions of display that require some
-explanations.  Emacs displays help echo for menu items, parts of the
-mode line, tool-bar buttons, etc.  On graphics displays, the messages
-can be displayed as tooltips (q.v.@:).  @xref{Tooltips}.
-
-@item Hook
-A hook is a list of functions to be called on specific occasions, such
-as saving a buffer in a file, major mode activation, etc.  By
-customizing the various hooks, you can modify Emacs's behavior without
-changing any of its code.  @xref{Hooks}.
-
-@item Hyper
-Hyper is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
-have.  To make a character Hyper, type it while holding down the
-@key{HYPER} key.  Such characters are given names that start with
-@kbd{Hyper-} (usually written @kbd{H-} for short).  @xref{User Input,
-Hyper}.
-
-@item Iff
-``Iff'' means ``if and only if.''  This terminology comes from
-mathematics.  Try to avoid using this term in documentation, since
-many are unfamiliar with it and mistake it for a typo.
-
-@item Inbox
-An inbox is a file in which mail is delivered by the operating system.
-Rmail transfers mail from inboxes to Rmail files (q.v.@:) in which the
-mail is then stored permanently or until explicitly deleted.
-@xref{Rmail Inbox}.
-
-@item Incremental Search
-Emacs provides an incremental search facility, whereby Emacs searches
-for the string as you type it.  @xref{Incremental Search}.
-
-@item Indentation
-Indentation means blank space at the beginning of a line.  Most
-programming languages have conventions for using indentation to
-illuminate the structure of the program, and Emacs has special
-commands to adjust indentation.
-@xref{Indentation}.
-
-@item Indirect Buffer
-An indirect buffer is a buffer that shares the text of another buffer,
-called its base buffer (q.v.@:).  @xref{Indirect Buffers}.
-
-@item Info
-Info is the hypertext format used by the GNU project for writing
-documentation.
-
-@item Input Event
-An input event represents, within Emacs, one action taken by the user on
-the terminal.  Input events include typing characters, typing function
-keys, pressing or releasing mouse buttons, and switching between Emacs
-frames.  @xref{User Input}.
-
-@item Input Method
-An input method is a system for entering non-@acronym{ASCII} text characters by
-typing sequences of @acronym{ASCII} characters (q.v.@:).  @xref{Input Methods}.
-
-@item Insertion
-Insertion means copying text into the buffer, either from the keyboard
-or from some other place in Emacs.
-
-@item Interlocking
-Interlocking is a feature for warning when you start to alter a file
-that someone else is already editing.
-@xref{Interlocking,Interlocking,Simultaneous Editing}.
-
-@item Isearch
-See `incremental search.'
-
-@item Justification
-Justification means adding extra spaces within lines of text to make
-them extend exactly to a specified width.
-@xref{Format Justification}.
-
-@item Keybinding
-See `binding.'
-
-@item Keyboard Macro
-Keyboard macros are a way of defining new Emacs commands from
-sequences of existing ones, with no need to write a Lisp program.
-@xref{Keyboard Macros}.
-
-@cindex keyboard shortcuts
-@item Keyboard Shortcut
-A keyboard shortcut is a key sequence (q.v.@:) which invokes a
-command.  What some programs call ``assigning a keyboard shortcut,''
-Emacs calls ``binding a key sequence.''  See `binding.'
-
-@item Key Sequence
-A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:)
-that are meaningful as a single unit.  If the key sequence is enough to
-specify one action, it is a complete key (q.v.@:); if it is not enough,
-it is a prefix key (q.v.@:).  @xref{Keys}.
-
-@item Keymap
-The keymap is the data structure that records the bindings (q.v.@:) of
-key sequences to the commands that they run.  For example, the global
-keymap binds the character @kbd{C-n} to the command function
-@code{next-line}.  @xref{Keymaps}.
-
-@item Keyboard Translation Table
-The keyboard translation table is an array that translates the character
-codes that come from the terminal into the character codes that make up
-key sequences.
