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Re: glossary.texi
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martin rudalics |
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Re: glossary.texi |
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Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:16:47 +0200 |
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> @item File Name
> A file name is a name that refers to a file. File names may be relative
> ! or absolute: The meaning of a relative file name depends on the default
> ! directory (q.v.@:). An absolute file name refers to the same file
> ! regardless of the current buffer's default directory. On GNU and Unix
> ! systems, an absolute file name starts with a slash (the root directory)
> ! or with @samp{~/} or @address@hidden/} (a home directory). On
> ! MS-Windows/MS-DOS, an absolute file name can also start with a drive
> ! letter and a colon like @address@hidden:}.
>
> ! Some people use the term ``pathname'' for file names, but we do not; we
> ! use the word ``path'' only in the term `search path' (q.v.@:).
>
> I like the old text better, so please do not make this change.
I wanted to substitute "current directory" by "current buffer's default
directory" because the latter can be explained in terms of the glossary.
The former is a bit vague and its occasional use in the Emacs and Elisp
manual is not always clear. If the former were declared a synonym for
the latter, I wouldn't have seen any problems with the old text.
>
> @item Whitespace
> ! Whitespace is any run of consecutive characters like space, tab,
> ! newline, and formfeed, that separate symbols and words from each other.
> ! @xref{Syntax}.
>
> That is not as correct as the old text, so please keep the old text
> for this.
I have taken that verbatim from the definition of "whitespace character"
in the Elisp manual, is that incorrect?
What about my earlier proposals to remove
> ... the entries for "Buffer Selection History",
> "File-Name Component", and "Keyboard Translation Table" since these
> terms are used exclusively in the glossary.
shorten
> ... the texts for "border" (leave in the first sentence and the reference to
> Borders X), "string" (replace the entire section wrt Lisp syntax by a
> reference to the section in the Elisp manual), and either "File Name" or
> "Default Directory" (since they contain similar text).
and to add entries for
> ... "Script", "Quail", "LEIM", "Header Line", "CUA".
*** glossary.texi Tue Apr 11 16:24:14 2006
--- glossary.texi Sun Jul 23 10:43:36 2006
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@table @asis
@item Abbrev
! An abbrev is a text string which expands into a different text string
! when present in the buffer. For example, you might define a few letters
! as an abbrev for a long phrase that you want to insert frequently.
@xref{Abbrevs}.
@item Aborting
! Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.@:). The
! commands @kbd{C-]} and @kbd{M-x top-level} are used for this.
@xref{Quitting}.
@item Alt
Alt is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
have. To make a character Alt, type it while holding down the @key{ALT}
key. Such characters are given names that start with @kbd{Alt-}
! (usually written @kbd{A-} for short). (Note that many terminals have a
! key labeled @key{ALT} which is really a @key{META} key.) @xref{User
! Input, Alt}.
@item Argument
See `numeric argument.'
@item @acronym{ASCII} character
! An @acronym{ASCII} character is either an @acronym{ASCII} control character
or an @acronym{ASCII}
! printing character. @xref{User Input}.
@item @acronym{ASCII} control character
An @acronym{ASCII} control character is the Control version of an upper-case
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@table @asis
@item Abbrev
! An abbrev is a word (q.v.@:) which expands into some predefined text
! when you type a non-word character after it. For example, you might
! define an abbrev for a long phrase that you want to insert frequently.
@xref{Abbrevs}.
@item Aborting
! Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.@:). The commands
! @kbd{C-]} and @kbd{M-x top-level} are used for this purpose.
@xref{Quitting}.
@item Alt
Alt is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
have. To make a character Alt, type it while holding down the @key{ALT}
key. Such characters are given names that start with @kbd{Alt-}
! (usually written @kbd{A-} for short). @xref{User Input, Alt}.
!
! Note that many terminals have a key labeled @key{ALT} which is really a
! @key{META} key.
@item Argument
See `numeric argument.'
@item @acronym{ASCII} character
! An @acronym{ASCII} character is either an @acronym{ASCII} control
! character (q.v.@:) or an @acronym{ASCII} printing character (q.v.@:).
! @xref{User Input}.
@item @acronym{ASCII} control character
An @acronym{ASCII} control character is the Control version of an upper-case
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punctuation characters: @samp{!@@#$%^& *()_-+=|\~` @address@hidden:;"'
<>,.?/}.
@item Auto Fill Mode
! Auto Fill mode is a minor mode in which text that you insert is
automatically broken into lines of a given maximum width.
@xref{Filling}.
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punctuation characters: @samp{!@@#$%^& *()_-+=|\~` @address@hidden:;"'
<>,.?/}.
@item Auto Fill Mode
! Auto Fill mode is a minor mode (q.v.@:) in which text that you type is
automatically broken into lines of a given maximum width.
@xref{Filling}.
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@item Autoloading
Emacs automatically loads Lisp libraries when a Lisp program requests a
function or a variable from those libraries. This is called
! `autoloading'. @xref{Lisp Libraries}.
@item Backtrace
A backtrace is a trace of a series of function calls showing how a
! program arrived to a certain point. It is used mainly for finding and
! correcting bugs (q.v.@:). Emacs can display a backtrace when it signals
! an error or when you type @kbd{C-g} (see `quitting'). @xref{Checklist}.
@item Backup File
A backup file records the contents that a file had before the current
editing session. Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you
track down or cancel changes you later regret making. @xref{Backup}.
@item Balancing Parentheses
Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either
manually or automatically. You do manual balancing with the commands
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@item Autoloading
Emacs automatically loads Lisp libraries when a Lisp program requests a
function or a variable from those libraries. This is called
! `autoloading.' @xref{Lisp Libraries}.
