@subsection Disabling Commands
@cindex disabled command
- Disabling a command means causing it to require a confirmation
-before it can be executed. The purpose of disabling a command is to
-prevent users from executing it by accident and being confused.
+ Disabling a command means that invoking it interactively asks for
+confirmation from the user. The purpose of disabling a command is to
+prevent users from executing it by accident; we do this for commands
+that might be confusing to the uninitiated.
- An attempt to invoke a disabled command interactively in Emacs
+ Attempting to invoke a disabled command interactively in Emacs
displays a window containing the command's name, its documentation,
and some instructions on what to do immediately; then Emacs asks for
input saying whether to execute the command as requested, enable it
Whether a command is disabled is independent of what key is used to
invoke it; disabling also applies if the command is invoked using
-@kbd{M-x}. Disabling a command has no effect on calling it as a
-function from Lisp programs.
+@kbd{M-x}. However, disabling a command has no effect on calling it
+as a function from Lisp programs.
@node Syntax
@section The Syntax Table