-
-@item Kill Ring
-The kill ring is where all text you have killed recently is saved.
-You can reinsert any of the killed text still in the ring; this is
-called yanking (q.v.@:).  @xref{Yanking}.
-
-@item Killing
-Killing means erasing text and saving it on the kill ring so it can be
-yanked (q.v.@:) later.  Some other systems call this ``cutting.''
-Most Emacs commands that erase text perform killing, as opposed to
-deletion (q.v.@:).  @xref{Killing}.
-
-@item Killing a Job
-Killing a job (such as, an invocation of Emacs) means making it cease
-to exist.  Any data within it, if not saved in a file, is lost.
-@xref{Exiting}.
-
-@item Language Environment
-Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input
-method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:).  @xref{Language
-Environments}.  These defaults are relevant if you edit non-@acronym{ASCII} text
-(@pxref{International}).
-
-@item Line Wrapping
-See `filling.'
-
-@item Lisp
-Lisp is a programming language.  Most of Emacs is written in a dialect
-of Lisp, called Emacs Lisp, that is extended with special features which
-make it especially suitable for text editing tasks.
-
-@item List
-A list is, approximately, a text string beginning with an open
-parenthesis and ending with the matching close parenthesis.  In C mode
-and other non-Lisp modes, groupings surrounded by other kinds of matched
-delimiters appropriate to the language, such as braces, are also
-considered lists.  Emacs has special commands for many operations on
-lists.  @xref{Moving by Parens}.
-
-@item Local
-Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; the relevant
-kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular
-buffer, or a particular major mode.  It is the opposite of `global'
-(q.v.@:).  Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below.
-
-@item Local Abbrev
-A local abbrev definition is effective only if a particular major mode
-is selected.  In that major mode, it overrides any global definition
-for the same abbrev.  @xref{Abbrevs}.
-
-@item Local Keymap
-A local keymap is used in a particular major mode; the key bindings
-(q.v.@:) in the current local keymap override global bindings of the
-same key sequences.  @xref{Keymaps}.
-
-@item Local Variable
-A local value of a variable (q.v.@:) applies to only one buffer.
-@xref{Locals}.
-
-@item @kbd{M-}
-@kbd{M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for @key{META},
-one of the modifier keys that can accompany any character.
-@xref{User Input,M-}.
-
-@item @kbd{M-C-}
-@kbd{M-C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for
-Control-Meta; it means the same thing as @kbd{C-M-}.  If your
-terminal lacks a real @key{META} key, you type a Control-Meta character by
-typing @key{ESC} and then typing the corresponding Control character.
-@xref{User Input,C-M-}.
-
-@item @kbd{M-x}
-@kbd{M-x} is the key sequence which is used to call an Emacs command by
-name.  This is how you run commands that are not bound to key sequences.
-@xref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}.
-
-@item Mail
-Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer
-system, to be read at the recipient's convenience.  Emacs has commands for
-composing and sending mail, and for reading and editing the mail you have
-received.  @xref{Sending Mail}.  @xref{Rmail}, for how to read mail.
-
-@item Mail Composition Method
-A mail composition method is a program runnable within Emacs for editing
-and sending a mail message.  Emacs lets you select from several
-alternative mail composition methods.  @xref{Mail Methods}.
-
-@item Major Mode
-The Emacs major modes are a mutually exclusive set of options, each of
-which configures Emacs for editing a certain sort of text.  Ideally,
-each programming language has its own major mode.  @xref{Major Modes}.
-
-@item Margin
-The space between the usable part of a window (including the
-fringe) and the window edge.
-
-@item Mark
-The mark points to a position in the text.  It specifies one end of the
-region (q.v.@:), point being the other end.  Many commands operate on
-all the text from point to the mark.  Each buffer has its own mark.
-@xref{Mark}.
-
-@item Mark Ring
-The mark ring is used to hold several recent previous locations of the
-mark, just in case you want to move back to them.  Each buffer has its
-own mark ring; in addition, there is a single global mark ring (q.v.@:).
