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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 b67042b: More minor copyedits in the Emacs manual
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 b67042b: More minor copyedits in the Emacs manual |
Date: |
Mon, 3 Jun 2019 12:31:51 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: emacs-26
commit b67042be5d39aaff2d48a2eb3306ef422d27d52f
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
More minor copyedits in the Emacs manual
* doc/emacs/basic.texi (Arguments):
* doc/emacs/display.texi (Recentering, Text Display):
* doc/emacs/regs.texi (Text Registers, Rectangle Registers):
* doc/emacs/mark.texi (Disabled Transient Mark): Fix
inaccuracies and typos. (Bug#35885)
---
doc/emacs/basic.texi | 6 +++---
doc/emacs/display.texi | 19 ++++++++++---------
doc/emacs/mark.texi | 6 +++---
doc/emacs/regs.texi | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
index 86403b7..3728144 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
@@ -816,9 +816,9 @@ more convenient, and they are documented in that command's
documentation string.
We use the term @dfn{prefix argument} to emphasize that you type
-such arguments before the command, and to distinguish them from
-minibuffer arguments (@pxref{Minibuffer}), which are entered after
-invoking the command.
+such arguments @emph{before} the command, and to distinguish them from
+minibuffer arguments (@pxref{Minibuffer}), which are entered
address@hidden invoking the command.
On graphical displays, @kbd{C-0}, @kbd{C-1}, etc.@ act the same as
@kbd{M-0}, @kbd{M-1}, etc.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi
index 9cf6baa..f8c6201 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/display.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi
@@ -199,12 +199,13 @@ screen lines between point and the top or bottom of the
window
(@pxref{Auto Scrolling}).
You can also give @kbd{C-l} a prefix argument. A plain prefix
-argument, @kbd{C-u C-l}, simply recenters point. A positive argument
address@hidden puts point @var{n} lines down from the top of the window. An
-argument of zero puts point on the topmost line. A negative argument
address@hidden puts point @var{n} lines from the bottom of the window. When
-given an argument, @kbd{C-l} does not clear the screen or cycle
-through different screen positions.
+argument, @kbd{C-u C-l}, simply recenters the line showing point. A
+positive argument @var{n} moves line showing point @var{n} lines down
+from the top of the window. An argument of zero moves point's line to
+the top of the window. A negative argument @var{-n} moves point's
+line @var{n} lines from the bottom of the window. When given an
+argument, @kbd{C-l} does not clear the screen or cycle through
+different screen positions.
@vindex recenter-redisplay
If the variable @code{recenter-redisplay} has a address@hidden
@@ -1484,9 +1485,9 @@ a new line, while the tab character (@code{U+0009}) is
displayed as a
space that extends to the next tab stop column (normally every 8
columns). The number of spaces per tab is controlled by the
buffer-local variable @code{tab-width}, which must have an integer
-value between 1 and 1000, inclusive. Note that how the tab character
-in the buffer is displayed has nothing to do with the definition of
address@hidden as a command.
+value between 1 and 1000, inclusive. Note that the way the tab
+character in the buffer is displayed has nothing to do with the
+definition of @key{TAB} as a command.
Other @acronym{ASCII} control characters, whose codes are below
@code{U+0020} (octal 40, decimal 32), are displayed as a caret
diff --git a/doc/emacs/mark.texi b/doc/emacs/mark.texi
index 5ffe726..8ad5fc7 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/mark.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/mark.texi
@@ -420,9 +420,9 @@ commands.
The default behavior of the mark and region, in which setting the
mark activates it and highlights the region, is called Transient Mark
mode. This is a minor mode that is enabled by default. It can be
-toggled with @kbd{M-x transient-mark-mode}, or with the @samp{Active
-Region Highlighting} menu item in the @samp{Options} menu. Turning it
-off switches Emacs to an alternative mode of operation:
+toggled with @kbd{M-x transient-mark-mode}, or with the
address@hidden Active Region} menu item in the @samp{Options} menu.
+Turning it off switches Emacs to an alternative mode of operation:
@itemize @bullet
@item
diff --git a/doc/emacs/regs.texi b/doc/emacs/regs.texi
index b9d0afe..b47e5d3 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/regs.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/regs.texi
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ during the collection process, you can use the following
setting.
@findex insert-register
@kbd{C-x r i @var{r}} inserts in the buffer the text from register
@var{r}. Normally it leaves point after the text and sets the mark
-before, without activating it. With a numeric argument, it instead
+before, without activating it. With a prefix argument, it instead
puts point before the text and the mark after.
@node Rectangle Registers
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ in the buffer.
@kindex C-x r r
@item C-x r r @var{r}
Copy the region-rectangle into register @var{r}
-(@code{copy-rectangle-to-register}). With numeric argument, delete it as
+(@code{copy-rectangle-to-register}). With prefix argument, delete it as
well.
@item C-x r i @var{r}
Insert the rectangle stored in register @var{r} (if it contains a
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