Mercurial > emacs
changeset 72099:9083234155ee
(User Input): Explain why we teach keyboard cmds.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:42:10 +0000 |
| parents | 80778fbed0d1 |
| children | aba5975bd656 |
| files | man/commands.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/commands.texi Mon Jul 24 17:40:11 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/commands.texi Mon Jul 24 17:42:10 2006 +0000 @@ -25,9 +25,18 @@ @cindex Control @cindex control characters - GNU Emacs uses an extension of the @acronym{ASCII} character set for keyboard -input; it also accepts non-character input events including function -keys and mouse button actions. + GNU Emacs is designed for use with keyboard commands because that is +the most efficient way to edit. You can do editing with the mouse, as +in other editors, and you can give commands with the menu bar and tool +bar, and scroll with the scroll bar. But if you keep on editing that +way, you won't get the benefits of Emacs. Therefore, this manual +documents primarily how to edit with the keyboard. You can practice +using the keyboard by using the shell command @samp{emacs -nw} to +start Emacs. + + Emacs uses an extension of the @acronym{ASCII} character set for +keyboard input; it also accepts non-character input events including +function keys and mouse button actions. @acronym{ASCII} consists of 128 character codes. Some of these codes are assigned graphic symbols such as @samp{a} and @samp{=}; the rest are