-@xref{Mark Ring}.
-
-@item Menu Bar
-The menu bar is the line at the top of an Emacs frame.  It contains
-words you can click on with the mouse to bring up menus, or you can use
-a keyboard interface to navigate it.  @xref{Menu Bars}.
-
-@item Message
-See `mail.'
-
-@item Meta
-Meta is the name of a modifier bit which you can use in a command
-character.  To enter a meta character, you hold down the @key{META}
-key while typing the character.  We refer to such characters with
-names that start with @kbd{Meta-} (usually written @kbd{M-} for
-short).  For example, @kbd{M-<} is typed by holding down @key{META}
-and at the same time typing @kbd{<} (which itself is done, on most
-terminals, by holding down @key{SHIFT} and typing @kbd{,}).
-@xref{User Input,Meta}.
-
-On some terminals, the @key{META} key is actually labeled @key{ALT}
-or @key{EDIT}.
-
-@item Meta Character
-A Meta character is one whose character code includes the Meta bit.
-
-@item Minibuffer
-The minibuffer is the window that appears when necessary inside the
-echo area (q.v.@:), used for reading arguments to commands.
-@xref{Minibuffer}.
-
-@item Minibuffer History
-The minibuffer history records the text you have specified in the past
-for minibuffer arguments, so you can conveniently use the same text
-again.  @xref{Minibuffer History}.
-
-@item Minor Mode
-A minor mode is an optional feature of Emacs which can be switched on
-or off independently of all other features.  Each minor mode has a
-command to turn it on or off.  @xref{Minor Modes}.
-
-@item Minor Mode Keymap
-A minor mode keymap is a keymap that belongs to a minor mode and is
-active when that mode is enabled.  Minor mode keymaps take precedence
-over the buffer's local keymap, just as the local keymap takes
-precedence over the global keymap.  @xref{Keymaps}.
-
-@item Mode Line
-The mode line is the line at the bottom of each window (q.v.@:), giving
-status information on the buffer displayed in that window.  @xref{Mode
-Line}.
-
-@item Modified Buffer
-A buffer (q.v.@:) is modified if its text has been changed since the
-last time the buffer was saved (or since when it was created, if it
-has never been saved).  @xref{Saving}.
-
-@item Moving Text
-Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in
-another.  The usual way to move text is by killing (q.v.@:) it and then
-yanking (q.v.@:) it.  @xref{Killing}.
-
-@item MULE
-MULE refers to the Emacs features for editing multilingual non-@acronym{ASCII} text
-using multibyte characters (q.v.@:).  @xref{International}.
-
-@item Multibyte Character
-A multibyte character is a character that takes up several bytes in a
-buffer.  Emacs uses multibyte characters to represent non-@acronym{ASCII} text,
-since the number of non-@acronym{ASCII} characters is much more than 256.
-@xref{International Chars, International Characters}.
-
-@item Named Mark
-A named mark is a register (q.v.@:) in its role of recording a
-location in text so that you can move point to that location.
-@xref{Registers}.
-
-@item Narrowing
-Narrowing means creating a restriction (q.v.@:) that limits editing in
-the current buffer to only a part of the text in the buffer.  Text
-outside that part is inaccessible for editing until the boundaries are
-widened again, but it is still there, and saving the file saves it
-all.  @xref{Narrowing}.
-
-@item Newline
-Control-J characters in the buffer terminate lines of text and are
-therefore also called newlines.  @xref{Text Characters,Newline}.
-
-@cindex nil
-@cindex t
-@item @code{nil}
-@code{nil} is a value usually interpreted as a logical ``false.''  Its
-opposite is @code{t}, interpreted as ``true.''
-
-@item Numeric Argument
-A numeric argument is a number, specified before a command, to change
-the effect of the command.  Often the numeric argument serves as a
-repeat count.  @xref{Arguments}.
-
-@item Overwrite Mode
-Overwrite mode is a minor mode.  When it is enabled, ordinary text
-characters replace the existing text after point rather than pushing
-it to the right.  @xref{Minor Modes}.
