changeset 38870:d44abb4e68b2

Don't use "print" for displaying a message.

--- a/man/basic.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/basic.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
   Consecutive repetitions of @kbd{C-_} or @kbd{C-x u} undo earlier and
 earlier changes, back to the limit of the undo information available.
 If all recorded changes have already been undone, the undo command
-prints an error message and does nothing.
+displays an error message and does nothing.
 
   Any command other than an undo command breaks the sequence of undo
 commands.  Starting from that moment, the previous undo commands become
@@ -592,12 +592,13 @@
 region and the line number relative to the whole buffer.
 
   @kbd{M-x what-page} counts pages from the beginning of the file, and
-counts lines within the page, printing both numbers.  @xref{Pages}.
+counts lines within the page, showing both numbers in the echo area.
+@xref{Pages}.
 
 @kindex M-=
 @findex count-lines-region
   While on this subject, we might as well mention @kbd{M-=} (@code{count-lines-region}),
-which prints the number of lines in the region (@pxref{Mark}).
+which displays the number of lines in the region (@pxref{Mark}).
 @xref{Pages}, for the command @kbd{C-x l} which counts the lines in the
 current page.
 
@@ -605,7 +606,7 @@
 @findex what-cursor-position
   The command @kbd{C-x =} (@code{what-cursor-position}) can be used to find out
 the column that the cursor is in, and other miscellaneous information about
-point.  It prints a line in the echo area that looks like this:
+point.  It displays a line in the echo area that looks like this:
 
 @smallexample
 Char: c (0143, 99, 0x63)  point=21044 of 26883(78%)  column 53 
@@ -633,7 +634,7 @@
 columns from the left edge of the window.
 
   If the buffer has been narrowed, making some of the text at the
-beginning and the end temporarily inaccessible, @kbd{C-x =} prints
+beginning and the end temporarily inaccessible, @kbd{C-x =} displays
 additional text describing the currently accessible range.  For example, it
 might display this:
 

--- a/man/calendar.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/calendar.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 @kindex M-= @r{(Calendar mode)}
 @findex calendar-count-days-region
   To determine the number of days in the region, type @kbd{M-=}
-(@code{calendar-count-days-region}).  The numbers of days printed is
+(@code{calendar-count-days-region}).  The numbers of days shown is
 @emph{inclusive}; that is, it includes the days specified by mark and
 point.
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 @kindex p d @r{(Calendar mode)}
 @cindex day of year
 @findex calendar-print-day-of-year
-  To print the number of days elapsed since the start of the year, or
+  To display the number of days elapsed since the start of the year, or
 the number of days remaining in the year, type the @kbd{p d} command
 (@code{calendar-print-day-of-year}).  This displays both of those
 numbers in the echo area.  The number of days elapsed includes the

--- a/man/cmdargs.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 Run Emacs in @dfn{batch mode}, which means that the text being edited is
 not displayed and the standard terminal interrupt characters such as
 @kbd{C-z} and @kbd{C-c} continue to have their normal effect.  Emacs in
-batch mode outputs to @code{stderr} only what would normally be printed
+batch mode outputs to @code{stderr} only what would normally be displayed
 in the echo area under program control, and functions which would
 normally read from the minibuffer take their input from @code{stdin}.
 

--- a/man/custom.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/custom.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
 minor modes you prefer.
 
   The buffer-local minor modes include Abbrev mode, Auto Fill mode,
-Auto Save mode, Font-Lock mode, ISO Accents mode, Outline minor mode,
-Overwrite mode, and Binary Overwrite mode.
+Auto Save mode, Font-Lock mode, Glasses mode, ISO Accents mode,
+Outline minor mode, Overwrite mode, and Binary Overwrite mode.
 
   Abbrev mode allows you to define abbreviations that automatically expand
 as you type them.  For example, @samp{amd} might expand to @samp{abbrev
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@
 this way makes it a valid command name for calling with @kbd{M-x} or for
 binding a key to with @code{global-set-key} (@pxref{Keymaps}).  If you
 specify a name that has a prior definition other than another keyboard
-macro, an error message is printed and nothing is changed.
+macro, an error message is shown and nothing is changed.
 
