From: Chong Yidong Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:25:06 +0000 (+0800) Subject: * doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): Standardize on "text terminal" terminology. X-Git-Tag: emacs-24.0.96~84 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0be641c057c90f9d75b41c0a34f4bf8b7de81f27;p=emacs.git * doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): Standardize on "text terminal" terminology. All callers changed. --- diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 5901ce22539..e172f649047 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2012-04-14 Chong Yidong + * glossary.texi (Glossary): Standardize on "text terminal" + terminology. All callers changed. + * misc.texi (emacsclient Options): Document "client frame" concept and its effect on C-x C-c more carefully. diff --git a/doc/emacs/ack.texi b/doc/emacs/ack.texi index be01b05fe19..40e8cdfdbd0 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ack.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/ack.texi @@ -694,8 +694,8 @@ directory-local variables; and the @code{info-finder} feature that creates a virtual Info manual of package keywords. @item -Károly L@H{o}rentey wrote the ``multi-terminal'' code, which allows Emacs to -run on graphical and text-only terminals simultaneously. +Károly L@H{o}rentey wrote the ``multi-terminal'' code, which allows +Emacs to run on graphical and text terminals simultaneously. @item Martin Lorentzon wrote @file{vc-annotate.el}, support for version diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi index 3e768ab54d7..5ad48eb48ef 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ the text in the region. @xref{Mark}, for a description of the region. On most keyboards, @key{DEL} is labeled @key{Backspace}, but we refer to it as @key{DEL} in this manual. (Do not confuse @key{DEL} with the @key{Delete} key; we will discuss @key{Delete} momentarily.) -On some text-only terminals, Emacs may not recognize the @key{DEL} key +On some text terminals, Emacs may not recognize the @key{DEL} key properly. @xref{DEL Does Not Delete}, if you encounter this problem. The @key{delete} (@code{delete-forward-char}) command deletes in the @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ too long to fit in the window, and Emacs displays it as two or more @dfn{continuation}, and the long logical line is called a @dfn{continued line}. On a graphical display, Emacs indicates line wrapping with small bent arrows in the left and right window fringes. -On a text-only terminal, Emacs indicates line wrapping by displaying a +On a text terminal, Emacs indicates line wrapping by displaying a @samp{\} character at the right margin. Most commands that act on lines act on logical lines, not screen @@ -545,9 +545,9 @@ and up, respectively, by one screen line (@pxref{Moving Point}). continuing them. This means that every logical line occupies a single screen line; if it is longer than the width of the window, the rest of the line is not displayed. On a graphical display, a truncated line -is indicated by a small straight arrow in the right fringe; on a -text-only terminal, it is indicated by a @samp{$} character in the -right margin. @xref{Line Truncation}. +is indicated by a small straight arrow in the right fringe; on a text +terminal, it is indicated by a @samp{$} character in the right margin. +@xref{Line Truncation}. By default, continued lines are wrapped at the right window edge. Since the wrapping may occur in the middle of a word, continued lines diff --git a/doc/emacs/building.texi b/doc/emacs/building.texi index 61ddc283e31..fef7d2b2828 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/building.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/building.texi @@ -227,13 +227,13 @@ is determined by the variable @code{next-error-highlight}. If the @file{*compilation*} buffer is shown in a window with a left fringe (@pxref{Fringes}), the locus-visiting commands put an arrow in the fringe, pointing to the current error message. If the window has -no left fringe, such as on a text-only terminal, these commands scroll -the window so that the current message is at the top of the window. -If you change the variable @code{compilation-context-lines} to an -integer value @var{n}, these commands scroll the window so that the -current error message is @var{n} lines from the top, whether or not -there is a fringe; the default value, @code{nil}, gives the behavior -described above. +no left fringe, such as on a text terminal, these commands scroll the +window so that the current message is at the top of the window. If +you change the variable @code{compilation-context-lines} to an integer +value @var{n}, these commands scroll the window so that the current +error message is @var{n} lines from the top, whether or not there is a +fringe; the default value, @code{nil}, gives the behavior described +above. @vindex compilation-error-regexp-alist @vindex grep-regexp-alist @@ -572,12 +572,12 @@ for special commands that can be used in the GUD interaction buffer. As you debug a program, Emacs displays the relevant source files by visiting them in Emacs buffers, with an arrow in the left fringe -indicating the current execution