-
-@item Page
-A page is a unit of text, delimited by formfeed characters (@acronym{ASCII}
-control-L, code 014) coming at the beginning of a line.  Some Emacs
-commands are provided for moving over and operating on pages.
-@xref{Pages}.
-
-@item Paragraph
-Paragraphs are the medium-size unit of human-language text.  There are
-special Emacs commands for moving over and operating on paragraphs.
-@xref{Paragraphs}.
-
-@item Parsing
-We say that certain Emacs commands parse words or expressions in the
-text being edited.  Really, all they know how to do is find the other
-end of a word or expression.  @xref{Syntax}.
-
-@item Point
-Point is the place in the buffer at which insertion and deletion
-occur.  Point is considered to be between two characters, not at one
-character.  The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:) indicates the location of
-point.  @xref{Point}.
-
-@item Prefix Argument
-See `numeric argument.'
-
-@item Prefix Key
-A prefix key is a key sequence (q.v.@:) whose sole function is to
-introduce a set of longer key sequences.  @kbd{C-x} is an example of
-prefix key; any two-character sequence starting with @kbd{C-x} is
-therefore a legitimate key sequence.  @xref{Keys}.
-
-@item Primary Rmail File
-Your primary Rmail file is the file named @samp{RMAIL} in your home
-directory.  That's where Rmail stores your incoming mail, unless you
-specify a different file name.  @xref{Rmail}.
-
-@item Primary Selection
-The primary selection is one particular X selection (q.v.@:); it is the
-selection that most X applications use for transferring text to and from
-other applications.
-
-The Emacs kill commands set the primary selection and the yank command
-uses the primary selection when appropriate.  @xref{Killing}.
-
-@item Prompt
-A prompt is text used to ask the user for input.  Displaying a prompt
-is called prompting.  Emacs prompts always appear in the echo area
-(q.v.@:).  One kind of prompting happens when the minibuffer is used to
-read an argument (@pxref{Minibuffer}); the echoing which happens when
-you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also
-a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}).
-
-@item Query-Replace
-Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by
-Emacs.  @xref{Query Replace}.
-
-@item Quitting
-Quitting means canceling a partially typed command or a running
-command, using @kbd{C-g} (or @kbd{C-@key{BREAK}} on MS-DOS).  @xref{Quitting}.
-
-@item Quoting
-Quoting means depriving a character of its usual special significance.
-The most common kind of quoting in Emacs is with @kbd{C-q}.  What
-constitutes special significance depends on the context and on
-convention.  For example, an ``ordinary'' character as an Emacs command
-inserts itself; so in this context, a special character is any character
-that does not normally insert itself (such as @key{DEL}, for example),
-and quoting it makes it insert itself as if it were not special.  Not
-all contexts allow quoting.  @xref{Inserting Text,Quoting}.
-
-@item Quoting File Names
-Quoting a file name turns off the special significance of constructs
-such as @samp{$}, @samp{~} and @samp{:}.  @xref{Quoted File Names}.
-
-@item Read-Only Buffer
-A read-only buffer is one whose text you are not allowed to change.
-Normally Emacs makes buffers read-only when they contain text which
-has a special significance to Emacs; for example, Dired buffers.
-Visiting a file that is write-protected also makes a read-only buffer.
-@xref{Buffers}.
-
-@item Rectangle
-A rectangle consists of the text in a given range of columns on a given
-range of lines.  Normally you specify a rectangle by putting point at
-one corner and putting the mark at the diagonally opposite corner.
-@xref{Rectangles}.
-
-@item Recursive Editing Level
-A recursive editing level is a state in which part of the execution of
-a command involves asking you to edit some text.  This text may
-or may not be the same as the text to which the command was applied.
-The mode line indicates recursive editing levels with square brackets
-(@samp{[} and @samp{]}).  @xref{Recursive Edit}.
-
-@item Redisplay
-Redisplay is the process of correcting the image on the screen to
-correspond to changes that have been made in the text being edited.
