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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mini.texi


From: Richard M . Stallman
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/mini.texi
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:54:22 -0500

Index: emacs/man/mini.texi
diff -c emacs/man/mini.texi:1.25 emacs/man/mini.texi:1.26
*** emacs/man/mini.texi:1.25    Sun Jan 30 11:18:22 2005
--- emacs/man/mini.texi Fri Feb 25 13:54:21 2005
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*** 16,24 ****
  @cindex prompt
    When the minibuffer is in use, it appears in the echo area, and the
  terminal's cursor moves there.  The beginning of the minibuffer line
! displays a @dfn{prompt} which says what kind of input you should supply and
! how it will be used.  Often this prompt is derived from the name of the
! command that the argument is for.  The prompt normally ends with a colon.
  
  @cindex default argument
    Sometimes a @dfn{default argument} appears in parentheses after the
--- 16,25 ----
  @cindex prompt
    When the minibuffer is in use, it appears in the echo area, and the
  terminal's cursor moves there.  The beginning of the minibuffer line
! displays a @dfn{prompt} in a special color, to say what kind of input
! you should supply and how it will be used.  Often this prompt is
! derived from the name of the command that the argument is for.  The
! prompt normally ends with a colon.
  
  @cindex default argument
    Sometimes a @dfn{default argument} appears in parentheses after the
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*** 123,130 ****
  
    Since @key{RET} in the minibuffer is defined to exit the minibuffer,
  you can't use it to insert a newline in the minibuffer.  To do that,
! type @kbd{C-o} or @kbd{C-q C-j}.  (Recall that a newline is really the
! character control-J.)
  
    The minibuffer has its own window which always has space on the screen
  but acts as if it were not there when the minibuffer is not in use.  When
--- 124,131 ----
  
    Since @key{RET} in the minibuffer is defined to exit the minibuffer,
  you can't use it to insert a newline in the minibuffer.  To do that,
! type @kbd{C-o} or @kbd{C-q C-j}.  (On text terminals, newline is
! really the @acronym{ASCII} character control-J.)
  
    The minibuffer has its own window which always has space on the screen
  but acts as if it were not there when the minibuffer is not in use.  When
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*** 147,158 ****
  
  @vindex resize-mini-windows
    The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary to hold the
! text that you put in the minibuffer, if @code{resize-mini-windows} is
! address@hidden  If @code{resize-mini-windows} is @code{t}, the window
! is always resized to fit the size of the text it displays.  If
! @code{resize-mini-windows} is the symbol @code{grow-only}, the window
! grows when the size of displayed text increases, but shrinks (back to
! the normal size) only when the minibuffer becomes inactive.
  
  @vindex max-mini-window-height
    The variable @code{max-mini-window-height} controls the maximum
--- 148,160 ----
  
  @vindex resize-mini-windows
    The minibuffer window expands vertically as necessary to hold the
! text that you put in the minibuffer.  If @code{resize-mini-windows} is
! @code{t} (the default), the window is always resized to fit the size
! of the text it displays.  If its value is the symbol @code{grow-only},
! the window grows when the size of displayed text increases, but
! shrinks (back to the normal size) only when the minibuffer becomes
! inactive.  If its value is @code{nil}, you have to adjust the height
! yourself.
  
  @vindex max-mini-window-height
    The variable @code{max-mini-window-height} controls the maximum
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*** 161,171 ****
  maximum number of lines; @code{nil} means do not resize the minibuffer
  window automatically.  The default value is 0.25.
  
!   If while in the minibuffer you issue a command that displays help text
! of any sort in another window, you can use the @kbd{C-M-v} command while
! in the minibuffer to scroll the help text.  This lasts until you exit
! the minibuffer.  This feature is especially useful when you display
! a buffer listing possible completions.  @xref{Other Window}.
  
  @vindex enable-recursive-minibuffers
    Emacs normally disallows most commands that use the minibuffer while
--- 163,175 ----
  maximum number of lines; @code{nil} means do not resize the minibuffer
  window automatically.  The default value is 0.25.
  
!   If, while in the minibuffer, you issue a command that displays help
! text of any sort in another window, you can use the @kbd{C-M-v}
! command while in the minibuffer to scroll the help text.
! (@address@hidden and @address@hidden also operate on that
! help text.)  This lasts until you exit the minibuffer.  This feature
! is especially useful when you display a buffer listing possible
! completions.  @xref{Other Window}.
  
  @vindex enable-recursive-minibuffers
    Emacs normally disallows most commands that use the minibuffer while
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*** 273,280 ****
  
  @table @kbd
  @findex mouse-choose-completion
! @item Mouse-2
! Clicking mouse button 2 on a completion in the list of possible
  completions chooses that completion (@code{mouse-choose-completion}).
  You normally use this command while point is in the minibuffer, but you
  must click in the list of completions, not in the minibuffer itself.
--- 277,285 ----
  
  @table @kbd
  @findex mouse-choose-completion
! @item Mouse-1
! @itemx Mouse-2
! Clicking mouse button 1 or 2 on a completion in the list of possible
  completions chooses that completion (@code{mouse-choose-completion}).
  You normally use this command while point is in the minibuffer, but you
  must click in the list of completions, not in the minibuffer itself.
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*** 447,456 ****
  @findex previous-history-element
    The simplest way to reuse the saved arguments in the history list is
  to move through the history list one element at a time.  While in the
! minibuffer, use @kbd{M-p} or up-arrow (@code{previous-history-element})
! to ``move to'' the next earlier minibuffer input, and use @kbd{M-n} or
! down-arrow (@code{next-history-element}) to ``move to'' the next later
! input.
  
    The previous input that you fetch from the history entirely replaces
  the contents of the minibuffer.  To use it as the argument, exit the
--- 452,464 ----
  @findex previous-history-element
    The simplest way to reuse the saved arguments in the history list is
  to move through the history list one element at a time.  While in the
! minibuffer, use @kbd{M-p} or up-arrow
! (@code{previous-history-element}) to ``move to'' the next earlier
! minibuffer input, and use @kbd{M-n} or down-arrow
! (@code{next-history-element}) to ``move to'' the next later input.
! These commands don't move the cursor, they bring different saved
! strings into the minibuffer.  But you can think of them as ``moving''
! through the history list.
  
    The previous input that you fetch from the history entirely replaces
  the contents of the minibuffer.  To use it as the argument, exit the
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*** 570,576 ****
  it normally does not appear in the history list for @kbd{C-x
  @key{ESC} @key{ESC}}.  You can make it appear in the history by
  setting @code{isearch-resume-in-command-history} to a address@hidden
! value.
  
  @vindex command-history
    The list of previous minibuffer-using commands is stored as a Lisp
--- 578,584 ----
  it normally does not appear in the history list for @kbd{C-x
  @key{ESC} @key{ESC}}.  You can make it appear in the history by
  setting @code{isearch-resume-in-command-history} to a address@hidden
! value.  @xref{Incremental Search}.
  
  @vindex command-history
    The list of previous minibuffer-using commands is stored as a Lisp




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