@item Backtrace
A backtrace is a trace of a series of function calls showing how a
! program arrived at a certain point. Backtraces are used mainly for
! finding and correcting bugs (q.v.@:). Emacs can display a backtrace
! when it signals an error (q.v.@:) or when you type @kbd{C-g} (see
! `quitting'). @xref{Checklist}.
@item Backup File
A backup file records the contents that a file had before the current
editing session. Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you
track down or cancel changes you later regret making. @xref{Backup}.
+ @item Balanced Expressions
+ A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
+ as a symbol, number, string, block, or an expression enclosed in
+ matching parentheses. @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
+
@item Balancing Parentheses
Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either
manually or automatically. You do manual balancing with the commands
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that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching
Parens}).
- @item Balanced Expressions
- A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
- as a symbol, number, string constant, block, or parenthesized expression
- in C. @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
-
@item Balloon Help
See `tooltips.'
@item Base Buffer
! A base buffer is a buffer whose text is shared by an indirect buffer
! (q.v.@:).
@item Bind
To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.@:).
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that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching
Parens}).
@item Balloon Help
See `tooltips.'
@item Base Buffer
! A base buffer is a buffer (q.v.@:) whose text is shared by an indirect
! buffer (q.v.@:).
@item Bind
To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.@:).
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@item Binding
A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a
! command (q.v.@:), a Lisp function that is run when the user types that
! sequence. @xref{Commands,Binding}. Customization often involves
! rebinding a character to a different command function. The bindings of
! all key sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}.
@item Blank Lines
! Blank lines are lines that contain only whitespace. Emacs has several
! commands for operating on the blank lines in the buffer.
@item Bookmark
Bookmarks are akin to registers (q.v.@:) in that they record positions
in buffers to which you can return later. Unlike registers, bookmarks
! persist between Emacs sessions.
@item Border
! A border is a thin space along the edge of the frame, used just for
! spacing, not for displaying anything. An Emacs frame has an ordinary
! external border, outside of everything including the menu bar, plus an
! internal border that surrounds the text windows and their scroll bars
! and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar. You can customize
! both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders X}). Borders
! are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:).
@item Buffer
! The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text
! being edited. You can have several buffers, but at any time you are
! editing only one, the `current buffer,' though several can be visible
! when you are using multiple windows (q.v.@:). Most buffers are visiting
! (q.v.@:) some file. @xref{Buffers}.
@item Buffer Selection History
Emacs keeps a buffer selection history which records how recently each
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@item Binding
A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a
! command (q.v.@:) that is run when the user types that sequence.
! @xref{Commands,Binding}. Customization often involves rebinding a
! character to a different command. The bindings of all meaningful key
! sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}.
@item Blank Lines
! Blank lines are lines that contain only whitespace (q.v.@:). Emacs has
! several commands for operating on the blank lines of a buffer.
! @xref{Blank Lines}.
@item Bookmark
Bookmarks are akin to registers (q.v.@:) in that they record positions
in buffers to which you can return later. Unlike registers, bookmarks
! persist between Emacs sessions. @xref{Bookmarks}.
@item Border
! A border is a thin space along the edge of a frame (q.v.@:), used just
! for spacing, not for displaying anything. An Emacs frame has an
! ordinary external border, outside of everything including the menu bar,
! plus an internal border that surrounds the text windows and their scroll
! bars and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar. You can
! customize both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders X}).
! Borders are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:).
@item Buffer
! The buffer is the basic editing unit of Emacs; one buffer corresponds to
! one text being edited. Any number of buffers can coexist in the same
! editing session and, when using multiple windows (q.v.@:), several of
! them can be visible simultaneously. However, at any time you are
! editing only one buffer, the `current buffer' (q.v.@:). Most buffers
! are visiting (q.v.@:) some file. @xref{Buffers}.
@item Buffer Selection History
Emacs keeps a buffer selection history which records how recently each
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@item Button Down Event
A button down event is the kind of input event generated right away when
! you press down on a mouse button. @xref{Mouse Buttons}.
@item By Default
See `default.'
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@item Button Down Event
A button down event is the kind of input event generated right away when
! you press down a mouse button. @xref{Mouse Buttons}.
@item By Default
See `default.'
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@xref{Clipboard}.
@item Coding System
! A coding system is an encoding for representing text characters in a
file or in a stream of information. Emacs has the ability to convert
text to or from a variety of coding systems when reading or writing it.
@xref{Coding Systems}.
@item Command
! A command is a Lisp function specially defined to be able to serve as a
! key binding in Emacs. When you type a key sequence (q.v.@:), its
! binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to find
! the command to run. @xref{Commands}.
@item Command History
See `minibuffer history.'
@item Command Name
! A command name is the name of a Lisp symbol which is a command
! (@pxref{Commands}). You can invoke any command by its name using
! @kbd{M-x} (@pxref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}).
@item Comment
A comment is text in a program which is intended only for humans reading
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@xref{Clipboard}.
@item Coding System
! A coding system is a set of rules for representing text characters in a
file or in a stream of information. Emacs has the ability to convert
text to or from a variety of coding systems when reading or writing it.
@xref{Coding Systems}.
@item Command
! A command is a Lisp function (q.v.@:) specially defined to be able to
! serve as a key binding in Emacs. When you type a key sequence (q.v.@:),
! its binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to
! find the command to run. @xref{Commands}.
@item Command History
See `minibuffer history.'