line. (On a text-only terminal, the -arrow appears as @samp{=>}, overlaid on the first two text columns.) -Moving point in such a buffer does not move the arrow. You are free -to edit these source files, but note that inserting or deleting lines -will throw off the arrow's positioning, as Emacs has no way to figure -out which edited source line corresponds to the line reported by the +indicating the current execution line. (On a text terminal, the arrow +appears as @samp{=>}, overlaid on the first two text columns.) Moving +point in such a buffer does not move the arrow. You are free to edit +these source files, but note that inserting or deleting lines will +throw off the arrow's positioning, as Emacs has no way to figure out +which edited source line corresponds to the line reported by the debugger subprocess. To update this information, you typically have to recompile and restart the program. @@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ already exists there, the click removes it. A @kbd{C-Mouse-1} click enables or disables an existing breakpoint; a breakpoint that is disabled, but not unset, is indicated by a gray dot. - On a text-only terminal, or when fringes are disabled, enabled + On a text terminal, or when fringes are disabled, enabled breakpoints are indicated with a @samp{B} character in the left margin of the window. Disabled breakpoints are indicated with @samp{b}. (The margin is only displayed if a breakpoint is present.) @@ -1079,9 +1079,9 @@ debugger}. @findex gdb-frames-select On graphical displays, the selected stack frame is indicated by an -arrow in the fringe. On text-only terminals, or when fringes are -disabled, the selected stack frame is displayed in reverse contrast. -To select a stack frame, move point in its line and type @key{RET} +arrow in the fringe. On text terminals, or when fringes are disabled, +the selected stack frame is displayed in reverse contrast. To select +a stack frame, move point in its line and type @key{RET} (@code{gdb-frames-select}), or click @kbd{Mouse-2} on it. Doing so also updates the Locals buffer @ifnottex diff --git a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi index 56af8d426f6..4c6d6ef7bad 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi @@ -849,8 +849,8 @@ emacs -ms coral -cr 'slate blue' & You can reverse the foreground and background colors through the @samp{-rv} option or with the X resource @samp{reverseVideo}. - The @samp{-fg}, @samp{-bg}, and @samp{-rv} options function on -text-only terminals as well as on graphical displays. + The @samp{-fg}, @samp{-bg}, and @samp{-rv} options function on text +terminals as well as on graphical displays. @node Window Size X @appendixsec Options for Window Size and Position diff --git a/doc/emacs/commands.texi b/doc/emacs/commands.texi index f2a71b045f8..3285b65e57b 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/commands.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/commands.texi @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ starting with @key{ESC}. Thus, you can enter @kbd{M-a} by typing C-a}. Unlike @key{Meta}, @key{ESC} is entered as a separate character. You don't hold down @key{ESC} while typing the next character; instead, press @key{ESC} and release it, then enter the -next character. This feature is useful on certain text-only terminals +next character. This feature is useful on certain text terminals where the @key{Meta} key does not function reliably. @cindex keys stolen by window manager diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi index 54dbc0a78e1..da33d352698 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/display.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi @@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ scrolling whenever point moves off the left or right edge of the screen. To disable automatic horizontal scrolling, set the variable @code{auto-hscroll-mode} to @code{nil}. Note that when the automatic horizontal scrolling is turned off, if point moves off the edge of the -screen, the cursor disappears to indicate that. (On text-only -terminals, the cursor is left at the edge instead.) +screen, the cursor disappears to indicate that. (On text terminals, +the cursor is left at the edge instead.) @vindex hscroll-margin The variable @code{hscroll-margin} controls how close point can get @@ -479,9 +479,9 @@ prompts for a regular expression, and displays only faces with names matching that regular expression (@pxref{Regexps}). It's possible for a given face to look different in different -frames. For instance, some text-only terminals do not support all -face attributes, particularly font, height, and width, and some -support a limited range of colors. +frames. For instance, some text terminals do not support all face +attributes, particularly font, height, and width, and some support a +limited range of colors. @cindex background color @cindex default face @@ -529,13 +529,13 @@ or an @dfn{RGB triplet}. @samp{medium sea green}. To view a list of color names, type @kbd{M-x list-colors-display}. To control the order in which colors are shown, customize @code{list-colors-sort}. If you run this command on a -graphical display, it shows the full