From aa929821ae8e1d15d2615dcabfa9c2bfe09dc489 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 00:22:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] "Graphical display", not window system. (Stuck Recursive): Minor clarification. --- man/trouble.texi | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/trouble.texi b/man/trouble.texi index e318ce2f2b5..a6b1e8e564a 100644 --- a/man/trouble.texi +++ b/man/trouble.texi @@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ erasure key}. In Emacs, it is supposed to be equivalent to @key{DEL}, and when Emacs is properly configured for your terminal, it translates that key into the character @key{DEL}. - When Emacs starts up using a window system, it determines + When Emacs starts up on a graphical display, it determines automatically which key should be @key{DEL}. In some unusual cases Emacs gets the wrong information from the system. If the usual erasure key deletes forwards instead of backwards, that is probably what happened---Emacs ought to be treating the @key{DELETE} key as @key{DEL}, but it isn't. - With a window system, if the usual erasure key is labeled + On a graphical display, if the usual erasure key is labeled @key{BACKSPACE} and there is a @key{DELETE} key elsewhere, but the @key{DELETE} key deletes backward instead of forward, that too suggests Emacs got the wrong information---but in the opposite sense. @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ customize the variable @code{normal-erase-is-backspace}: the value @key{DEL}, and @code{nil} specifies the other mode. @xref{Easy Customization}. - With a window system, it can also happen that the usual erasure key + On a graphical display, it can also happen that the usual erasure key is labeled @key{BACKSPACE}, there is a @key{DELETE} key elsewhere, and both keys delete forward. This probably means that someone has redefined your @key{BACKSPACE} key as a @key{DELETE} key. With X, @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ you simply remove it now. @subsection Recursive Editing Levels Recursive editing levels are important and useful features of Emacs, but -they can seem like malfunctions to the user who does not understand them. +they can seem like malfunctions if you do not understand them. If the mode line has square brackets @samp{[@dots{}]} around the parentheses that contain the names of the major and minor modes, you have entered a -- 2.39.2