@item Command Name
! A command name is the name of a Lisp symbol (q.v.@:) that denotes a
! command (@pxref{Commands}). You can invoke any command by its name
! using @kbd{M-x} (@pxref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}).
@item Comment
A comment is text in a program which is intended only for humans reading
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@item Compilation
Compilation is the process of creating an executable program from source
code. Emacs has commands for compiling files of Emacs Lisp code
! (@pxref{Byte Compilation,,, elisp, the Emacs Lisp
! Reference Manual}) and programs in C and other languages
! (@pxref{Compilation}).
@item Complete Key
A complete key is a key sequence which fully specifies one action to be
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@item Compilation
Compilation is the process of creating an executable program from source
code. Emacs has commands for compiling files of Emacs Lisp code
! (@pxref{Byte Compilation,,, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}) and
! programs written in C or other languages (@pxref{Compilation}).
@item Complete Key
A complete key is a key sequence which fully specifies one action to be
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@item Completion
Completion is what Emacs does when it automatically fills out an
abbreviation for a name into the entire name. Completion is done for
! minibuffer (q.v.@:) arguments when the set of possible valid inputs
! is known; for example, on command names, buffer names, and
! file names. Completion occurs when @key{TAB}, @key{SPC} or @key{RET}
! is typed. @address@hidden
@item Continuation Line
! When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it
! takes up more than one screen line when displayed. We say that the
! text line is continued, and all screen lines used for it after the
! first are called continuation lines. @xref{Continuation Lines}.
A related Emacs feature is `filling' (q.v.@:).
@item Control Character
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@item Completion
Completion is what Emacs does when it automatically fills out an
abbreviation for a name into the entire name. Completion is done for
! minibuffer (q.v.@:) arguments when the set of possible valid inputs is
! known; for example, on command names, buffer names, and file names.
! Completion usually occurs when @key{TAB}, @key{SPC} or @key{RET} is
! typed. @xref{Completion}.
@item Continuation Line
! When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it may take
! up more than one screen line when displayed. In this case, we say that
! the text line is continued, and all screen lines but the first used for
! displaying it are called continuation lines. @xref{Continuation Lines}.
A related Emacs feature is `filling' (q.v.@:).
@item Control Character
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@item @key{CTRL}
The @key{CTRL} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
! in order to enter a control character (q.v.).
@item Current Buffer
! The current buffer in Emacs is the Emacs buffer on which most editing
! commands operate. You can select any Emacs buffer as the current one.
! @xref{Buffers}.
@item Current Line
The current line is the line that point is on (@pxref{Point}).
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@item @key{CTRL}
The @key{CTRL} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
! in order to enter a control character (q.v.@:).
@item Current Buffer
! The current buffer is the buffer (q.v.@:) on which most editing commands
! operate. You can select any buffer as the current one. @xref{Buffers}.
@item Current Line
The current line is the line that point is on (@pxref{Point}).
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@item Cursor
The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the position
! called point (q.v.@:) at which insertion and deletion takes place.
! The cursor is on or under the character that follows point. Often
! people speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean
! `point.' @xref{Point,Cursor}.
@item Customization
Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works. It is
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@item Cursor
The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the position
! called point (q.v.@:) where insertion and deletion takes place. The
! cursor is on or under the character that follows point. Often people
! speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean `point.'
! @xref{Point,Cursor}.
@item Customization
Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works. It is
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you do not specify a value to use.
@item Default Directory
! When you specify a file name that does not start with @samp{/} or @samp{~},
! it is interpreted relative to the current buffer's default directory.
! (On MS-Windows and MS-DOS, file names which start with a drive letter
! @address@hidden:} are treated as absolute, not relative.)
@xref{Minibuffer File,Default Directory}.
@item Defun
! A defun is a major definition at the top level in a program. The name
! `defun' comes from Lisp, where most such definitions use the construct
! @code{defun}. @xref{Defuns}.
@item @key{DEL}
! @key{DEL} is a character that runs the command to delete one character
! of text before the cursor. It is typically either the @key{DELETE}
! key or the @key{BACKSPACE} key, whichever one is easy to type.
@xref{Erasing,DEL}.
@item Deletion
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you do not specify a value to use.
@item Default Directory
! Each buffer (q.v.@:) has a default directory which is normally the same
! as the directory of the file visited in that buffer. When you specify a
! file name (q.v.@:) that does not start with @samp{/} or @samp{~}, it is
! interpreted relative to the current buffer's default directory.
@xref{Minibuffer File,Default Directory}.
+ On MS-Windows and MS-DOS, file names starting with a drive letter
+ @address@hidden:} are treated as absolute, not relative.
+
@item Defun
! A defun is a major definition at the top level (q.v.@:) of a program.
! The name `defun' comes from Lisp, where most such definitions use the
! construct @code{defun}. @xref{Defuns}.
@item @key{DEL}
! @key{DEL} is a character that runs the command to delete the character
! preceding the cursor. It is typically either the @key{DELETE} key or
! the @key{BACKSPACE} key, whichever one is easy to type.
@xref{Erasing,DEL}.
@item Deletion
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but no actual text is thereby lost. @xref{Windows}.
@item Directory
! File directories are named collections in the file system, within which
! you can place individual files or subdirectories. @xref{Directories}.
@item Dired
! Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a file
! directory and allows you to ``edit the directory,'' performing
! operations on the files in the directory. @xref{Dired}.
@item Disabled Command
A disabled command is one that you may not run without special
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but no actual text is thereby lost. @xref{Windows}.
@item Directory
! Directories are named collections in the file system, within which you
! can place individual files or subdirectories. @xref{Directories}.