range of color names known to Emacs -(these are the standard X11 color names, defined in X's @file{rgb.txt} -file). If you run the command on a text-only terminal, it shows only a -small subset of colors that can be safely displayed on such terminals. -However, Emacs understands X11 color names even on text-only terminals; -if a face is given a color specified by an X11 color name, it is -displayed using the closest-matching terminal color. +graphical display, it shows the full range of color names known to +Emacs (these are the standard X11 color names, defined in X's +@file{rgb.txt} file). If you run the command on a text terminal, it +shows only a small subset of colors that can be safely displayed on +such terminals. However, Emacs understands X11 color names even on +text terminals; if a face is given a color specified by an X11 color +name, it is displayed using the closest-matching terminal color. An RGB triplet is a string of the form @samp{#RRGGBB}. Each of the R, G, and B components is a hexadecimal number specifying the @@ -651,8 +651,8 @@ at the top of a window just as the mode line appears at the bottom. Most windows do not have a header line---only some special modes, such Info mode, create one. @item vertical-border -This face is used for the vertical divider between windows on -text-only terminals. +This face is used for the vertical divider between windows on text +terminals. @item minibuffer-prompt @cindex @code{minibuffer-prompt} face @vindex minibuffer-prompt-properties @@ -679,9 +679,9 @@ This face determines the color of the mouse pointer. @end table The following faces likewise control the appearance of parts of the -Emacs frame, but only on text-only terminals, or when Emacs is built -on X with no toolkit support. (For all other cases, the appearance of -the respective frame elements is determined by system-wide settings.) +Emacs frame, but only on text terminals, or when Emacs is built on X +with no toolkit support. (For all other cases, the appearance of the +respective frame elements is determined by system-wide settings.) @table @code @item scroll-bar @@ -1453,9 +1453,9 @@ global-hl-line-mode} enables or disables the same mode globally. Emacs can display long lines by @dfn{truncation}. This means that all the characters that do not fit in the width of the screen or window do not appear at all. On graphical displays, a small straight arrow in -the fringe indicates truncation at either end of the line. On -text-only terminals, this is indicated with @samp{$} signs in the -leftmost and/or rightmost columns. +the fringe indicates truncation at either end of the line. On text +terminals, this is indicated with @samp{$} signs in the leftmost +and/or rightmost columns. @vindex truncate-lines @findex toggle-truncate-lines @@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ of an overline above the text, including the height of the overline itself, in pixels; the default is 2. @findex tty-suppress-bold-inverse-default-colors - On some text-only terminals, bold face and inverse video together -result in text that is hard to read. Call the function + On some text terminals, bold face and inverse video together result +in text that is hard to read. Call the function @code{tty-suppress-bold-inverse-default-colors} with a non-@code{nil} argument to suppress the effect of bold-face in this case. diff --git a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi index a842f412356..25e5bb2af0d 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ Frames and Graphical Displays * Tooltips:: Displaying information at the current mouse position. * Mouse Avoidance:: Moving the mouse pointer out of the way. * Non-Window Terminals:: Multiple frames on terminals that show only one. -* Text-Only Mouse:: Using the mouse in text-only terminals. +* Text-Only Mouse:: Using the mouse in text terminals. International Character Set Support diff --git a/doc/emacs/entering.texi b/doc/emacs/entering.texi index 3ec7f739e6c..3ec51ddfb60 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/entering.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/entering.texi @@ -148,14 +148,14 @@ stopping the program temporarily and returning control to the parent process (usually a shell); in most shells, you can resume Emacs after suspending it with the shell command @command{%emacs}. - Text-only terminals usually listen for certain special characters -whose meaning is to kill or suspend the program you are running. -@b{This terminal feature is turned off while you are in Emacs.} The -meanings of @kbd{C-z} and @kbd{C-x C-c} as keys in Emacs were inspired -by the use of @kbd{C-z} and @kbd{C-c} on several operating systems as -the characters for stopping or killing a program, but that is their -only relationship with the operating system. You can customize these -keys to run any commands of your choice (@pxref{Keymaps}). + Text terminals usually listen for certain special characters whose +meaning is to kill or suspend the program you are running. @b{This +terminal feature is turned off while you are in Emacs.