Mercurial > emacs
changeset 75054:5dbe8e3c9ddd
(Windows Keyboard): Explain that Windows was incompatible
with Emacs, not vice versa.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:00:44 +0000 |
| parents | 8dc8ba72712c |
| children | e7558ed0caed |
| files | man/msdog.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/msdog.texi Tue Jan 02 20:59:47 2007 +0000 +++ b/man/msdog.texi Tue Jan 02 21:00:44 2007 +0000 @@ -334,11 +334,14 @@ keyboard input in Emacs. @cindex MS-Windows keyboard shortcuts - Many key combinations (known as ``keyboard shortcuts'') that are in -widespread use in MS-Windows programs are taken by various Emacs -features. Examples include @kbd{C-C}, @kbd{C-X}, @kbd{C-Z}, -@kbd{C-A}, and @kbd{W-SPC}. You can get some of them back by turning -on CUA Mode (@pxref{CUA Bindings}). + 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}). @kindex F10 @r{(MS-Windows)} @cindex menu bar access using keyboard @r{(MS-Windows)}