From 713d2b54a298c16a3c04981349dc7a34d6cac8bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:56:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Top): Add xref to Mac chapter; explain Windows better. (Intro): Refer to "graphical" terminals, rather than X. --- man/emacs.texi | 26 ++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/emacs.texi b/man/emacs.texi index efe757b6a4a..f1dca585f9d 100644 --- a/man/emacs.texi +++ b/man/emacs.texi @@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ MS-DOS and Windows 95/98/NT This manual documents the use and simple customization of the Emacs editor. The reader is not expected to be a programmer; simple -customizations do not require programming skill. But the user who is not +customizations do not require programming skill. The user who is not interested in customizing can ignore the scattered customization hints. This is primarily a reference manual, but can also be used as a @@ -959,12 +959,14 @@ TM-165, @cite{A Cookbook for an Emacs}, by Craig Finseth, available from Publications Department, Laboratory for Computer Science, 545 Tech Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA@. The price today is $3. -This edition of the manual is intended for use with GNU Emacs installed -on GNU and Unix systems. GNU Emacs can also be used on VMS, MS-DOS -(also called MS-DOG), Windows NT, and Windows 95 systems. Those systems use -different file name syntax; in addition, VMS and MS-DOS do not support -all GNU Emacs features. We don't try to describe VMS usage in this -manual. @xref{MS-DOS}, for information about using Emacs on MS-DOS. +This edition of the manual is intended for use with GNU Emacs +installed on GNU and Unix systems. GNU Emacs can also be used on VMS, +MS-DOS (also called MS-DOG), Microsoft Windows, and Macintosh systems. +Those systems use different file name syntax; in addition, VMS and +MS-DOS do not support all GNU Emacs features. @xref{MS-DOS}, for +information about using Emacs on MS-DOS and Windows. @xref{Mac OS}, +for information about using Emacs on Macintosh. We don't try to +describe VMS usage in this manual. @end iftex @node Distrib, Intro, Top, Top @@ -1146,11 +1148,11 @@ can write an extension, anybody can use it afterward. @xref{Top, Emacs Lisp Intro, Preface, eintr, An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp}, if you want to learn Emacs Lisp programming. - When run under the X Window System, Emacs provides its own menus and -convenient bindings to mouse buttons. But Emacs can provide many of the -benefits of a window system on a text-only terminal. For instance, you -can look at or edit several files at once, move text between files, and -edit files while running shell commands. + When running on a graphics terminal, Emacs provides its own menus +and convenient handling of mouse buttons. But Emacs provides many of +the benefits of a window system even on a text-only terminal. For +instance, you can look at or edit several files at once, move text +between files, and edit files while running shell commands. @include screen.texi @include commands.texi -- 2.39.2