} The meanings +of @kbd{C-z} and @kbd{C-x C-c} as keys in Emacs were inspired by the +use of @kbd{C-z} and @kbd{C-c} on several operating systems as the +characters for stopping or killing a program, but that is their only +relationship with the operating system. You can customize these keys +to run any commands of your choice (@pxref{Keymaps}). @ifnottex @lowersections diff --git a/doc/emacs/files.texi b/doc/emacs/files.texi index d85e7756816..10ba9ed1fa6 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi @@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ When typing a file name in the minibuffer, @kbd{C-@key{tab}} (@code{file-cache-minibuffer-complete}) completes it using the file name cache. If you repeat @kbd{C-@key{tab}}, that cycles through the possible completions of what you had originally typed. (However, note -that the @kbd{C-@key{tab}} character cannot be typed on most text-only +that the @kbd{C-@key{tab}} character cannot be typed on most text terminals.) The file name cache does not fill up automatically. Instead, you diff --git a/doc/emacs/fixit.texi b/doc/emacs/fixit.texi index 16feb939b33..85fac2b146b 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/fixit.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/fixit.texi @@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ Undo one entry in the current buffer's undo records (@code{undo}). @kbd{C-x u})@footnote{Aside from @kbd{C-/}, the @code{undo} command is also bound to @kbd{C-x u} because that is more straightforward for beginners to remember: @samp{u} stands for ``undo''. It is also bound -to @kbd{C-_} because typing @kbd{C-/} on some text-only terminals -actually enters @kbd{C-_}.}. This undoes the most recent change in -the buffer, and moves point back to where it was before that change. +to @kbd{C-_} because typing @kbd{C-/} on some text terminals actually +enters @kbd{C-_}.}. This undoes the most recent change in the buffer, +and moves point back to where it was before that change. Consecutive repetitions of @kbd{C-/} (or its aliases) undo earlier and earlier changes in the current buffer. If all the recorded diff --git a/doc/emacs/frames.texi b/doc/emacs/frames.texi index 571a749cd77..9e9909e8bca 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/frames.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/frames.texi @@ -27,13 +27,12 @@ displays (@pxref{Exiting}). To close just the selected frame, type This chapter describes Emacs features specific to graphical displays (particularly mouse commands), and features for managing multiple -frames. On text-only terminals, many of these features are -unavailable. However, it is still possible to create multiple -``frames'' on text-only terminals; such frames are displayed one at a -time, filling the entire terminal screen (@pxref{Non-Window -Terminals}). It is also possible to use the mouse on some text-only -terminals (@pxref{Text-Only Mouse}, for doing so on GNU and Unix -systems; and +frames. On text terminals, many of these features are unavailable. +However, it is still possible to create multiple ``frames'' on text +terminals; such frames are displayed one at a time, filling the entire +terminal screen (@pxref{Non-Window Terminals}). It is also possible +to use the mouse on some text terminals (@pxref{Text-Only Mouse}, for +doing so on GNU and Unix systems; and @iftex @pxref{MS-DOS Mouse,,,emacs-xtra,Specialized Emacs Features}, @end iftex @@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ for doing so on MS-DOS). * Tooltips:: Displaying information at the current mouse position. * Mouse Avoidance:: Preventing the mouse pointer from obscuring text. * Non-Window Terminals:: Multiple frames on terminals that show only one. -* Text-Only Mouse:: Using the mouse in text-only terminals. +* Text-Only Mouse:: Using the mouse in text terminals. @end menu @node Mouse Commands @@ -465,9 +464,9 @@ the ordinary, interactive frames are deleted. In this case, @kbd{C-x The @kbd{C-x 5 1} (@code{delete-other-frames}) command deletes all other frames on the current terminal (this terminal refers to either a -graphical display, or a text-only terminal; @pxref{Non-Window -Terminals}). If the Emacs session has frames open on other graphical -displays or text terminals, those are not deleted. +graphical display, or a text terminal; @pxref{Non-Window Terminals}). +If the Emacs session has frames open on other graphical displays or +text terminals, those are not deleted. @vindex focus-follows-mouse The @kbd{C-x 5 o} (@code{other-frame}) command selects the next @@ -953,7 +952,7 @@ the use of menu bars at startup, customize the variable @code{menu-bar-mode}. @kindex C-Mouse-3 @r{(when menu bar is disabled)} - Expert users often turn off the menu bar, especially on text-only + Expert users often turn off the menu bar, especially on text terminals, where this makes one additional line available for text. If the menu bar is off, you can still pop up a menu of its contents with @kbd{C-Mouse-3} on a display which supports pop-up menus. @@ -1112,9 +1111,9 @@ raises the frame. @node Non-Window Terminals @section Non-Window Terminals -@cindex text-only terminal +@cindex text terminal - On a text-only terminal, Emacs can display only one Emacs frame at a + On a text terminal, Emacs can display only one Emacs frame at a time. However, you can still create multiple Emacs frames, and