-@xref{Screen,Redisplay}.
-
-@item Regexp
-See `regular expression.'
-
-@item Region
-The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.@:).
-Many commands operate on the text of the region.  @xref{Mark,Region}.
-
-@item Register
-Registers are named slots in which text or buffer positions or
-rectangles can be saved for later use.  @xref{Registers}.  A related
-Emacs feature is `bookmarks' (q.v.@:).
-
-@item Regular Expression
-A regular expression is a pattern that can match various text strings;
-for example, @samp{a[0-9]+} matches @samp{a} followed by one or more
-digits.  @xref{Regexps}.
-
-@item Remote File
-A remote file is a file that is stored on a system other than your own.
-Emacs can access files on other computers provided that they are
-connected to the same network as your machine, and (obviously) that
-you have a supported method to gain access to those files.
-@xref{Remote Files}.
-
-@item Repeat Count
-See `numeric argument.'
-
-@item Replacement
-See `global substitution.'
-
-@item Restriction
-A buffer's restriction is the amount of text, at the beginning or the
-end of the buffer, that is temporarily inaccessible.  Giving a buffer a
-nonzero amount of restriction is called narrowing (q.v.@:); removing
-a restriction is called widening (q.v.@:).  @xref{Narrowing}.
-
-@item @key{RET}
-@key{RET} is a character that in Emacs runs the command to insert a
-newline into the text.  It is also used to terminate most arguments
-read in the minibuffer (q.v.@:).  @xref{User Input,Return}.
-
-@item Reverting
-Reverting means returning to the original state.  Emacs lets you
-revert a buffer by re-reading its file from disk.  @xref{Reverting}.
-
-@item Rmail File
-An Rmail file is a file containing text in a special format used by
-Rmail for storing mail.  @xref{Rmail}.
-
-@item Saving
-Saving a buffer means copying its text into the file that was visited
-(q.v.@:) in that buffer.  This is the way text in files actually gets
-changed by your Emacs editing.  @xref{Saving}.
-
-@item Scroll Bar
-A scroll bar is a tall thin hollow box that appears at the side of a
-window.  You can use mouse commands in the scroll bar to scroll the
-window.  The scroll bar feature is supported only under windowing
-systems.  @xref{Scroll Bars}.
-
-@item Scrolling
-Scrolling means shifting the text in the Emacs window so as to see a
-different part of the buffer.  @xref{Scrolling}.
-
-@item Searching
-Searching means moving point to the next occurrence of a specified
-string or the next match for a specified regular expression.
-@xref{Search}.
-
-@item Search Path
-A search path is a list of directory names, to be used for searching for
-files for certain purposes.  For example, the variable @code{load-path}
-holds a search path for finding Lisp library files.  @xref{Lisp Libraries}.
-
-@item Secondary Selection
-The secondary selection is one particular X selection; some X
-applications can use it for transferring text to and from other
-applications.  Emacs has special mouse commands for transferring text
-using the secondary selection.  @xref{Secondary Selection}.
-
-@item Selected Frame
-The selected frame is the one your input currently operates on.
-@xref{Frames}.
-
-@item Selected Window
-The selected frame is the one your input currently operates on.
-@xref{Basic Window}.
-
-@item Selecting a Buffer
-Selecting a buffer means making it the current (q.v.@:) buffer.
-@xref{Select Buffer}.
-
-@item Selection
-Windowing systems allow an application program to specify
-selections whose values are text.  A program can also read the
-selections that other programs have set up.  This is the principal way
-of transferring text between window applications.  Emacs has commands to
-work with the primary (q.v.@:) selection and the secondary (q.v.@:)
-selection, and also with the clipboard (q.v.@:).
-
-@item Self-Documentation
-Self-documentation is the feature of Emacs which can tell you what any
-command does, or give you a list of all commands related to a topic
-you specify.  You ask for self-documentation with the help character,
-@kbd{C-h}.  @xref{Help}.