@item Dired
! Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a directory
! (q.v.@:) and allows you to ``edit the directory,'' performing operations
! on the files in the directory. @xref{Dired}.
@item Disabled Command
A disabled command is one that you may not run without special
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A dribble file is a file into which Emacs writes all the characters that
you type on the keyboard. Dribble files are used to make a record
for debugging Emacs bugs. Emacs does not make a dribble file unless you
! tell it to. @xref{Bugs}.
@item Echo Area
! The echo area is the bottom line of the screen, used for echoing the
! 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}.
@item Echoing
! 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
! (q.v.@:), but the current major mode (q.v.@:) redefines it to do something
! else as well. For example, some programming language major modes define
! particular delimiter characters to reindent the line or insert one or
! more newlines in addition to self-insertion.
@item End Of Line
! End of line is a character or a sequence of characters that indicate
! the end of a text line. On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline
! (q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions. @xref{Coding
! Systems,end-of-line}. Emacs can recognize several end-of-line
! conventions in files and convert between them.
@item Environment Variable
An environment variable is one of a collection of variables stored by
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A dribble file is a file into which Emacs writes all the characters that
you type on the keyboard. Dribble files are used to make a record
for debugging Emacs bugs. Emacs does not make a dribble file unless you
! tell it to. @xref{Checklist}.
@item Echo Area
! The echo area is the bottom area of a frame (q.v.@:), used for echoing
! the 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}.
@item Echoing
! Echoing is acknowledging the receipt of input events by displaying them
! in the echo area (q.v.@:). 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
! (q.v.@:), but the current major mode (q.v.@:) redefines it to do
! something else as well. For example, some programming language major
! modes define particular delimiter characters to reindent the line or
! insert one or more newlines in addition to self-insertion.
@item End Of Line
! End of line is a character or a sequence of characters that indicate the
! end of a text line. On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline
! (q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions. Emacs can recognize
! several end-of-line conventions in files and convert between them.
! @xref{Coding Systems,end-of-line}.
@item Environment Variable
An environment variable is one of a collection of variables stored by
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@item Error Message
An error message is a single line of output displayed by Emacs when the
! user asks for something impossible to do (such as, killing text
! forward when point is at the end of the buffer). They appear in the
! echo area, accompanied by a beep.
@item @key{ESC}
@key{ESC} is a character used as a prefix for typing Meta characters on
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@item Error Message
An error message is a single line of output displayed by Emacs when the
! user asks for something impossible to do (such as, killing text forward
! when point is at the end of the buffer). They appear in the echo area
! (q.v.@:), accompanied by a beep.
@item @key{ESC}
@key{ESC} is a character used as a prefix for typing Meta characters on
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directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless
of which directory is current. On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute
file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or
! @address@hidden/} (a home directory). On MS-Windows/MS-DOS, and
absolute file name can also start with a drive letter and a colon
@address@hidden:}.
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directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless
of which directory is current. On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute
file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or
! @address@hidden/} (a home directory). On MS-Windows/MS-DOS, an
absolute file name can also start with a drive letter and a colon
@address@hidden:}.
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@item Filling
Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all
the lines are approximately the same length. @xref{Filling}. Some
! other editors call this feature `line wrapping.'
@item Font Lock
! Font Lock is a mode that highlights parts of buffer text according to
! its syntax. @xref{Font Lock}.
@item Fontset
A fontset is a named collection of fonts. A fontset specification lists
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@item Filling
Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all
the lines are approximately the same length. @xref{Filling}. Some
! other editors call this feature ``line wrapping.''
@item Font Lock
! Font Lock is a minor mode (q.v.@:) that highlights parts of buffer text
! according to its syntax. @xref{Font Lock}.
@item Fontset
A fontset is a named collection of fonts. A fontset specification lists
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but in Emacs a window means something else.
@item Fringe
! On a graphical display (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
! program to provide access to remote files (q.v.@:).
@item Function Key
A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not
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but in Emacs a window means something else.
@item Fringe
! On a graphical display (q.v.@:) a fringe denotes the narrow portion
! between the text area and the scroll bar (q.v.@:) or internal border
! (q.v.@:) of the containing window (q.v.@:). @xref{Fringes}.
!
! @item @acronym{FTP}
! @acronym{FTP} is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. Emacs uses an
! @acronym{FTP} client program to provide access to remote files (q.v.@:).
! @xref{Remote Files}.
!
! @item Function
! Functions are the basic constituents of Lisp (q.v.@:) programs. A
! command (q.v.@:) is a function that can be called interactively. In
! Lisp `defuns' (q.v.@:) are the usual way to define new functions.
! @xref{What Is a Function,,What Is a Function,elisp,The Emacs Lisp
! Reference Manual}.
@item Function Key
A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not
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A graphical display 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
- buffer.
-
- Emacs uses highlighting in several ways. When you mark a region with
- the mouse, the region is always highlighted. Optionally Emacs can
- also highlight the region whenever it is active (@pxref{Transient
- Mark}). Incremental search also highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental
- Search}). See also `font lock'.
-
@item Hardcopy
Hardcopy means printed output. Emacs has commands for making printed
listings of text in Emacs buffers. @xref{Printing}.
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command does. @xref{Help}.
@item Help Echo
! 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
! can be displayed as tooltips (q.v.@:). @xref{Tooltips}.
@item Hook
A hook is a list of functions to be called on specific occasions, such
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command does. @xref{Help}.
@item Help Echo
! Help echo is a short message displayed in the echo area (q.v.@:) when
! the mouse pointer is located on portions of display that may require
explanations. Emacs displays help echo for menu items, parts of the
! mode line, tool-bar buttons, etc. On graphical displays, the messages
! can be displayed as tooltips (q.v.@:). @xref{Help Echo}.
