From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:47:35 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (M-x): One C-g doesn't always go to top level. X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~2128 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=41f1d48998f18dacb7a3bc205e640f1294e25bf3;p=emacs.git (M-x): One C-g doesn't always go to top level. No delay before suggest-key-bindings output. --- diff --git a/man/m-x.texi b/man/m-x.texi index 8881850d323..5a33bab0737 100644 --- a/man/m-x.texi +++ b/man/m-x.texi @@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ Note that @code{forward-char} is the same command that you invoke with the key @kbd{C-f}. You can run any Emacs command by name using @kbd{M-x}, whether or not any keys are bound to it. - If you type @kbd{C-g} while the command name is being read, you cancel -the @kbd{M-x} command and get out of the minibuffer, ending up at top level. + If you type @kbd{C-g} while the command name is being read, you +cancel the @kbd{M-x} command and get out of the minibuffer, ending up +at command level. To pass a numeric argument to the command you are invoking with @kbd{M-x}, specify the numeric argument before the @kbd{M-x}. @kbd{M-x} @@ -56,11 +57,10 @@ appears in the prompt while the command name is being read. @vindex suggest-key-bindings If the command you type has a key binding of its own, Emacs mentions -this in the echo area, two seconds after the command finishes (if you -don't type anything else first). For example, if you type @kbd{M-x +this in the echo area. For example, if you type @kbd{M-x forward-word}, the message says that you can run the same command more -easily by typing @kbd{M-f}. You can turn off these messages by setting -@code{suggest-key-bindings} to @code{nil}. +easily by typing @kbd{M-f}. You can turn off these messages by +setting @code{suggest-key-bindings} to @code{nil}. Normally, when describing in this manual a command that is run by name, we omit the @key{RET} that is needed to terminate the name. Thus