switch between them. Switching frames on these terminals is much like switching between different window configurations. @@ -1139,11 +1138,11 @@ to select a frame according to its name. The name you specify appears in the mode line when the frame is selected. @node Text-Only Mouse -@section Using a Mouse in Text-only Terminals +@section Using a Mouse in Text Terminals @cindex mouse support @cindex terminal emulators, mouse support -Some text-only terminals support mouse clicks in the terminal window. +Some text terminals support mouse clicks in the terminal window. @cindex xterm In a terminal emulator which is compatible with @command{xterm}, you diff --git a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi index b037939336e..44c59eea668 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Emacs supports a number of character sets, each of which represents a particular alphabet or script. @xref{International}. @item Character Terminal -@xref{Glossary - Text-only Terminal}. +@xref{Glossary - Text Terminal}. @item Click Event A click event is the kind of input event (q.v.@:) generated when you @@ -1329,12 +1329,12 @@ Data consisting of written human language (as opposed to programs), or following the stylistic conventions of human language. @end itemize -@anchor{Glossary - Text-only Terminal} -@item Text-only Terminal -A text-only terminal is a display that is limited to displaying text in -character units. Such a terminal cannot control individual pixels it -displays. Emacs supports a subset of display features on text-only -terminals. +@anchor{Glossary - Text Terminal} +@item Text Terminal +A text terminal, or character terminal, is a display that is limited +to displaying text in character units. Such a terminal cannot control +individual pixels it displays. Emacs supports a subset of display +features on text terminals. @item Text Properties Text properties are annotations recorded for particular characters in @@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ displaying it. @xref{Continuation Lines,Truncation}, and @ref{Glossary - Continuation Line}. @item TTY -@xref{Glossary - Text-only Terminal}. +@xref{Glossary - Text Terminal}. @item Undoing Undoing means making your previous editing go in reverse, bringing diff --git a/doc/emacs/misc.texi b/doc/emacs/misc.texi index 4a16776fa05..e0c736652dd 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/misc.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/misc.texi @@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ signaled.) Currently, this feature is mainly useful for developers. the shell command @samp{emacsclient @var{file}}, where @var{file} is a file name. This connects to an Emacs server, and tells that Emacs process to visit @var{file} in one of its existing frames---either a -graphical frame, or one in a text-only terminal (@pxref{Frames}). You +graphical frame, or one in a text terminal (@pxref{Frames}). You can then select that frame to begin editing. If there is no Emacs server, the @command{emacsclient} program halts @@ -1415,12 +1415,12 @@ Server})---then Emacs opens a frame on the terminal in which you called @command{emacsclient}. You can also force @command{emacsclient} to open a new frame on a -graphical display, or on a text-only terminal, using the @samp{-c} and +graphical display, or on a text terminal, using the @samp{-c} and @samp{-t} options. @xref{emacsclient Options}. - If you are running on a single text-only terminal, you can switch -between @command{emacsclient}'s shell and the Emacs server using one -of two methods: (i) run the Emacs server and @command{emacsclient} on + If you are running on a single text terminal, you can switch between +@command{emacsclient}'s shell and the Emacs server using one of two +methods: (i) run the Emacs server and @command{emacsclient} on different virtual terminals, and switch to the Emacs server's virtual terminal after calling @command{emacsclient}; or (ii) call @command{emacsclient} from within the Emacs server itself, using Shell @@ -1511,8 +1511,8 @@ buffer (@pxref{Buffers}). See below for the special behavior of @kbd{C-x C-c} in a client frame. On GNU and Unix systems, Emacs can create a graphical frame even if it -was started in a text-only terminal, provided it is able to connect to -a graphical display. On systems such as MS-Windows, it cannot create +was started in a text terminal, provided it is able to connect to a +graphical display. On systems such as MS-Windows, it cannot create graphical frames if it was started from a text terminal (@pxref{Windows Startup, emacsclient}). If Emacs cannot connect to a graphical display for any reason, it instead creates a new client diff --git a/doc/emacs/msdog-xtra.texi b/doc/emacs/msdog-xtra.texi index 2191d799a2b..af8882a1fd4 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/msdog-xtra.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/msdog-xtra.texi @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ begins at the top of the character cell. @cindex frames on MS-DOS The MS-DOS terminal can only display a single frame at a time. The -Emacs frame facilities work on MS-DOS much as they do on text-only +Emacs frame facilities work on MS-DOS much as they do on text terminals @iftex (@pxref{Frames,,,emacs, the Emacs Manual}). diff --git a/doc/emacs/msdog.texi b/doc/emacs/msdog.texi index af948f113a4..485c6b61c18 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/msdog.