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Remove some uses of the term "buffer" before it is properly introduced. Update the description of the mode line. Consistently use "<ESC>" to denote the ESC key and "<SPC>" to denote the Space bar. Capitalize all command descriptions.
author Lute Kamstra <lute@gnu.org>
date Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:20:01 +0000
parents fb52ec059049
children c16a4b053f44
files etc/TUTORIAL
diffstat 1 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/TUTORIAL	Tue Feb 08 11:53:43 2005 +0000
+++ b/etc/TUTORIAL	Tue Feb 08 14:20:01 2005 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 You are looking at the Emacs tutorial.  See end for copying conditions.
-Copyright (c) 1985, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation.
+Copyright (c) 1985, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation.
 
 Emacs commands generally involve the CONTROL key (sometimes labeled
 CTRL or CTL) or the META key (sometimes labeled EDIT or ALT).  Rather than
@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@
 saying what the command was, and asking you whether you want to go
 ahead and execute the command.
 
-If you really want to try the command, type Space in answer to the
-question.  Normally, if you do not want to execute the disabled
-command, answer the question with "n".
+If you really want to try the command, type <SPC> (the Space bar) in
+answer to the question.  Normally, if you do not want to execute the
+disabled command, answer the question with "n".
 
 >> Type C-x C-l (which is a disabled command),
    then type n to answer the question.
@@ -352,27 +352,27 @@
 Emacs and correcting errors.  You can delete by words or lines
 as well.  Here is a summary of the delete operations:
 
-	<Delback>    delete the character just before the cursor
-	C-d   	     delete the next character after the cursor
+	<Delback>    Delete the character just before the cursor
+	C-d   	     Delete the next character after the cursor
 
-	M-<Delback>  kill the word immediately before the cursor
-	M-d	     kill the next word after the cursor
+	M-<Delback>  Kill the word immediately before the cursor
+	M-d	     Kill the next word after the cursor
 
-	C-k	     kill from the cursor position to end of line
-	M-k	     kill to the end of the current sentence
+	C-k	     Kill from the cursor position to end of line
+	M-k	     Kill to the end of the current sentence
 
 Notice that <Delback> and C-d vs M-<Delback> and M-d extend the parallel
 started by C-f and M-f (well, <Delback> is not really a control
 character, but let's not worry about that).  C-k and M-k are like C-e
 and M-e, sort of, in that lines are opposite sentences.
 
-You can also kill any part of the buffer with one uniform method.
-Move to one end of that part, and type C-@ or C-SPC (either one).
-(SPC is the Space bar.)  Move to the other end of that part, and type
-C-w.  That kills all the text between the two positions.
+You can also kill any part of the text with one uniform method.  Move
+to one end of that part, and type C-@ or C-<SPC> (either one).  (<SPC>
+is the Space bar.)  Move to the other end of that part, and type C-w.
+That kills all the text between the two positions.
 
 >> Move the cursor to the Y at the start of the previous paragraph.
->> Type C-SPC.  Emacs should display a message "Mark set"
+>> Type C-<SPC>.  Emacs should display a message "Mark set"
    at the bottom of the screen.
 >> Move the cursor to the n in "end", on the second line of the
    paragraph.
@@ -401,9 +401,9 @@
 Bringing back killed text is called "yanking".  (Think of it as
 yanking back, or pulling back, some text that was taken away.)  You
 can yank the killed text either at the same place where it was killed,
-or at some other place in the buffer, or even in a different file.
-You can yank the same text several times; that makes multiple copies
-of it.
+or at some other place in the text you are editing, or even in a
+different file.  You can yank the same text several times; that makes
+multiple copies of it.
 
 The command for yanking is C-y.  It reinserts the last killed text,
 at the current cursor position.
@@ -638,11 +638,12 @@
 	M-x	Named command eXtend.  Followed by a long name.
 
 These are commands that are generally useful but used less than the
-commands you have already learned about.  You have already seen two of
-them: the file commands C-x C-f to Find and C-x C-s to Save.  Another
-example is the command to end the Emacs session--this is the command
-C-x C-c.  (Do not worry about losing changes you have made; C-x C-c
-offers to save each changed file before it kills the Emacs.)
+commands you have already learned about.  You have already seen a few
+of them: the file commands C-x C-f to Find and C-x C-s to Save, for
+example.  Another example is the command to end the Emacs
+session--this is the command C-x C-c.  (Do not worry about losing
+changes you have made; C-x C-c offers to save each changed file before
+it kills the Emacs.)
 
