From 9acb8eec807b425464e40eb028962bec5f584e92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 11:16:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor cleanups. --- man/basic.texi | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/basic.texi b/man/basic.texi index c0af8fb2426..0808df39747 100644 --- a/man/basic.texi +++ b/man/basic.texi @@ -103,12 +103,14 @@ inserts that character. @item @kbd{C-q} followed by a sequence of octal digits inserts the character with the specified octal character code. You can use any number of -octal digits; any non-digit terminates the sequence. If the terminating -character is @key{RET}, it serves only to terminate the sequence; any -other non-digit is itself used as input after terminating the sequence. -(The use of octal sequences is disabled in ordinary non-binary Overwrite -mode, to give you a convenient way to insert a digit instead of -overwriting with it.) +octal digits; any non-digit terminates the sequence. If the +terminating character is @key{RET}, it serves only to terminate the +sequence. Any other non-digit terminates the sequence and then acts +as normal input---thus, @kbd{C-q 1 0 1 B} inserts @samp{AB}. + +The use of octal sequences is disabled in ordinary non-binary +Overwrite mode, to give you a convenient way to insert a digit instead +of overwriting with it. @end itemize @cindex 8-bit character codes @@ -582,15 +584,14 @@ area. To go to a given line by number, use @kbd{M-x goto-line}; it prompts you for the number. These line numbers count from one at the beginning of the buffer. - You can also see the current line number in the mode line; @xref{Mode + You can also see the current line number in the mode line; see @ref{Mode Line}. If you narrow the buffer, then the line number in the mode line is relative to the accessible portion (@pxref{Narrowing}). By contrast, @code{what-line} shows both the line number relative to the narrowed region and the line number relative to the whole buffer. - By contrast, @kbd{M-x what-page} counts pages from the beginning of -the file, and counts lines within the page, printing both numbers. -@xref{Pages}. + @kbd{M-x what-page} counts pages from the beginning of the file, and +counts lines within the page, printing both numbers. @xref{Pages}. @kindex M-= @findex count-lines-region @@ -663,9 +664,9 @@ coding system is iso-2022-7bit@footnote{On terminals that support Latin-1 characters, the character shown after @samp{Char:} is displayed as the actual glyph of A with grave accent.}: -@example +@smallexample Char: @`A (04300, 2240, 0x8c0, ext ESC , A @@) (latin-iso8859-1 64) -@end example +@end smallexample @node Arguments @section Numeric Arguments -- 2.39.2