 @findex insert-kbd-macro
   Once a macro has a command name, you can save its definition in a file.
@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@
 @end example
 
   If the value of the @code{disabled} property is a string, that string
-is included in the message printed when the command is used:
+is included in the message displayed when the command is used:
 
 @example
 (put 'delete-region 'disabled

--- a/man/files.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/files.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 @findex cd
 @findex pwd
-  The command @kbd{M-x pwd} prints the current buffer's default
+  The command @kbd{M-x pwd} displays the current buffer's default
 directory, and the command @kbd{M-x cd} sets it (to a value read using
 the minibuffer).  A buffer's default directory changes only when the
 @code{cd} command is used.  A file-visiting buffer's default directory
@@ -218,16 +218,16 @@
 another copy.  It selects the existing buffer containing that file.
 However, before doing so, it checks that the file itself has not changed
 since you visited or saved it last.  If the file has changed, a warning
-message is printed.  @xref{Interlocking,,Simultaneous Editing}.
+message is shown.  @xref{Interlocking,,Simultaneous Editing}.
 
 @cindex maximum buffer size exceeded, error message
   Since Emacs reads the visited file in its entirety, files whose size
 is larger than the maximum Emacs buffer size (@pxref{Buffers}) cannot be
-visited; if you try, Emacs will print an error message saying that the
+visited; if you try, Emacs will display an error message saying that the
 maximum buffer size has been exceeded.
 
 @cindex creating files
-  What if you want to create a new file?  Just visit it.  Emacs prints
+  What if you want to create a new file?  Just visit it.  Emacs displays
 @samp{(New file)} in the echo area, but in other respects behaves as if
 you had visited an existing empty file.  If you make any changes and
 save them, the file is created.
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@
 file was last visited or saved.  If the date does not match, it implies
 that changes were made in the file in some other way, and these changes are
 about to be lost if Emacs actually does save.  To prevent this, Emacs
-prints a warning message and asks for confirmation before saving.
+displays a warning message and asks for confirmation before saving.
 Occasionally you will know why the file was changed and know that it does
 not matter; then you can answer @kbd{yes} and proceed.  Otherwise, you should
 cancel the save with @kbd{C-g} and investigate the situation.
@@ -2642,7 +2642,7 @@
 C-x C-d /u2/emacs/src/*.c @key{RET}
 @end example
 
-  Normally, @kbd{C-x C-d} prints a brief directory listing containing
+  Normally, @kbd{C-x C-d} displays a brief directory listing containing
 just file names.  A numeric argument (regardless of value) tells it to
 make a verbose listing including sizes, dates, and owners (like
 @samp{ls -l}).

--- a/man/glossary.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/glossary.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 
 @item Echo Area
 The echo area is the bottom line of the screen, used for echoing the
-arguments to commands, for asking questions, and printing brief messages
+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}.
 
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
 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 printing an error message (q.v.@:).  Type-ahead
+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
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
 command does.  @xref{Help}.
 
 @item Help Echo
-Help echo is a short message printed in the echo area when the mouse
+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
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@
 uses the primary selection when appropriate.  @xref{Killing}.
 
 @item Prompt
-A prompt is text printed to ask the user for input.  Displaying a 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

--- a/man/help.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/help.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@
 @findex describe-key-briefly
   The most basic @kbd{C-h} options are @kbd{C-h c}
 (@code{describe-key-briefly}) and @w{@kbd{C-h k}} (@code{describe-key}).
-@kbd{C-h c @var{key}} prints in the echo area the name of the command
-that @var{key} is bound to.  For example, @kbd{C-h c C-f} prints
+@kbd{C-h c @var{key}} displays in the echo area the name of the command
+that @var{key} is bound to.  For example, @kbd{C-h c C-f} displays
 @samp{forward-char}.  Since command names are chosen to describe what
 the commands do, this is a good way to get a very brief description of
 what @var{key} does.
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 @kindex C-h w
 @findex where-is
   @kbd{C-h w @var{command} @key{RET}} tells you what keys are bound to
-@var{command}.  It prints a list of the keys in the echo area.  If it
+@var{command}.  It displays a list of the keys in the echo area.  If it
 says the command is not on any key, you must use @kbd{M-x} to run it.
 @kbd{C-h w} runs the command @code{where-is}.
 
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
 @kindex C-h l
 @findex view-lossage
   If something surprising happens, and you are not sure what commands you
-typed, use @kbd{C-h l} (@code{view-lossage}).  @kbd{C-h l} prints the last
+typed, use @kbd{C-h l} (@code{view-lossage}).  @kbd{C-h l} displays the last
 100 command characters you typed in.  If you see commands that you don't
 know, you can use @kbd{C-h c} to find out what they do.
 
