From f3546a248509c74db1cc004e45216273d8c35166 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:31:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve the "Basic" chapter of the Emacs manual * doc/emacs/basic.texi (Inserting Text): De-confuse text. (Position Info): Add a cross-reference to where display-line-numbers-mode is described. Reported by Joshua Branson in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org. --- doc/emacs/basic.texi | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi index b59ccf6ccfa..edb3d08f68d 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi @@ -131,12 +131,6 @@ Unicode), or a number with a specified radix, e.g., @code{#o23072} Manual}. The command then inserts the corresponding character into the buffer. - In some contexts, if you type a quotation using grave accent and -apostrophe @t{`like this'}, it is converted to a form @t{‘like this’} -using single quotation marks. Similarly, typing a quotation @t{``like -this''} using double grave accent and apostrophe converts it to a form -@t{“like this”} using double quotation marks. @xref{Quotation Marks}. - For example, the following all insert the same character: @example @@ -151,6 +145,13 @@ this''} using double grave accent and apostrophe converts it to a form A numeric argument to @kbd{C-q} or @kbd{C-x 8 ...} specifies how many copies of the character to insert (@pxref{Arguments}). + In addition, in some contexts, if you type a quotation using grave +accent and apostrophe @t{`like this'}, it is converted to a form +@t{‘like this’} using single quotation marks, even without @kbd{C-x 8} +commands. Similarly, typing a quotation @t{``like this''} using +double grave accent and apostrophe converts it to a form @t{“like +this”} using double quotation marks. @xref{Quotation Marks}. + @node Moving Point @section Changing the Location of Point @@ -711,6 +712,9 @@ where the two extra numbers give the smallest and largest character position that point is allowed to assume. The characters between those two positions are the accessible ones. @xref{Narrowing}. + Related, but different feature is @code{display-line-numbers-mode} +(@pxref{Display Custom}). + @node Arguments @section Numeric Arguments @cindex numeric arguments -- 2.39.2