changeset 60428:2e103c7354f7

(Glossary): Rename "Balance Parentheses" to "Balancing...". Add "Byte Compilation". Correct "Copyleft". New xref in "Customization". Clarify "Current Line", "Echoing", "Fringe", "Frame", "Speedbar". Add "Graphical Terminal" "Keybinding", "Margin", "Window System". Rename "Registers" to "Register". Replace "Selecting" with "Selected Frame", "Selected Window", and "Selecting a Buffer".

--- a/man/glossary.texi	Sun Mar 06 17:18:43 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/glossary.texi	Sun Mar 06 17:24:24 2005 +0000
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 editing session.  Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you
 track down or cancel changes you later regret making.  @xref{Backup}.
 
-@item Balance Parentheses
+@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}).
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@
 @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-}.
@@ -246,15 +249,16 @@
 
 @item Copyleft
 A copyleft is a notice giving the public legal permission to
-redistribute a program or other work of art.  Copyright is normally used
-to keep users divided and helpless; with copyleft we turn that around
-to empower users and encourage them to cooperate.
+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{CTLR} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
+The @key{CTRL} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
 in order to enter a control character (q.v.).
 
 @item Current Buffer
@@ -263,7 +267,7 @@
 @xref{Buffers}.
 
 @item Current Line
-The current line is a line point is on (@pxref{Point}).
+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
@@ -284,8 +288,9 @@
 
 @item Customization
 Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works.  It is
-often done by setting variables (@pxref{Variables}) or by rebinding
-key sequences (@pxref{Keymaps}).
+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
@@ -372,9 +377,10 @@
 @samp{*Messages*} so you can review them later.  @xref{Echo Area}.
 
 @item Echoing
-Echoing is acknowledging the receipt of commands 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.
+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
@@ -493,16 +499,16 @@
 @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 windowing system, 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.
+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 windowed displays, 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}.
+On a graphical terminal (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
@@ -550,6 +556,10 @@
 @key{RET} or @key{ESC}.  In Emacs, typing a graphic character inserts
 that character (in ordinary editing modes).  @xref{Inserting Text}.
 
+@item Graphical Terminal
+A graphical terminal 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
@@ -642,6 +652,9 @@
 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.
@@ -761,6 +774,10 @@
 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
@@ -981,7 +998,7 @@
 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 Registers
+@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.@:).
@@ -1054,7 +1071,15 @@
 applications.  Emacs has special mouse commands for transferring text
 using the secondary selection.  @xref{Secondary Selection}.
 
-@item Selecting
+@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 Windows}.
+
+@item Selecting a Buffer
 Selecting a buffer means making it the current (q.v.@:) buffer.
 @xref{Select Buffer}.
 
@@ -1100,7 +1125,7 @@
 space bar.
 
 @item Speedbar
-Speedbar is a special tall frame that provides fast access to Emacs
+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}.
 
@@ -1262,6 +1287,10 @@
 other editors use the term ``window'' for what we call a `frame'
 (q.v.@:) in Emacs.
 
+@item Window System
+A window system is a graphical terminal (q.v.@:) that can display multiple
+windows for different programs at the same time.
+
 @item Word Abbrev
 See `abbrev.'