!
! @item Highlighting
! Highlighting text means displaying it in a special way to make it stand
! out from the rest of the text in the buffer. Emacs uses highlighting in
! several ways. When you mark a region with the mouse, the region is
! always highlighted. Optionally Emacs can also highlight the region
! (q.v.@:) whenever it is active (@pxref{Transient Mark}). Incremental
! search also highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental Search}). See also
! `font lock.'
@item Hook
A hook is a list of functions to be called on specific occasions, such
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@item Inbox
An inbox is a file in which mail is delivered by the operating system.
! Rmail transfers mail from inboxes to Rmail files (q.v.@:) in which the
mail is then stored permanently or until explicitly deleted.
@xref{Rmail Inbox}.
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@item Inbox
An inbox is a file in which mail is delivered by the operating system.
! Rmail transfers mail from inboxes to Rmail (q.v.@:) files in which the
mail is then stored permanently or until explicitly deleted.
@xref{Rmail Inbox}.
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@xref{Indentation}.
@item Indirect Buffer
! An indirect buffer is a buffer that shares the text of another buffer,
! called its base buffer (q.v.@:). @xref{Indirect Buffers}.
@item Info
Info is the hypertext format used by the GNU project for writing
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@xref{Indentation}.
@item Indirect Buffer
! An indirect buffer is a buffer (q.v.@:) that shares the text of another
! buffer, called its base buffer (q.v.@:). @xref{Indirect Buffers}.
@item Info
Info is the hypertext format used by the GNU project for writing
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frames. @xref{User Input}.
@item Input Method
! An input method is a system for entering address@hidden text characters by
! typing sequences of @acronym{ASCII} characters (q.v.@:). @xref{Input
Methods}.
@item Insertion
Insertion means copying text into the buffer, either from the keyboard
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frames. @xref{User Input}.
@item Input Method
! An input method is a system for entering address@hidden text
! characters by typing sequences of @acronym{ASCII} characters (q.v.@:).
! @xref{Input Methods}.
@item Insertion
Insertion means copying text into the buffer, either from the keyboard
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@item Keyboard Shortcut
A keyboard shortcut is a key sequence (q.v.@:) which invokes a
command. What some programs call ``assigning a keyboard shortcut,''
! Emacs calls ``binding a key sequence''. See `binding.'
@item Key Sequence
A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:)
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@item Keyboard Shortcut
A keyboard shortcut is a key sequence (q.v.@:) which invokes a
command. What some programs call ``assigning a keyboard shortcut,''
! Emacs calls ``binding a key sequence.'' See `binding.'
@item Key Sequence
A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:)
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it is a prefix key (q.v.@:). @xref{Keys}.
@item Keymap
! The keymap is the data structure that records the bindings (q.v.@:) of
! key sequences to the commands that they run. For example, the global
! keymap binds the character @kbd{C-n} to the command function
@code{next-line}. @xref{Keymaps}.
@item Keyboard Translation Table
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it is a prefix key (q.v.@:). @xref{Keys}.
@item Keymap
! A keymap is a data structure that records the bindings (q.v.@:) of key
! sequences (q.v.@:) to the commands (q.v.@:) that they run. For example,
! the global keymap binds the character @kbd{C-n} to the command
@code{next-line}. @xref{Keymaps}.
@item Keyboard Translation Table
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Most Emacs commands that erase text perform killing, as opposed to
deletion (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}.
! @item Killing a Job
! Killing a job (such as, an invocation of Emacs) means making it cease
! to exist. Any data within it, if not saved in a file, is lost.
! @xref{Exiting}.
@item Language Environment
Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input
method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:). @xref{Language
! Environments}. These defaults are relevant if you edit address@hidden text
! (@pxref{International}).
@item Line Wrapping
See `filling.'
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Most Emacs commands that erase text perform killing, as opposed to
deletion (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}.
! @item Killing Emacs
! Killing an invocation of Emacs means making it cease to exist. Any
! buffer changes, if not saved in a file, are lost. @xref{Exiting}.
@item Language Environment
Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input
method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:). @xref{Language
! Environments}. These defaults are relevant if you edit
! address@hidden text (@pxref{International}).
@item Line Wrapping
See `filling.'
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lists. @xref{Moving by Parens}.
@item Local
! Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; the relevant
! kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular
! buffer, or a particular major mode. It is the opposite of `global'
! (q.v.@:). Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below.
@item Local Abbrev
A local abbrev definition is effective only if a particular major mode
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lists. @xref{Moving by Parens}.
@item Local
! Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; where the
! relevant kind of context is a particular function execution, buffer, or
! major mode. It is the opposite of `global' (q.v.@:). Specific uses of
! `local' in Emacs terminology appear below.
@item Local Abbrev
A local abbrev definition is effective only if a particular major mode
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@xref{User Input,C-M-}.
@item @kbd{M-x}
! @kbd{M-x} is the key sequence which is used to call an Emacs command by
! name. This is how you run commands that are not bound to key sequences.
! @xref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}.
@item Mail
Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer
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@xref{User Input,C-M-}.
@item @kbd{M-x}
! @kbd{M-x} is the key sequence which is used to call an Emacs command
! (q.v.@:) by name. This is how you run commands that are not bound to
! key sequences. @xref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}.
@item Mail
Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer
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@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
! all the text from point to the mark. Each buffer has its own mark.
! @xref{Mark}.
