From b67042be5d39aaff2d48a2eb3306ef422d27d52f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 19:30:47 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] More minor copyedits in the Emacs manual * doc/emacs/basic.texi (Arguments): * doc/emacs/display.texi (Recentering, Text Display): * doc/emacs/regs.texi (Text Registers, Rectangle Registers): * doc/emacs/mark.texi (Disabled Transient Mark): Fix inaccuracies and typos. (Bug#35885) --- doc/emacs/basic.texi | 6 +++--- doc/emacs/display.texi | 19 ++++++++++--------- doc/emacs/mark.texi | 6 +++--- doc/emacs/regs.texi | 4 ++-- 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi index 86403b7a23d..3728144b797 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi @@ -816,9 +816,9 @@ more convenient, and they are documented in that command's documentation string. We use the term @dfn{prefix argument} to emphasize that you type -such arguments before the command, and to distinguish them from -minibuffer arguments (@pxref{Minibuffer}), which are entered after -invoking the command. +such arguments @emph{before} the command, and to distinguish them from +minibuffer arguments (@pxref{Minibuffer}), which are entered +@emph{after} invoking the command. On graphical displays, @kbd{C-0}, @kbd{C-1}, etc.@ act the same as @kbd{M-0}, @kbd{M-1}, etc. diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi index 9cf6baa7e91..f8c620115d3 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/display.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi @@ -199,12 +199,13 @@ screen lines between point and the top or bottom of the window (@pxref{Auto Scrolling}). You can also give @kbd{C-l} a prefix argument. A plain prefix -argument, @kbd{C-u C-l}, simply recenters point. A positive argument -@var{n} puts point @var{n} lines down from the top of the window. An -argument of zero puts point on the topmost line. A negative argument -@var{-n} puts point @var{n} lines from the bottom of the window. When -given an argument, @kbd{C-l} does not clear the screen or cycle -through different screen positions. +argument, @kbd{C-u C-l}, simply recenters the line showing point. A +positive argument @var{n} moves line showing point @var{n} lines down +from the top of the window. An argument of zero moves point's line to +the top of the window. A negative argument @var{-n} moves point's +line @var{n} lines from the bottom of the window. When given an +argument, @kbd{C-l} does not clear the screen or cycle through +different screen positions. @vindex recenter-redisplay If the variable @code{recenter-redisplay} has a non-@code{nil} @@ -1484,9 +1485,9 @@ a new line, while the tab character (@code{U+0009}) is displayed as a space that extends to the next tab stop column (normally every 8 columns). The number of spaces per tab is controlled by the buffer-local variable @code{tab-width}, which must have an integer -value between 1 and 1000, inclusive. Note that how the tab character -in the buffer is displayed has nothing to do with the definition of -@key{TAB} as a command. +value between 1 and 1000, inclusive. Note that the way the tab +character in the buffer is displayed has nothing to do with the +definition of @key{TAB} as a command. Other @acronym{ASCII} control characters, whose codes are below @code{U+0020} (octal 40, decimal 32), are displayed as a caret diff --git a/doc/emacs/mark.texi b/doc/emacs/mark.texi index 5ffe7264a35..8ad5fc7c9e4 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mark.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mark.texi @@ -420,9 +420,9 @@ commands. The default behavior of the mark and region, in which setting the mark activates it and highlights the region, is called Transient Mark mode. This is a minor mode that is enabled by default. It can be -toggled with @kbd{M-x transient-mark-mode}, or with the @samp{Active -Region Highlighting} menu item in the @samp{Options} menu. Turning it -off switches Emacs to an alternative mode of operation: +toggled with @kbd{M-x transient-mark-mode}, or with the +@samp{Highlight Active Region} menu item in the @samp{Options} menu. +Turning it off switches Emacs to an alternative mode of operation: @itemize @bullet @item diff --git a/doc/emacs/regs.texi b/doc/emacs/regs.texi index b9d0afe42ee..b47e5d30b2d 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/regs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/regs.texi @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ during the collection process, you can use the following setting. @findex insert-register @kbd{C-x r i @var{r}} inserts in the buffer the text from register @var{r}. Normally it leaves point after the text and sets the mark -before, without activating it. With a numeric argument, it instead +before, without activating it. With a prefix argument, it instead puts point before the text and the mark after. @node Rectangle Registers @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ in the buffer. @kindex C-x r r @item C-x r r @var{r} Copy the region-rectangle into register @var{r} -(@code{copy-rectangle-to-register}). With numeric argument, delete it as +(@code{copy-rectangle-to-register}). With prefix argument, delete it as well. @item C-x r i @var{r} Insert the rectangle stored in register @var{r} (if it contains a -- 2.39.2