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/msdog.texi @@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ Emacs will always create a new text-mode frame in the same created only if the server runs in a GUI session. Similarly, if you invoke @command{emacsclient} with the @option{-t} option, Emacs will create a GUI frame if the server runs in a GUI session, or a text-mode -frame when the session runs in text-only mode in a @dfn{Command -Prompt} window. @xref{emacsclient Options}. +frame when the session runs in text mode in a @dfn{Command Prompt} +window. @xref{emacsclient Options}. @node Text and Binary @section Text Files and Binary Files diff --git a/doc/emacs/mule.texi b/doc/emacs/mule.texi index 1c9d27bda90..15057f347f1 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ for each command; see @ref{Text Coding}. @item You can display non-@acronym{ASCII} characters encoded by the various scripts. This works by using appropriate fonts on graphics displays -(@pxref{Defining Fontsets}), and by sending special codes to text-only +(@pxref{Defining Fontsets}), and by sending special codes to text displays (@pxref{Terminal Coding}). If some characters are displayed incorrectly, refer to @ref{Undisplayable Characters}, which describes possible problems and explains how to solve them. @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ What keys to type to input the character in the current input method @item If you are running Emacs on a graphical display, the font name and -glyph code for the character. If you are running Emacs on a text-only +glyph code for the character. If you are running Emacs on a text terminal, the code(s) sent to the terminal. @item @@ -1543,9 +1543,9 @@ examples are: @node Undisplayable Characters @section Undisplayable Characters - There may be a some non-@acronym{ASCII} characters that your terminal cannot -display. Most text-only terminals support just a single character -set (use the variable @code{default-terminal-coding-system} + There may be a some non-@acronym{ASCII} characters that your +terminal cannot display. Most text terminals support just a single +character set (use the variable @code{default-terminal-coding-system} (@pxref{Terminal Coding}) to tell Emacs which one); characters which can't be encoded in that coding system are displayed as @samp{?} by default. @@ -1632,8 +1632,8 @@ If your keyboard can generate character codes 128 (decimal) and up, representing non-@acronym{ASCII} characters, you can type those character codes directly. -On a graphical display, you should not need to do anything special to use -these keys; they should simply work. On a text-only terminal, you +On a graphical display, you should not need to do anything special to +use these keys; they should simply work. On a text terminal, you should use the command @code{M-x set-keyboard-coding-system} or the variable @code{keyboard-coding-system} to specify which coding system your keyboard uses (@pxref{Terminal Coding}). Enabling this feature diff --git a/doc/emacs/screen.texi b/doc/emacs/screen.texi index fdc69a78cfc..fbea52523ba 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/screen.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/screen.texi @@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ @cindex frame On a graphical display, such as on GNU/Linux using the X Window -System, Emacs occupies a ``graphical window''. On a text-only -terminal, Emacs occupies the entire terminal screen. We will use the -term @dfn{frame} to mean a graphical window or terminal screen -occupied by Emacs. Emacs behaves very similarly on both kinds of -frames. It normally starts out with just one frame, but you can -create additional frames if you wish (@pxref{Frames}). +System, Emacs occupies a ``graphical window''. On a text terminal, +Emacs occupies the entire terminal screen. We will use the term +@dfn{frame} to mean a graphical window or terminal screen occupied by +Emacs. Emacs behaves very similarly on both kinds of frames. It +normally starts out with just one frame, but you can create additional +frames if you wish (@pxref{Frames}). Each frame consists of several distinct regions. At the top of the frame is a @dfn{menu bar}, which allows you to access commands via a @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ unselected windows, in order to make it stand out. @end example @noindent -On a text-only terminal, this text is followed by a series of dashes +On a text terminal, this text is followed by a series of dashes extending to the right edge of the window. These dashes are omitted on a graphical display. @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ means no conversion whatsoever, and is usually used for files containing non-textual data. Other characters represent various @dfn{coding systems}---for example, @samp{1} represents ISO Latin-1. - On a text-only terminal, @var{cs} is preceded by two additional + On a text terminal, @var{cs} is preceded by two additional characters