@item Mark Ring
The mark ring is used to hold several recent previous locations of the
! mark, just in case you want to move back to them. Each buffer has its
! own mark ring; in addition, there is a single global mark ring (q.v.@:).
! @xref{Mark Ring}.
@item Menu Bar
The menu bar is the line at the top of an Emacs frame. It contains
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@item Margin
The space between the usable part of a window (including the
! fringe (q.v.@:)) and the window edge.
@item Mark
! The mark points to a position in the text of a buffer. It specifies one
! end of the region (q.v.@:), point (q.v.@:) being the other end. Many
! commands operate on all the text from point to the mark. Each buffer
! has its own mark. @xref{Mark}.
@item Mark Ring
The mark ring is used to hold several recent previous locations of the
! mark (q.v.@:), just in case you want to move back to them. Each buffer
! has its own mark ring; in addition, there is a single global mark ring
! (q.v.@:). @xref{Mark Ring}.
@item Menu Bar
The menu bar is the line at the top of an Emacs frame. It contains
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A Meta character is one whose character code includes the Meta bit.
@item Minibuffer
! The minibuffer is the window that appears when necessary inside the
! echo area (q.v.@:), used for reading arguments to commands.
@xref{Minibuffer}.
@item Minibuffer History
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A Meta character is one whose character code includes the Meta bit.
@item Minibuffer
! The minibuffer is a buffer, displayed when necessary inside the echo
! area (q.v.@:), used for reading arguments to commands.
@xref{Minibuffer}.
@item Minibuffer History
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has never been saved). @xref{Saving}.
@item Moving Text
! Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in
! another. The usual way to move text by killing (q.v.@:) and then
! yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}.
@item MULE
! MULE refers to the Emacs features for editing multilingual address@hidden text
! using multibyte characters (q.v.@:). @xref{International}.
@item Multibyte Character
A multibyte character is a character that takes up several bytes in a
! buffer. Emacs uses multibyte characters to represent address@hidden text,
! since the number of address@hidden characters is much more than 256.
! @xref{International Chars, International Characters}.
@item Named Mark
A named mark is a register (q.v.@:) in its role of recording a
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has never been saved). @xref{Saving}.
@item Moving Text
! Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in another.
! The usual way to move text is by killing (q.v.@:) and then yanking
! (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}.
@item MULE
! MULE refers to the Emacs features for editing multilingual
! address@hidden text using multibyte characters (q.v.@:).
! @xref{International}.
@item Multibyte Character
A multibyte character is a character that takes up several bytes in a
! buffer. Emacs uses multibyte characters to represent
! address@hidden text, since the number of address@hidden
! characters is much more than 256. @xref{International Chars,
! International Characters}.
@item Named Mark
A named mark is a register (q.v.@:) in its role of recording a
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repeat count. @xref{Arguments}.
@item Overwrite Mode
! Overwrite mode is a minor mode. When it is enabled, ordinary text
! characters replace the existing text after point rather than pushing
! it to the right. @xref{Minor Modes}.
@item Page
! A page is a unit of text, delimited by formfeed characters (@acronym{ASCII}
! control-L, code 014) coming at the beginning of a line. Some Emacs
! commands are provided for moving over and operating on pages.
@xref{Pages}.
@item Paragraph
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repeat count. @xref{Arguments}.
@item Overwrite Mode
! Overwrite mode is a minor mode (q.v.@:). When it is enabled, ordinary
! text characters replace the existing text after point rather than
! pushing it to the right. @xref{Minor Modes}.
@item Page
! A page is a unit of text, delimited by formfeed characters
! (@acronym{ASCII} control-L, code 014) coming at the beginning of a line.
! Some Emacs commands are provided for moving over and operating on pages.
@xref{Pages}.
@item Paragraph
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end of a word or expression. @xref{Syntax}.
@item Point
! Point is the place in the buffer at which insertion and deletion
! occur. Point is considered to be between two characters, not at one
! character. The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:) indicates the location of
! point. @xref{Point}.
@item Prefix Argument
See `numeric argument.'
@item Prefix Key
! A prefix key is a key sequence (q.v.@:) whose sole function is to
! introduce a set of longer key sequences. @kbd{C-x} is an example of
prefix key; any two-character sequence starting with @kbd{C-x} is
therefore a legitimate key sequence. @xref{Keys}.
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end of a word or expression. @xref{Syntax}.
@item Point
! Point is the position in a buffer (q.v.@:) where insertion (q.v.@:) and
! deletion (q.v.@:) occur. Point is considered to be between two
! characters, not at one character. The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:)
! indicates the location of point. @xref{Point}.
@item Prefix Argument
See `numeric argument.'
@item Prefix Key
! A prefix key is a key sequence (q.v.@:) whose sole purpose is to
! introduce a set of longer key sequences. @kbd{C-x} is an example of a
prefix key; any two-character sequence starting with @kbd{C-x} is
therefore a legitimate key sequence. @xref{Keys}.
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you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also
a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}).
@item Query-Replace
Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by
Emacs. @xref{Query Replace}.
@item Quitting
! Quitting means canceling a partially typed command or a running
! command, using @kbd{C-g} (or @address@hidden on MS-DOS). @xref{Quitting}.
@item Quoting
Quoting means depriving a character of its usual special significance.
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you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also
a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}).
+ @item Punctuation
+ Punctuation characters are used as punctuation in human languages. In
+ programming language use they may separate symbol (q.v.@:) names from
+ each other. Word search (q.v.@:) ignores punctuation between words.
+ @xref{Syntax}.
+
@item Query-Replace
Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by
Emacs. @xref{Query Replace}.