-
-@item Self-Inserting Character
-A character is self-inserting if typing that character inserts that
-character in the buffer.  Ordinary printing and whitespace characters
-are self-inserting in Emacs, except in certain special major modes.
-
-@item Sentences
-Emacs has commands for moving by or killing by sentences.
-@xref{Sentences}.
-
-@item Sexp
-A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of
-Lisp in its textual form: either a list, or Lisp atom.  Sexps are also
-the balanced expressions (q.v.@:) of the Lisp language; this is why
-the commands for editing balanced expressions have `sexp' in their
-name.  @xref{Expressions,Sexps}.
-
-@item Simultaneous Editing
-Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once.
-Simultaneous editing, if not detected, can cause one user to lose his
-or her work.  Emacs detects all cases of simultaneous editing, and
-warns one of the users to investigate.
-@xref{Interlocking,Interlocking,Simultaneous Editing}.
-
-@item @key{SPC}
-@key{SPC} is the space character, which you enter by pressing the
-space bar.
-
-@item Speedbar
-The speedbar is a special tall frame that provides fast access to Emacs
-buffers, functions within those buffers, Info nodes, and other
-interesting parts of text within Emacs.  @xref{Speedbar}.
-
-@item Spell Checking
-Spell checking means checking correctness of the written form of each
-one of the words in a text.  Emacs uses the Ispell spelling-checker
-program to check the spelling of parts of a buffer via a convenient user
-interface.  @xref{Spelling}.
-
-@item String
-A string is a kind of Lisp data object which contains a sequence of
-characters.  Many Emacs variables are intended to have strings as
-values.  The Lisp syntax for a string consists of the characters in the
-string with a @samp{"} before and another @samp{"} after.  A @samp{"}
-that is part of the string must be written as @samp{\"} and a @samp{\}
-that is part of the string must be written as @samp{\\}.  All other
-characters, including newline, can be included just by writing them
-inside the string; however, backslash sequences as in C, such as
-@samp{\n} for newline or @samp{\241} using an octal character code, are
-allowed as well.
-
-@item String Substitution
-See `global substitution'.
-
-@item Syntax Highlighting
-See `font lock.'
-
-@item Syntax Table
-The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word,
-which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc.
-@xref{Syntax}.
-
-@item Super
-Super is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
-have.  To make a character Super, type it while holding down the
-@key{SUPER} key.  Such characters are given names that start with
-@kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short).  @xref{User Input,
-Super}.
-
-@item Suspending
-Suspending Emacs means stopping it temporarily and returning control
-to its parent process, which is usually a shell.  Unlike killing a job
-(q.v.@:), you can later resume the suspended Emacs job without losing
-your buffers, unsaved edits, undo history, etc.  @xref{Exiting}.
-
-@item @key{TAB}
-@key{TAB} is the tab character.  In Emacs it is typically used for
-indentation or completion.
-
-@item Tags Table
-A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function
-definitions in one or more other files.  @xref{Tags}.
-
-@item Termscript File
-A termscript file contains a record of all characters sent by Emacs to
-the terminal.  It is used for tracking down bugs in Emacs redisplay.
-Emacs does not make a termscript file unless you tell it to.
-@xref{Bugs}.
-
-@item Text
-`Text' has two meanings (@pxref{Text}):
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-Data consisting of a sequence of characters, as opposed to binary
-numbers, executable programs, and the like.  The basic contents of an
-Emacs buffer (aside from the text properties, q.v.@:) are always text
-in this sense.
-@item
-Data consisting of written human language, as opposed to programs,
-or following the stylistic conventions of human language.
-@end itemize
-
-@item Text-only Terminal
-A text-only terminal is a display that is limited to displaying text in
-character units.  Such a terminal cannot control individual pixels it
-displays.  Emacs supports a subset of display features on text-only
-terminals.
-
-@item Text Properties
-Text properties are annotations recorded for particular characters in
-the buffer.  Images in the buffer are recorded as text properties;
-they also specify formatting information.  @xref{Editing Format Info}.
