Improve the "Basic" chapter of the Emacs manual

* doc/emacs/basic.texi (Inserting Text): De-confuse text.
(Position Info): Add a cross-reference to where
display-line-numbers-mode is described.  Reported by Joshua
Branson <jbranso@fastmail.com> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
index b59ccf6ccfa71e04ca9d0b88ab61bf330a95163d..edb3d08f68df9887567a8afa2bb294d792f03349 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
@@ -131,12 +131,6 @@ Unicode), or a number with a specified radix, e.g., @code{#o23072}
 Manual}.  The command then inserts the corresponding character into
 the buffer.
 
-  In some contexts, if you type a quotation using grave accent and
-apostrophe @t{`like this'}, it is converted to a form @t{‘like this’}
-using single quotation marks.  Similarly, typing a quotation @t{``like
-this''} using double grave accent and apostrophe converts it to a form
-@t{“like this”} using double quotation marks.  @xref{Quotation Marks}.
-
   For example, the following all insert the same character:
 
 @example
@@ -151,6 +145,13 @@ this''} using double grave accent and apostrophe converts it to a form
   A numeric argument to @kbd{C-q} or @kbd{C-x 8 ...} specifies
 how many copies of the character to insert (@pxref{Arguments}).
 
+  In addition, in some contexts, if you type a quotation using grave
+accent and apostrophe @t{`like this'}, it is converted to a form
+@t{‘like this’} using single quotation marks, even without @kbd{C-x 8}
+commands.  Similarly, typing a quotation @t{``like this''} using
+double grave accent and apostrophe converts it to a form @t{“like
+this”} using double quotation marks.  @xref{Quotation Marks}.
+
 @node Moving Point
 @section Changing the Location of Point
 
@@ -711,6 +712,9 @@ where the two extra numbers give the smallest and largest character
 position that point is allowed to assume.  The characters between
 those two positions are the accessible ones.  @xref{Narrowing}.
 
+  Related, but different feature is @code{display-line-numbers-mode}
+(@pxref{Display Custom}).
+
 @node Arguments
 @section Numeric Arguments
 @cindex numeric arguments