that describe the coding systems for keyboard input and terminal output. Furthermore, if you are using an input method, @var{cs} is preceded by a string that identifies the input method @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ However, if the default-directory for the current buffer is on a remote machine, @samp{@@} is displayed instead (@pxref{File Names}). @var{fr} gives the selected frame name (@pxref{Frames}). It appears -only on text-only terminals. The initial frame's name is @samp{F1}. +only on text terminals. The initial frame's name is @samp{F1}. @var{buf} is the name of the buffer displayed in the window. Usually, this is the same as the name of a file you are editing. @@ -307,13 +307,12 @@ You can then navigate the menus with the arrow keys. To activate a selected menu item, press @key{RET}; to cancel menu navigation, press @key{ESC}. - On a text-only terminal, you can use the menu bar by typing -@kbd{M-`} or @key{F10} (these run the command @code{tmm-menubar}). -This lets you select a menu item with the keyboard. A provisional -choice appears in the echo area. You can use the up and down arrow -keys to move through the menu to different items, and then you can -type @key{RET} to select the item. Each menu item is also designated -by a letter or digit (usually the initial of some word in the item's -name). This letter or digit is separated from the item name by -@samp{=>}. You can type the item's letter or digit to select the -item. + On a text terminal, you can use the menu bar by typing @kbd{M-`} or +@key{F10} (these run the command @code{tmm-menubar}). This lets you +select a menu item with the keyboard. A provisional choice appears in +the echo area. You can use the up and down arrow keys to move through +the menu to different items, and then you can type @key{RET} to select +the item. Each menu item is also designated by a letter or digit +(usually the initial of some word in the item's name). This letter or +digit is separated from the item name by @samp{=>}. You can type the +item's letter or digit to select the item. diff --git a/doc/emacs/trouble.texi b/doc/emacs/trouble.texi index c4f291bde82..b118295ab1a 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/trouble.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/trouble.texi @@ -172,20 +172,19 @@ used to delete forwards. If this key deletes backward in Emacs, that too suggests Emacs got the wrong information---but in the opposite sense. - On a text-only terminal, if you find that @key{Backspace} prompts -for a Help command, like @kbd{Control-h}, instead of deleting a -character, it means that key is actually sending the @key{BS} -character. Emacs ought to be treating @key{BS} as @key{DEL}, but it -isn't. + On a text terminal, if you find that @key{Backspace} prompts for a +Help command, like @kbd{Control-h}, instead of deleting a character, +it means that key is actually sending the @key{BS} character. Emacs +ought to be treating @key{BS} as @key{DEL}, but it isn't. @findex normal-erase-is-backspace-mode In all of those cases, the immediate remedy is the same: use the command @kbd{M-x normal-erase-is-backspace-mode}. This toggles between the two modes that Emacs supports for handling @key{DEL}, so if Emacs starts in the wrong mode, this should switch to the right -mode. On a text-only terminal, if you want to ask for help when -@key{BS} is treated as @key{DEL}, use @key{F1}; @kbd{C-?} may also -work, if it sends character code 127. +mode. On a text terminal, if you want to ask for help when @key{BS} +is treated as @key{DEL}, use @key{F1}; @kbd{C-?} may also work, if it +sends character code 127. To fix the problem in every Emacs session, put one of the following lines into your initialization file (@pxref{Init File}). For the @@ -327,8 +326,8 @@ not make a backup of its old contents. @node Emergency Escape @subsection Emergency Escape - On text-only terminals, the @dfn{emergency escape} feature suspends -Emacs immediately if you type @kbd{C-g} a second time before Emacs can + On text terminals, the @dfn{emergency escape} feature suspends Emacs +immediately if you type @kbd{C-g} a second time before Emacs can actually respond to the first one by quitting. This is so you can always get out of GNU Emacs no matter how badly it might be hung. When things are working properly, Emacs recognizes and handles the diff --git a/doc/emacs/windows.texi b/doc/emacs/windows.texi index 3733eed3eca..ee0f0027454 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/windows.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/windows.texi @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ has its own value of point. At any time, one Emacs window is the @dfn{selected window}; the buffer this window is displaying is the current buffer. On graphical displays, the point is indicated by a solid blinking cursor in the -selected window, and by a hollow box in non-selected windows. On -text-only terminals, the cursor is drawn only in the selected window. +selected window, and by a hollow box in non-selected windows. On text +terminals, the cursor is drawn only in the selected window. @xref{Cursor Display}. Commands to move point affect the value of point for the selected