@item Quitting
! Quitting means canceling a partially typed command or a running command,
! using @kbd{C-g} (or @address@hidden on MS-DOS). @xref{Quitting}.
@item Quoting
Quoting means depriving a character of its usual special significance.
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all contexts allow quoting. @xref{Inserting Text,Quoting}.
@item Quoting File Names
! Quoting a file name turns off the special significance of constructs
! such as @samp{$}, @samp{~} and @samp{:}. @xref{Quoted File Names}.
@item Read-Only Buffer
! A read-only buffer is one whose text you are not allowed to change.
! Normally Emacs makes buffers read-only when they contain text which
! has a special significance to Emacs; for example, Dired buffers.
Visiting a file that is write-protected also makes a read-only buffer.
@xref{Buffers}.
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all contexts allow quoting. @xref{Inserting Text,Quoting}.
@item Quoting File Names
! Quoting a file name (q.v.@:) turns off the special significance of
! constructs such as @samp{$}, @samp{~} and @samp{:}. @xref{Quoted File
! Names}.
@item Read-Only Buffer
! A read-only buffer (q.v.@:) is one whose text you are not allowed to
! change. Normally Emacs makes buffers read-only when they contain text
! which has a special significance to Emacs; for example, Dired buffers.
Visiting a file that is write-protected also makes a read-only buffer.
@xref{Buffers}.
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@xref{Rectangles}.
@item Recursive Editing Level
! A recursive editing level is a state in which part of the execution of
! a command involves asking you to edit some text. This text may
! or may not be the same as the text to which the command was applied.
! The mode line indicates recursive editing levels with square brackets
(@samp{[} and @samp{]}). @xref{Recursive Edit}.
@item Redisplay
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@xref{Rectangles}.
@item Recursive Editing Level
! A recursive editing level is a state in which part of the execution of a
! command involves asking you to edit some text. This text may or may not
! be the same as the text to which the command was applied. The mode line
! (q.v.@:) indicates recursive editing levels with square brackets
(@samp{[} and @samp{]}). @xref{Recursive Edit}.
@item Redisplay
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@item @key{RET}
@key{RET} is a character that in Emacs runs the command to insert a
! newline into the text. It is also used to terminate most arguments
read in the minibuffer (q.v.@:). @xref{User Input,Return}.
@item Reverting
! Reverting means returning to the original state. Emacs lets you
! revert a buffer by re-reading its file from disk. @xref{Reverting}.
@item Rmail File
An Rmail file is a file containing text in a special format used by
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@item @key{RET}
@key{RET} is a character that in Emacs runs the command to insert a
! newline into a buffer. It is also used to terminate most arguments
read in the minibuffer (q.v.@:). @xref{User Input,Return}.
@item Reverting
! Reverting means returning to the original state. Emacs lets you revert
! a buffer (q.v.@:) by re-reading its file from disk. @xref{Reverting}.
@item Rmail File
An Rmail file is a file containing text in a special format used by
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@item Scroll Bar
A scroll bar is a tall thin hollow box that appears at the side of a
window. You can use mouse commands in the scroll bar to scroll the
! window. The scroll bar feature is supported only under windowing
! systems. @xref{Scroll Bars}.
@item Scrolling
! Scrolling means shifting the text in the Emacs window so as to see a
! different part of the buffer. @xref{Scrolling}.
@item Searching
! Searching means moving point to the next occurrence of a specified
! string or the next match for a specified regular expression.
! @xref{Search}.
@item Search Path
! A search path is a list of directory names, to be used for searching for
! files for certain purposes. For example, the variable @code{load-path}
! holds a search path for finding Lisp library files. @xref{Lisp Libraries}.
@item Secondary Selection
The secondary selection is one particular X selection; some X
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@item Scroll Bar
A scroll bar is a tall thin hollow box that appears at the side of a
window. You can use mouse commands in the scroll bar to scroll the
! window. The scroll bar feature is supported only under window systems
! (q.v.@:). @xref{Scroll Bars}.
@item Scrolling
! Scrolling means shifting the text in an Emacs window so as to see a
! different part of the window's buffer. @xref{Scrolling}.
@item Searching
! Searching means moving point (q.v.@:) to the next occurrence of a
! specified string or the next match for a specified regular expression
! (q.v.@:). @xref{Search}.
@item Search Path
! A search path is a list of directory names that is used when searching
! for files. For example, the variable @code{load-path} holds a search
! path for finding Lisp library files. @xref{Lisp Libraries}.
@item Secondary Selection
The secondary selection is one particular X selection; some X
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@xref{Frames}.
@item Selected Window
! The selected frame is the one your input currently operates on.
@xref{Basic Window}.
@item Selecting a Buffer
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@xref{Frames}.
@item Selected Window
! The selected window is the one your input currently operates on.
@xref{Basic Window}.
@item Selecting a Buffer
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@xref{Select Buffer}.
@item Selection
! Windowing systems allow an application program to specify
selections whose values are text. A program can also read the
selections that other programs have set up. This is the principal way
of transferring text between window applications. Emacs has commands to
! work with the primary (q.v.@:) selection and the secondary (q.v.@:)
! selection, and also with the clipboard (q.v.@:).
@item Self-Documentation
Self-documentation is the feature of Emacs which can tell you what any
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@xref{Select Buffer}.
@item Selection
! Window systems (q.v.@:) allow an application program to specify
selections whose values are text. A program can also read the
selections that other programs have set up. This is the principal way
of transferring text between window applications. Emacs has commands to
! work with the primary (q.v.@:) selection and the secondary
! (q.v.@:) selection, and also with the clipboard (q.v.@:).
