From: Glenn Morris Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:37:28 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Richard M. Stallman X-Git-Tag: emacs-23.1~28 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=58933d85604646669147b921c81374fde43e9bea;p=emacs.git Richard M. Stallman (GNU, Daemon): Update information. --- diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index be2253271d5..c4140d9ded3 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-07-22 Richard Stallman + + * glossary.texi (GNU, Daemon): Update information. + 2009-07-21 Chong Yidong * frames.texi (Cut/Paste Other App): Remove discussion of diff --git a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi index 1f3ee4d1f23..397482e6f1e 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ or by rebinding key sequences (@pxref{Keymaps}). See `killing' and `yanking.' @item Daemon -A daemon is a standard term for a Unix process that runs in the +A daemon is a standard term for a system-level process that runs in the background. Daemons are often started when the system first starts up. When Emacs runs in daemon-mode, it runs in the background and does not open a display. You can then connect to it with the @@ -585,9 +585,10 @@ that do not have their own local (q.v.@:) values for the variable. @xref{Variables}. @item GNU -GNU is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix. The GNU project aims -to develop a complete operating system that is free software (q.v.@:). -@xref{Manifesto}. For more information, see +GNU is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix, and it refers to a +Unix-compatible operating system which is free software (q.v.@:). +@xref{Manifesto}. GNU is normally used with Linux as the kernel since +Linux works better than the GNU kernel. For more information, see @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, the GNU website}. @item Graphic Character