-
-@item Tool Bar
-The tool bar is a line (sometimes multiple lines) of icons at the top
-of an Emacs frame.  Clicking on one of these icons executes a command.
-You can think of this as a graphical relative of the menu bar (q.v.@:).
-@xref{Tool Bars}.
-
-@item Tooltips
-Tooltips are small windows displaying a help echo (q.v.@:) text that
-explains parts of the display, lists useful options available via mouse
-clicks, etc.  @xref{Tooltips}.
-
-@item Top Level
-Top level is the normal state of Emacs, in which you are editing the
-text of the file you have visited.  You are at top level whenever you
-are not in a recursive editing level (q.v.@:) or the minibuffer
-(q.v.@:), and not in the middle of a command.  You can get back to top
-level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.@:).  @xref{Quitting}.
-
-@item Transposition
-Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place
-formerly occupied by the other.  There are Emacs commands to transpose
-two adjacent characters, words, balanced expressions (q.v.@:) or lines
-(@pxref{Transpose}).
-
-@item Truncation
-Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a
-line that does not fit within the right margin of the window
-displaying it.  See also `continuation line.'
-@xref{Continuation Lines,Truncation}.
-
-@item TTY
-See `text-only terminal.'
-
-@item Undoing
-Undoing means making your previous editing go in reverse, bringing
-back the text that existed earlier in the editing session.
-@xref{Undo}.
-
-@item User Option
-A user option is a face (q.v.@:) or a variable (q.v.@:) that exists so
-that you can customize Emacs by setting it to a new value.
-@xref{Easy Customization}.
-
-@item Variable
-A variable is an object in Lisp that can store an arbitrary value.
-Emacs uses some variables for internal purposes, and has others (known
-as `user options' (q.v.@:)) just so that you can set their values to
-control the behavior of Emacs.  The variables used in Emacs that you
-are likely to be interested in are listed in the Variables Index in
-this manual (@pxref{Variable Index}).  @xref{Variables}, for
-information on variables.
-
-@item Version Control
-Version control systems keep track of multiple versions of a source file.
-They provide a more powerful alternative to keeping backup files (q.v.@:).
-@xref{Version Control}.
-
-@item Visiting
-Visiting a file means loading its contents into a buffer (q.v.@:)
-where they can be edited.  @xref{Visiting}.
-
-@item Whitespace
-Whitespace is any run of consecutive formatting characters (space,
-tab, newline, and backspace).
-
-@item Widening
-Widening is removing any restriction (q.v.@:) on the current buffer;
-it is the opposite of narrowing (q.v.@:).  @xref{Narrowing}.
-
-@item Window
-Emacs divides a frame (q.v.@:) into one or more windows, each of which
-can display the contents of one buffer (q.v.@:) at any time.
-@xref{Screen}, for basic information on how Emacs uses the screen.
-@xref{Windows}, for commands to control the use of windows.  Some
-other editors use the term ``window'' for what we call a `frame'
-(q.v.@:) in Emacs.
-
-@item Window System
-A window system is software that operates on a graphical display
-(q.v.@:), to subdivide the screen so that multiple applications can
-have their] own windows at the same time.  All modern operating systems
-include a window system.
-
-@item Word Abbrev
-See `abbrev.'
-
-@item Word Search
-Word search is searching for a sequence of words, considering the
-punctuation between them as insignificant.  @xref{Word Search}.
-
-@item WYSIWYG
-WYSIWYG stands for ``What you see is what you get.''  Emacs generally
-provides WYSIWYG editing for files of characters; in Enriched mode
-(@pxref{Formatted Text}), it provides WYSIWYG editing for files that
-include text formatting information.
-
-@item Yanking
-Yanking means reinserting text previously killed.  It can be used to
-undo a mistaken kill, or for copying or moving text.  Some other
-systems call this ``pasting.''  @xref{Yanking}.
-@end table
-
-@ignore
-   arch-tag: 0dd53ce1-5f09-4ac2-b13b-cf22b0f28d23
-@end ignore