@item Self-Documentation
Self-documentation is the feature of Emacs which can tell you what any
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are self-inserting in Emacs, except in certain special major modes.
@item Sentences
! Emacs has commands for moving by or killing by sentences.
@xref{Sentences}.
@item Sexp
! A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of
! Lisp in its textual form: either a list, or Lisp atom. Sexps are also
! the balanced expressions (q.v.@:) of the Lisp language; this is why
! the commands for editing balanced expressions have `sexp' in their
! name. @xref{Expressions,Sexps}.
@item Simultaneous Editing
Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once.
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are self-inserting in Emacs, except in certain special major modes.
@item Sentences
! Emacs has commands for moving by, or killing sentences.
@xref{Sentences}.
@item Sexp
! A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of Lisp
! in its textual form: either a list, or a Lisp atom. Sexps are also the
! balanced expressions (q.v.@:) of the Lisp language; this is why the
! commands for editing balanced expressions have `sexp' in their name.
! @xref{Expressions,Sexps}.
@item Simultaneous Editing
Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once.
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allowed as well.
@item String Substitution
! See `global substitution'.
!
! @item Syntax Highlighting
! See `font lock.'
!
! @item Syntax Table
! The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word,
! which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc.
! @xref{Syntax}.
@item Super
Super is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
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allowed as well.
@item String Substitution
! See `global substitution.'
@item Super
Super is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
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@kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short). @xref{User Input,
Super}.
! @item Suspending
! Suspending Emacs means stopping it temporarily and returning control
! to its parent process, which is usually a shell. Unlike killing a job
! (q.v.@:), you can later resume the suspended Emacs job without losing
! your buffers, unsaved edits, undo history, etc. @xref{Exiting}.
@item @key{TAB}
@key{TAB} is the tab character. In Emacs it is typically used for
! indentation or completion.
@item Tags Table
A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function
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@kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short). @xref{User Input,
Super}.
! @item Suspending Emacs
! Suspending Emacs means stopping it temporarily and returning control to
! its parent process, which is usually a shell. Unlike killing Emacs
! (q.v.@:), suspending allows you to resume the same Emacs job later,
! without losing your buffers, unsaved edits, undo history, etc.
! @xref{Exiting}.
!
! @item Symbol
! Symbols are objects with a unique name. Symbols names are normally made
! up of word characters and symbol constituent characters (according to
! the syntax table (q.v.@:)). @xref{Syntax}.
!
! @item Syntax Highlighting
! See `font lock.'
!
! @item Syntax Table
! The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word,
! which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc.
! @xref{Syntax}.
@item @key{TAB}
@key{TAB} is the tab character. In Emacs it is typically used for
! indentation (q.v.@:) or completion (q.v.@:).
@item Tags Table
A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function
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A termscript file contains a record of all characters sent by Emacs to
the terminal. It is used for tracking down bugs in Emacs redisplay.
Emacs does not make a termscript file unless you tell it to.
! @xref{Bugs}.
@item Text
`Text' has two meanings (@pxref{Text}):
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A termscript file contains a record of all characters sent by Emacs to
the terminal. It is used for tracking down bugs in Emacs redisplay.
Emacs does not make a termscript file unless you tell it to.
! @xref{Checklist}.
@item Text
`Text' has two meanings (@pxref{Text}):
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text of the file you have visited. You are at top level whenever you
are not in a recursive editing level (q.v.@:) or the minibuffer
(q.v.@:), and not in the middle of a command. You can get back to top
! level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.@:). @xref{Quitting}.
@item Transposition
Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place
formerly occupied by the other. There are Emacs commands to transpose
! two adjacent characters, words, balanced expressions (q.v.@:) or lines
! (@pxref{Transpose}).
@item Truncation
Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a
! line that does not fit within the right margin of the window
! displaying it. See also `continuation line.'
! @xref{Continuation Lines,Truncation}.
@item TTY
See `text-only terminal.'
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text of the file you have visited. You are at top level whenever you
are not in a recursive editing level (q.v.@:) or the minibuffer
(q.v.@:), and not in the middle of a command. You can get back to top
! level by aborting (q.v.@:) or quitting (q.v.@:). @xref{Quitting}.
@item Transposition
Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place
formerly occupied by the other. There are Emacs commands to transpose
! two adjacent characters, words, balanced expressions (q.v.@:) or lines.
! @xref{Transpose}.
@item Truncation
Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a
! line that does not fit within the right margin of the window displaying
! it. @xref{Continuation Lines,Truncation}.
@item TTY
See `text-only terminal.'
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@item Window System
A window system is software that operates on a graphical display
(q.v.@:), to subdivide the screen so that multiple applications can
! have their] own windows at the same time. All modern operating systems
include a window system.
@item Word Abbrev
See `abbrev.'
@item Word Search
Word search is searching for a sequence of words, considering the
! punctuation between them as insignificant. @xref{Word Search}.
@item WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG stands for ``What you see is what you get.'' Emacs generally
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@item Window System
A window system is software that operates on a graphical display
(q.v.@:), to subdivide the screen so that multiple applications can
! have their own windows at the same time. All modern operating systems
include a window system.
+ @item Word
+ A word is text built entirely from characters classified as word
+ constituents by the syntax table (q.v.@:). @xref{Syntax}.
+ @xref{Words}, for commands moving over or operating on words.
+
@item Word Abbrev
See `abbrev.'
@item Word Search
Word search is searching for a sequence of words, considering the
! punctuation (q.v.@:) between them as insignificant. @xref{Word Search}.
@item WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG stands for ``What you see is what you get.'' Emacs generally