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@
 @findex describe-mode
   Emacs has numerous major modes, each of which redefines a few keys and
 makes a few other changes in how editing works.  @kbd{C-h m}
-(@code{describe-mode}) prints documentation on the current major mode,
+(@code{describe-mode}) displays documentation on the current major mode,
 which normally describes all the commands that are changed in this
 mode.
 
@@ -551,6 +551,6 @@
   When a region of text is ``active,'' so that you can select it with
 the mouse or a key like @kbd{RET}, it often has associated help text.
 Areas of the mode line are examples.  This help will normally be
-printed in the echo area when you move point into the active text.  In
+shown in the echo area when you move point into the active text.  In
 a window system you can display the help text as a ``tooltip''
 (sometimes known as ``balloon help'').  @xref{Tooltips}.

--- a/man/mini.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/mini.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
 anything.
 
 @item
-If in the minibuffer you use a command whose purpose is to print a
-message in the echo area, such as @kbd{C-x =}, the message is printed
-normally, and the minibuffer is hidden for a while.  It comes back
-after a few seconds, or as soon as you type anything.
+If in the minibuffer you use a command whose purpose is to display a
+message in the echo area, such as @kbd{C-x =}, the message hides the
+minibuffer for a while.  The minibuffer contents come back after a few
+seconds, or as soon as you type anything.
 
 @item
 Echoing of keystrokes does not take place while the minibuffer is in
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 Submit the text in the minibuffer as the argument, possibly completing
 first as described below (@code{minibuffer-complete-and-exit}).
 @item ?
-Print a list of all possible completions of the text in the minibuffer
+Display a list of all possible completions of the text in the minibuffer
 (@code{minibuffer-list-completions}).
 @end table
 

--- a/man/screen.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/screen.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -123,18 +123,18 @@
 (@pxref{Display Custom}).
 
 @cindex error message in the echo area
-  If a command cannot be executed, it may print an @dfn{error message}
+  If a command cannot be executed, it may display an @dfn{error message}
 in the echo area.  Error messages are accompanied by beeping or by
 flashing the screen.  The error also discards any input you have typed
 ahead.
 
-  Some commands print informative messages in the echo area.  These
+  Some commands display informative messages in the echo area.  These
 messages look much like error messages, but they are not announced with
 a beep and do not throw away input.  Sometimes the message tells you
 what the command has done, when this is not obvious from looking at the
-text being edited.  Sometimes the sole purpose of a command is to print
-a message giving you specific information---for example, @kbd{C-x =}
-prints a message describing the character position of point in the text
+text being edited.  Sometimes the sole purpose of a command is to show
+you a message giving you specific information---for example, @kbd{C-x =}
+displays a message describing the character position of point in the text
 and its current column in the window.  Commands that take a long time
 often display messages ending in @samp{...} while they are working, and
 add @samp{done} at the end when they are finished.

--- a/man/text.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/text.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 @kindex C-x l
 @findex count-lines-page
   The @kbd{C-x l} command (@code{count-lines-page}) is good for deciding
-where to break a page in two.  It prints in the echo area the total number
+where to break a page in two.  It displays in the echo area the total number
 of lines in the current page, and then divides it up into those preceding
 the current line and those following, as in
 
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@
 @kindex C-j @r{(@TeX{} mode)}
   There are two commands for checking the matching of braces.  @kbd{C-j}
 (@code{tex-terminate-paragraph}) checks the paragraph before point, and
-inserts two newlines to start a new paragraph.  It prints a message in
+inserts two newlines to start a new paragraph.  It outputs a message in
 the echo area if any mismatch is found.  @kbd{M-x tex-validate-region}
 checks a region, paragraph by paragraph.  The errors are listed in the
 @samp{*Occur*} buffer, and you can use @kbd{C-c C-c} or @kbd{Mouse-2} in
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@
 @item M-p
 Like @kbd{M-n} but move up (@code{backward-text-line}).
 @item M-?
-Prints in the echo area the number of text lines (lines that are not
+Displays in the echo area the number of text lines (lines that are not
 nroff commands) in the region (@code{count-text-lines}).
 @end table
 

--- a/man/trouble.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:18:06 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/trouble.texi	Mon Aug 20 04:20:06 2001 +0000
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
 You can use the @kbd{M-!} command to execute these commands from
 Emacs, and then copy the output from the @samp{*Messages*} buffer into
 the bug report.  Alternatively, @kbd{M-x getenv @key{RET} LC_ALL
-@key{RET}} will print the value of @code{LC_ALL} in the echo area, and
+@key{RET}} will display the value of @code{LC_ALL} in the echo area, and
 you can copy its output from the @samp{*Messages*} buffer.
 
 @item