From 19b2c4ca1fe5defb95255b9652be5c90c3ce481d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:23:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Don't say just "option" when talking about variables. --- man/files.texi | 2 +- man/frames.texi | 18 +++++++++--------- man/help.texi | 14 +++++++------- man/macos.texi | 2 +- man/maintaining.texi | 2 +- man/major.texi | 7 ++++--- man/mini.texi | 2 +- man/misc.texi | 4 ++-- man/programs.texi | 2 +- man/screen.texi | 2 +- man/sending.texi | 6 +++--- 11 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index 8494ea8dc52..2ab9d5aaaa6 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ that don't support them, this command is not defined. compressed files when you visit them, and automatically recompress them if you alter them and save them. To enable this feature, type the command @kbd{M-x auto-compression-mode}. You can enable it permanently -by customizing the option @code{auto-compression-mode}. +by customizing the variable @code{auto-compression-mode}. When automatic compression (which implies automatic uncompression as well) is enabled, Emacs recognizes compressed files by their file names. diff --git a/man/frames.texi b/man/frames.texi index 45133d746a3..2d6c953d2e4 100644 --- a/man/frames.texi +++ b/man/frames.texi @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ particularly under OpenWindows and Gnome. @code{Paste} and @code{Copy} menu items, as well as the keys of the same names, all use the clipboard. - You can customize the option @code{x-select-enable-clipboard} to make + You can customize the variable @code{x-select-enable-clipboard} to make the Emacs yank functions consult the clipboard before the primary selection, and to make the kill functions to store in the clipboard as well as the primary selection. Otherwise they do not access the @@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ window vertically. The split occurs on the line where you click. scroll-bar-mode}. With no argument, it toggles the use of scroll bars. With an argument, it turns use of scroll bars on if and only if the argument is positive. This command applies to all frames, including -frames yet to be created. Customize the option @code{scroll-bar-mode} +frames yet to be created. Customize the variable @code{scroll-bar-mode} to control the use of scroll bars at startup. You can use it to specify that they are placed at the right of windows if you prefer that. You have to set this variable through the @samp{Customize} interface @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ usually click the wheel to act as either @kbd{Mouse-2} or @kbd{Mouse-3}, depending on the setup. You can also use the wheel to scroll windows instead of using the scroll bar or keyboard commands. To do so, turn on Mouse Wheel global minor mode with the command -@kbd{M-x mouse-wheel-mode} or by customizing the option +@kbd{M-x mouse-wheel-mode} or by customizing the variable @code{mouse-wheel-mode}. Support for the wheel depends on the system generating appropriate events for Emacs. @@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ variables. @cindex mode, Menu Bar You can turn display of menu bars on or off with @kbd{M-x -menu-bar-mode} or by customizing the option @code{menu-bar-mode}. +menu-bar-mode} or by customizing the variable @code{menu-bar-mode}. With no argument, this command toggles Menu Bar mode, a minor mode. With an argument, the command turns Menu Bar mode on if the argument is positive, off if the argument is not positive. You can use @@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ question or some other special question. Many Emacs commands use a dialog box to ask a yes-or-no question, if you used the mouse to invoke the command to begin with. - You can customize the option @code{use-dialog-box} to suppress the + You can customize the variable @code{use-dialog-box} to suppress the use of dialog boxes. This also controls whether to use file selection windows (but those are not supported on all platforms). @@ -907,10 +907,10 @@ windows (but those are not supported on all platforms). A file selection window is a special kind of dialog box for asking for file names. - You can customize the option @code{use-file-dialog} to suppress the + You can customize the variable @code{use-file-dialog} to suppress the use of file selection windows even if you still want other kinds -of dialogs. This option has no effect if you have suppressed all dialog -boxes with the option @code{use-dialog-box}. +of dialogs. This variable has no effect if you have suppressed all dialog +boxes with the variable @code{use-dialog-box}. @vindex x-use-old-gtk-file-dialog For Gtk+ version 2.4 and 2.6, you can make Emacs use the old file dialog @@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ customizing the windows that display tooltips. @vindex mouse-avoidance-mode Mouse Avoidance mode keeps the window system mouse pointer away from point, to avoid obscuring text. Whenever it moves the mouse, it also -raises the frame. To use Mouse Avoidance mode, customize the option +raises the frame. To use Mouse Avoidance mode, customize the variable @code{mouse-avoidance-mode}. You can set this to various values to move the mouse in several ways: diff --git a/man/help.texi b/man/help.texi index a3c307e5d3b..fb14eb150a2 100644 --- a/man/help.texi +++ b/man/help.texi @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ customization buffers and the like. @xref{Help Mode}. @cindex looking for a subject in documentation If you are looking for a certain feature, but don't know where exactly it is documented, and aren't sure of the name of a -related command or option, we recommend trying these methods. Usually +related command or variable, we recommend trying these methods. Usually it is best to start with an apropos command, then try searching the manual index, then finally look in the FAQ and the package keywords. @@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ be a regular expression (@pxref{Regexps}). Browse the buffer that this command displays to find what you are looking for. @xref{Apropos}. @item M-x apropos @key{RET} @var{topic} @key{RET} -This works like @kbd{C-h a}, but it also searches for user options and -other variables, in case the feature you are looking for is controlled -by an option, not a