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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2006-01-31 18:25:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2006-01-31 18:25:17 +0000 |
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(M-x): Minor clarifications
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man/m-x.texi b/man/m-x.texi index 46d3fab046e..761bba414df 100644 --- a/man/m-x.texi +++ b/man/m-x.texi | |||
| @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ | |||
| 8 | Every Emacs command has a name that you can use to run it. Commands | 8 | Every Emacs command has a name that you can use to run it. Commands |
| 9 | that are used often, or that must be quick to type, are also bound to | 9 | that are used often, or that must be quick to type, are also bound to |
| 10 | keys---short sequences of characters---for convenient use. You can | 10 | keys---short sequences of characters---for convenient use. You can |
| 11 | run them by name if you don't remember the keys. Other Emacs commands | 11 | run them by typing the keys, or run them by name if you don't remember |
| 12 | that do not need to be quick are not bound to keys; the only way to | 12 | the keys. Other Emacs commands that do not need to be quick are not |
| 13 | run them is by name. @xref{Key Bindings}, for the description of | 13 | bound to keys; the only way to run them is by name. @xref{Key |
| 14 | how to bind commands to keys. | 14 | Bindings}, for the description of how to bind commands to keys. |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | By convention, a command name consists of one or more words, | 16 | By convention, a command name consists of one or more words, |
| 17 | separated by hyphens; for example, @code{auto-fill-mode} or | 17 | separated by hyphens; for example, @code{auto-fill-mode} or |
| @@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ Note that @code{forward-char} is the same command that you invoke with | |||
| 47 | the key @kbd{C-f}. You can run any Emacs command by name using | 47 | the key @kbd{C-f}. You can run any Emacs command by name using |
| 48 | @kbd{M-x}, whether or not any keys are bound to it. | 48 | @kbd{M-x}, whether or not any keys are bound to it. |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | If you type @kbd{C-g} while the command name is being read, you | 50 | If you type @kbd{C-g} while the command name is being read, that |
| 51 | cancel the @kbd{M-x} command and get out of the minibuffer, ending up | 51 | cancels the @kbd{M-x} command and exits the minibuffer, so you end up |
| 52 | at command level. | 52 | back at command level. |
| 53 | 53 | ||
| 54 | To pass a numeric argument to the command you are invoking with | 54 | To pass a numeric argument to the command you are invoking with |
| 55 | @kbd{M-x}, specify the numeric argument before the @kbd{M-x}. @kbd{M-x} | 55 | @kbd{M-x}, specify the numeric argument before the @kbd{M-x}. @kbd{M-x} |
| @@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ appears in the prompt while the command name is being read. | |||
| 58 | 58 | ||
| 59 | @vindex suggest-key-bindings | 59 | @vindex suggest-key-bindings |
| 60 | If the command you type has a key binding of its own, Emacs mentions | 60 | If the command you type has a key binding of its own, Emacs mentions |
| 61 | this in the echo area. For example, if you type @kbd{M-x | 61 | this in the echo area after running the command. For example, if you |
| 62 | forward-word}, the message says that you can run the same command more | 62 | type @kbd{M-x forward-word}, the message says that you can run the |
| 63 | easily by typing @kbd{M-f}. You can turn off these messages by | 63 | same command more easily by typing @kbd{M-f}. You can turn off these |
| 64 | setting @code{suggest-key-bindings} to @code{nil}. | 64 | messages by setting the variable @code{suggest-key-bindings} to |
| 65 | @code{nil}. | ||
| 65 | 66 | ||
| 66 | Normally, when describing in this manual a command that is run by | 67 | Normally, when describing in this manual a command that is run by |
| 67 | name, we omit the @key{RET} that is needed to terminate the name. Thus | 68 | name, we omit the @key{RET} that is needed to terminate the name. Thus |