From 0efda3ff4e5f46df3062f00d570f678b00cf351f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 04:08:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Make quoting more uniform. --- man/glossary.texi | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/glossary.texi b/man/glossary.texi index a2cc7227bd0..5417f151fa5 100644 --- a/man/glossary.texi +++ b/man/glossary.texi @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ commands for operating on the blank lines in the buffer. @item Buffer The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text being edited. You can have several buffers, but at any time you are -editing only one, the `selected' buffer, though several can be visible +editing only one, the `current buffer,' though several can be visible when you are using multiple windows (q.v.). Most buffers are visiting (q.v.@:) some file. @xref{Buffers}. @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the position called point (q.v.@:) at which insertion and deletion takes place. The cursor is on or under the character that follows point. Often people speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean -`point'. @xref{Basic,Cursor,Basic Editing}. +`point.' @xref{Basic,Cursor,Basic Editing}. @item Customization Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works. It is @@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not correspond to any character. @xref{Function Keys}. @item Global -Global means `independent of the current environment; in effect -throughout Emacs'. It is the opposite of local (q.v.@:). Particular +Global means ``independent of the current environment; in effect +throughout Emacs.'' It is the opposite of local (q.v.@:). Particular examples of the use of `global' appear below. @item Global Abbrev @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ considered lists. Emacs has special commands for many operations on lists. @xref{Lists}. @item Local -Local means `in effect only in a particular context'; the relevant +Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; the relevant kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular buffer, or a particular major mode. It is the opposite of `global' (q.v.@:). Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below. @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ words you can click on with the mouse to bring up menus, or you can use a keyboard interface to navigate it. @xref{Menu Bars}. @item Message -See `mail'. +See `mail.' @item Meta Meta is the name of a modifier bit which a command character may have. @@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ character. The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:) indicates the location of point. @xref{Basic,Point}. @item Prefix Argument -See `numeric argument'. +See `numeric argument.' @item Prefix Key A prefix key is a key sequence (q.v.@:) whose sole function is to @@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ correspond to changes that have been made in the text being edited. @xref{Screen,Redisplay}. @item Regexp -See `regular expression'. +See `regular expression.' @item Region The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.@:). @@ -788,10 +788,10 @@ for example, @samp{l[0-9]+} matches @samp{l} followed by one or more digits. @xref{Regexps}. @item Repeat Count -See `numeric argument'. +See `numeric argument.' @item Replacement -See `global substitution'. +See `global substitution.' @item Restriction A buffer's restriction is the amount of text, at the beginning or the @@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ Emacs has commands for moving by or killing by sentences. @xref{Sentences}. @item Sexp -A sexp (short for `s-expression') is the basic syntactic unit of Lisp +A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of Lisp in its textual form: either a list, or Lisp atom. Many Emacs commands operate on sexps. The term `sexp' is generalized to languages other than Lisp, to mean a syntactically recognizable expression. @@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ two adjacent characters, words, sexps (q.v.@:) or lines @item Truncation Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a line that does not fit within the right margin of the window -displaying it. See also `continuation line'. +displaying it. See also `continuation line.' @xref{Basic,Truncation,Basic Editing}. @item Undoing @@ -995,14 +995,14 @@ can display the contents of one buffer (q.v.@:) at any time. @xref{Windows}, for commands to control the use of windows. @item Word Abbrev -Synonymous with `abbrev'. +See `abbrev.' @item Word Search Word search is searching for a sequence of words, considering the punctuation between them as insignificant. @xref{Word Search}. @item WYSIWYG -WYSIWYG stands for `What you see is what you get.' Emacs generally +WYSIWYG stands for ``What you see is what you get.'' Emacs generally provides WYSIWYG editing for files of characters; in Enriched mode (@pxref{Formatted Text}), it provides WYSIWYG editing for files that include text formatting information. -- 2.39.5