 C-z is the command to exit Emacs *temporarily*--so that you can go
 back to the same Emacs session afterward.
@@ -666,12 +667,14 @@
 
 There are many C-x commands.  Here is a list of the ones you have learned:
 
-	C-x C-f		Find file.
-	C-x C-s		Save file.
-	C-x C-b		List buffers.
-	C-x C-c		Quit Emacs.
-	C-x 1		Delete all but one window.
-	C-x u		Undo.
+	C-x C-f		Find file
+	C-x C-s		Save file
+	C-x s		Save some buffers
+	C-x C-b		List buffers
+	C-x b		Switch buffer
+	C-x C-c		Quit Emacs
+	C-x 1		Delete all but one window
+	C-x u		Undo
 
 Named eXtended commands are commands which are used even less
 frequently, or commands which are used only in certain modes.  An
@@ -727,18 +730,18 @@
 The line immediately above the echo area is called the "mode line".
 The mode line says something like this:
 
---:**  TUTORIAL          (Fundamental)--L670--58%----------------
+--:**  TUTORIAL       63% L749    (Fundamental)-----------------------
 
 This line gives useful information about the status of Emacs and
 the text you are editing.
 
 You already know what the filename means--it is the file you have
-found.  -NN%-- indicates your current position in the text; it means
-that NN percent of the text is above the top of the screen.  If the
-top of the file is on the screen, it will say --Top-- instead of
---00%--.  If the bottom of the text is on the screen, it will say
---Bot--.  If you are looking at text so small that all of it fits on
-the screen, the mode line says --All--.
+found.  NN% indicates your current position in the text; it means that
+NN percent of the text is above the top of the screen.  If the top of
+the file is on the screen, it will say "Top" instead of " 0%".  If the
+bottom of the text is on the screen, it will say "Bot".  If you are
+looking at text so small that all of it fits on the screen, the mode
+line says "All".
 
 The L and digits indicate position in another way: they give the
 current line number of point.
@@ -767,6 +770,7 @@
 
 If you are going to be editing human-language text, such as this file, you
 should probably use Text Mode.
+
 >> Type M-x text mode<Return>.
 
 Don't worry, none of the  Emacs commands you have learned changes in
@@ -897,7 +901,7 @@
    Both windows display this tutorial.  The cursor stays in the top window.
 
 >> Type C-M-v to scroll the bottom window.
-   (If you do not have a real META key, type ESC C-v.)
+   (If you do not have a real META key, type <ESC> C-v.)
 
 >> Type C-x o ("o" for "other") to move the cursor to the bottom window.
 >> Use C-v and M-v in the bottom window to scroll it.
@@ -921,10 +925,10 @@
 typing v.  It does not matter whether CONTROL or META "comes first,"
 because both of these keys act by modifying the characters you type.
 
-If you do not have a real META key, and you use ESC instead, the order
-does matter: you must type ESC followed by CONTROL-v, because
-CONTROL-ESC v will not work.  This is because ESC is a character in
-its own right, not a modifier key.
+If you do not have a real META key, and you use <ESC> instead, the
+order does matter: you must type <ESC> followed by CONTROL-v, because
+CONTROL-<ESC> v will not work.  This is because <ESC> is a character
+in its own right, not a modifier key.
 
 >> Type C-x 1 (in the top window) to get rid of the bottom window.
 
@@ -955,11 +959,12 @@
 surrounding the parentheses around the major mode name.  For
 example, you might see [(Fundamental)] instead of (Fundamental).
 
-To get out of the recursive editing level, type ESC ESC ESC.  That is
-an all-purpose "get out" command.  You can also use it for eliminating
-extra windows, and getting out of the minibuffer.
+To get out of the recursive editing level, type <ESC> <ESC> <ESC>.
+That is an all-purpose "get out" command.  You can also use it for
+eliminating extra windows, and getting out of the minibuffer.
 
->> Type M-x to get into a minibuffer; then type ESC ESC ESC to get out.
+>> Type M-x to get into a minibuffer; then type <ESC> <ESC> <ESC> to
+   get out.
 
 You cannot use C-g to get out of a recursive editing level.  This is
 because C-g is used for canceling commands and arguments WITHIN the
@@ -1099,7 +1104,7 @@
 This version of the tutorial, like GNU Emacs, is copyrighted, and
 comes with permission to distribute copies on certain conditions:
 
-Copyright (c) 1985, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation
+Copyright (c) 1985, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation
 
    Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
    of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the