command. @xref{Apropos}. +This works like @kbd{C-h a}, but it also searches for variables, +in case the feature you are looking for is controlled by a variable +rather than a command. @xref{Apropos}. @item M-x apropos-documentation @key{RET} @var{topic} @key{RET} This searches the @emph{documentation strings} (the built-in short @@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ view, describe, default. @findex apropos-variable To list all user variables that match a regexp, use the command -@kbd{M-x apropos-variable}. This command shows only user variables and -customization options by default; if you specify a prefix argument, it -checks all variables. +@kbd{M-x apropos-variable}. By default, this command shows only +variables meant for user customization; if you specify a prefix +argument, it checks all variables. @findex apropos To list all Lisp symbols that contain a match for a regexp, not just diff --git a/man/macos.texi b/man/macos.texi index 93045eb1044..9451f35f4a5 100644 --- a/man/macos.texi +++ b/man/macos.texi @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ is run on the Mac. It displays characters in the @code{mac-roman} coding system using 12-point Monaco. To insert characters directly in the @code{mac-roman} coding system, -type @kbd{C-x @key{RET} k mac-roman @key{RET}}, customize the option +type @kbd{C-x @key{RET} k mac-roman @key{RET}}, customize the variable @code{keyboard-coding-system}, or put this in your init file: @lisp diff --git a/man/maintaining.texi b/man/maintaining.texi index e7d98e67591..231699a7d02 100644 --- a/man/maintaining.texi +++ b/man/maintaining.texi @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ can even guess the name of the function or other object that was changed. @vindex add-log-keep-changes-together - When the option @code{add-log-keep-changes-together} is + When the variable @code{add-log-keep-changes-together} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{C-x 4 a} adds to any existing entry for the file rather than starting a new entry. diff --git a/man/major.texi b/man/major.texi index 4c933b13db0..a7c3a9062cf 100644 --- a/man/major.texi +++ b/man/major.texi @@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ parentheses (@pxref{Mode Line}). The least specialized major mode is called @dfn{Fundamental mode}. This mode has no mode-specific redefinitions or variable settings, so that each Emacs command behaves in its most general manner, and each -option is in its default state. For editing text of a specific type -that Emacs knows about, such as Lisp code or English text, you should -switch to the appropriate major mode, such as Lisp mode or Text mode. +user option variable is in its default state. For editing text of a +specific type that Emacs knows about, such as Lisp code or English +text, you should switch to the appropriate major mode, such as Lisp +mode or Text mode. Selecting a major mode changes the meanings of a few keys to become more specifically adapted to the language being edited. The ones that diff --git a/man/mini.texi b/man/mini.texi index 9d0a7d54be1..69e31032b12 100644 --- a/man/mini.texi +++ b/man/mini.texi @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ indicate the places for completion; thus, @file{/u*/b*/f*} might complete to @file{/usr/bin/foo}. To enable this mode, use the command @kbd{M-x -partial-completion-mode}, or customize the option +partial-completion-mode}, or customize the variable @code{partial-completion-mode}. This binds the partial completion commands to @key{TAB}, @key{SPC}, @key{RET}, and @kbd{?}. The usual completion commands are available on @kbd{M-@key{TAB}}, diff --git a/man/misc.texi b/man/misc.texi index e4b2806c673..8068de4c25f 100644 --- a/man/misc.texi +++ b/man/misc.texi @@ -2020,8 +2020,8 @@ editors. Standard facilities can emulate these: @cindex mode, CRiSP You can turn on key bindings to emulate the CRiSP/Brief editor with @kbd{M-x crisp-mode}. Note that this rebinds @kbd{M-x} to exit Emacs -unless you change the user option @code{crisp-override-meta-x}. You can -also use the command @kbd{M-x scroll-all-mode} or set the user option +unless you set the variable @code{crisp-override-meta-x}. You can +also use the command @kbd{M-x scroll-all-mode} or set the variable @code{crisp-load-scroll-all} to emulate CRiSP's scroll-all feature (scrolling all windows together). diff --git a/man/programs.texi b/man/programs.texi index b48a55777a5..67b19c2e5e4 100644 --- a/man/programs.texi +++ b/man/programs.texi @@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ Hide all blocks @var{n} levels below this block @vindex hs-hide-comments-when-hiding-all @vindex hs-isearch-open @vindex hs-special-modes-alist - These user options exist for customizing Hideshow mode. + These variables exist for customizing Hideshow mode. @table @code @item hs-hide-comments-when-hiding-all diff --git a/man/screen.texi b/man/screen.texi index b2632fefd5d..ee3bb3e7dce 100644 --- a/man/screen.texi +++ b/man/screen.texi @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ selected window's cursor is solid or blinking, and the other cursors are just hollow. Thus, the most striking cursor always shows you the selected window, on all kinds of terminals. - @xref{Cursor Display}, for customization options that control display + @xref{Cursor Display}, for customizable variables that control display of the cursor or cursors. The term ``point'' comes from the character @samp{.}, which was the diff --git a/man/sending.texi b/man/sending.texi index 5bc54294cf9..a1564d4fc01 100644 --- a/man/sending.texi +++ b/man/sending.texi @@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ the full name, and what style to use, as in @code{mail-from-style} For completion purposes, the valid mailing addresses are taken to be the local users' names plus your personal mail aliases. You can -specify additional sources of valid addresses; look at the customization -group @samp{mailalias} to see the options for this -(@pxref{Customization Groups}). +specify additional sources of valid addresses; see the customization +group @samp{mailalias} to see the variables for customizing this +feature (@pxref{Customization Groups}). If you type @kbd{M-@key{TAB}} in the body of the message, @code{mail-complete} invokes @code{ispell-complete-word}, as in Text -- 2.39.2