* etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Mention electric behavior of RET.

Note that I had to change "\" to `\', because otherwise Emacs thought
that everything after that point was inside a string and so did not
indent anything.

So translators should check for anything similar in their translated
versions.

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index 6bf0e815fc94fbc42cd0109ce66efbbb64443bb4..5b68899063586b6862353be855d6731dfe85f14d 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-03-06  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+       * tutorials/TUTORIAL: Mention electric behavior of RET.
+
 2014-02-25  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
        * refcards/vipcard.tex: Hook fix.

diff --git a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
index 106c67ef1a79c5f2da53d09a107d44cf7f442107..fbe631a90aa2da860349e59b90ed2cc6bc5af18d 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
+++ b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ of text is "continued" onto a second screen line.  If you're using a
 graphical display, little curved arrows appear in the narrow spaces on
 each side of the text area (the left and right "fringes"), to indicate
 where a line has been continued.  If you're using a text terminal, the
-continued line is indicated by a backslash ("\") on the rightmost
+continued line is indicated by a backslash (`\') on the rightmost
 screen column.
 
 >> Insert text until you reach the right margin, and keep on inserting.
@@ -331,6 +331,19 @@ screen width, it will be displayed with a continuation line.
 
 >> Type <Return> to reinsert the Newline you deleted.
 
+The <Return> key is special, in that pressing it may do more than
+just insert a Newline character.  Depending on the surrounding text,
+it may insert whitespace after the Newline character, so that when
+you start typing on the newly created line, the text lines up with
+that on the previous line.  We call this behavior (where pressing a
+key does more than simply inserting the relevant character) "electric".
+
+>> Here is an example of <Return> being electric.
+   Type <Return> at the end of this line.
+
+You should see that after inserting the Newline, Emacs inserts spaces
+so that the cursor moves under the "T" of "Type".
+
 Remember that most Emacs commands can be given a repeat count;
 this includes text characters.  Repeating a text character inserts
 it several times.
@@ -391,7 +404,7 @@ Note that a single C-k kills the contents of the line, and a second
 C-k kills the line itself, and makes all the other lines move up.  C-k
 treats a numeric argument specially: it kills that many lines AND
 their contents.  This is not mere repetition.  C-u 2 C-k kills two
-lines and their newlines; typing C-k twice would not do that.
+lines and their Newlines; typing C-k twice would not do that.
 
 You can yank the killed text either at the same place where it was
 killed, or at some other place in the text you are editing, or even in