From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 21:55:04 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add some intro text in node Deletion.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.104~394
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ba5d9bfdadeb9c4a7f86a7520c48cf3df869e9e0;p=emacs.git

Add some intro text in node Deletion.
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diff --git a/man/killing.texi b/man/killing.texi
index 4d059c021dd..2becedb6147 100644
--- a/man/killing.texi
+++ b/man/killing.texi
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ mode (@pxref{Transient Mark}).
 @findex delete-backward-char
 @findex delete-char
 
+  Deletion means erasing text and not saving it in the kill ring.  For
+the most part, the Emacs commands that delete text are those that
+erase just one character or only whitespace.
+
 @table @kbd
 @item C-d
 @itemx @key{Delete}