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| author | Jim Blandy | 1993-06-09 11:59:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Blandy | 1993-06-09 11:59:12 +0000 |
| commit | eb8c3be94e12644f506b8857e49ffef88046bb0b (patch) | |
| tree | 505c4ea5ae59214e4d6e749047d160c98191c9d2 /etc/FAQ | |
| parent | 16a4a21d0117ef5ed346f340f244fe199d3c8a26 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-eb8c3be94e12644f506b8857e49ffef88046bb0b.tar.gz emacs-eb8c3be94e12644f506b8857e49ffef88046bb0b.zip | |
Apply typo patches from Paul Eggert.
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
| @@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ General Questions | |||
| 434 | 434 | ||
| 435 | The real legal meaning of the GNU General Public Licence (copyleft) is | 435 | The real legal meaning of the GNU General Public Licence (copyleft) is |
| 436 | however it is interpreted by a judge. There has never been a copyright | 436 | however it is interpreted by a judge. There has never been a copyright |
| 437 | infringment case involving the GPL to set any precedents. Please take any | 437 | infringement case involving the GPL to set any precedents. Please take any |
| 438 | discussion regarding this issue to the newsgroup gnu.misc.discuss, which | 438 | discussion regarding this issue to the newsgroup gnu.misc.discuss, which |
| 439 | was created to hold the extensive flame wars on the subject. | 439 | was created to hold the extensive flame wars on the subject. |
| 440 | 440 | ||
| @@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ General Questions | |||
| 525 | If you are receiving a GNU mailing list named `XXX', you might be able | 525 | If you are receiving a GNU mailing list named `XXX', you might be able |
| 526 | to unsubscribe to it by sending a request to the address | 526 | to unsubscribe to it by sending a request to the address |
| 527 | `XXX-request@prep.ai.mit.edu'. However, this will not work if you are | 527 | `XXX-request@prep.ai.mit.edu'. However, this will not work if you are |
| 528 | not listed on the main mailing list, but instead recieve the mail from a | 528 | not listed on the main mailing list, but instead receive the mail from a |
| 529 | distribution point. In that case, you will have to track down at which | 529 | distribution point. In that case, you will have to track down at which |
| 530 | distribution point you are listed. Inspecting the `Received:' headers | 530 | distribution point you are listed. Inspecting the `Received:' headers |
| 531 | on the mail messages may help, along with liberal use of the `EXPN' or | 531 | on the mail messages may help, along with liberal use of the `EXPN' or |
| @@ -2087,7 +2087,7 @@ Bugs/Problems | |||
| 2087 | Cliff Stoll in his book `The Cuckoo's Egg' describes this in chapter 4. | 2087 | Cliff Stoll in his book `The Cuckoo's Egg' describes this in chapter 4. |
| 2088 | The site at LBL had installed the `etc/movemail' program setuid root. | 2088 | The site at LBL had installed the `etc/movemail' program setuid root. |
| 2089 | Since `movemail' had not been designed for this situation, a security | 2089 | Since `movemail' had not been designed for this situation, a security |
| 2090 | hole was created and users could get root priveleges. | 2090 | hole was created and users could get root privileges. |
| 2091 | 2091 | ||
| 2092 | `movemail' has since been changed so that even if it is installed setuid | 2092 | `movemail' has since been changed so that even if it is installed setuid |
| 2093 | root this security hole will not be a result. | 2093 | root this security hole will not be a result. |
| @@ -2132,8 +2132,8 @@ Bugs/Problems | |||
| 2132 | Emacs accepts synthetic X events generated by the SendEvent request as | 2132 | Emacs accepts synthetic X events generated by the SendEvent request as |
| 2133 | though they were regular events. As a result, if you are using the | 2133 | though they were regular events. As a result, if you are using the |
| 2134 | trivial host-based authentication, other users who can open X | 2134 | trivial host-based authentication, other users who can open X |
| 2135 | connections to your X workstatation can make your Emacs process do | 2135 | connections to your X workstation can make your Emacs process do |
| 2136 | anything, including run other processes with your priveleges. | 2136 | anything, including run other processes with your privileges. |
| 2137 | 2137 | ||
| 2138 | The only fix for this is to prevent other users from being able to open | 2138 | The only fix for this is to prevent other users from being able to open |
| 2139 | X connections. The standard way to prevent this is to use a real | 2139 | X connections. The standard way to prevent this is to use a real |
| @@ -2328,7 +2328,7 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages | |||
| 2328 | ;; LCD Archive Entry: | 2328 | ;; LCD Archive Entry: |
| 2329 | ;; tex-complete|Sebastian Kremer|sk@thp.Uni-Koeln.DE | 2329 | ;; tex-complete|Sebastian Kremer|sk@thp.Uni-Koeln.DE |
| 2330 | ;; |Minibuffer name completion for editing [La]TeX. | 2330 | ;; |Minibuffer name completion for editing [La]TeX. |
| 2331 | ;; |91-03-26|$Revision: 20.5 $|~/packages/tex-complete.el.Z ! | 2331 | ;; |91-03-26|$Revision: 1.4 $|~/packages/tex-complete.el.Z ! |
| 2332 | 2332 | ||
| 2333 | Dave Brennan has software which automatically looks for data in this | 2333 | Dave Brennan has software which automatically looks for data in this |
| 2334 | format. The format is fairly flexible. The entry ends when a line is | 2334 | format. The format is fairly flexible. The entry ends when a line is |
| @@ -3198,7 +3198,7 @@ Changing Key Bindings and Handling Key Binding Problems | |||
| 3198 | X keysyms Up, Left, Right, and Down.) | 3198 | X keysyms Up, Left, Right, and Down.) |
| 3199 | Break (the `Alternate' key is given this keysym) | 3199 | Break (the `Alternate' key is given this keysym) |
| 3200 | 3200 | ||
| 3201 | These keys work like Sun function keys. When Emacs recieves the | 3201 | These keys work like Sun function keys. When Emacs receives the |
| 3202 | keysym, it will internally use character sequences that look like "ESC | 3202 | keysym, it will internally use character sequences that look like "ESC |
| 3203 | [ ### z", where ### is replaced by a number. The character sequences | 3203 | [ ### z", where ### is replaced by a number. The character sequences |
| 3204 | are identical to those generated by Sun's keyboard under SunView. Any | 3204 | are identical to those generated by Sun's keyboard under SunView. Any |
| @@ -3881,7 +3881,7 @@ Using Emacs with Alternate Character Sets | |||
| 3881 | 3881 | ||
| 3882 | With these patches, Emacs becomes fully 8-bit operational. There is | 3882 | With these patches, Emacs becomes fully 8-bit operational. There is |
| 3883 | support for displaying 8-bit characters, as well as for entering such | 3883 | support for displaying 8-bit characters, as well as for entering such |
| 3884 | characters from the keyboard. In addition, upcase/lowcase tranlatsion | 3884 | characters from the keyboard. In addition, upcase/lowcase translation |
| 3885 | is supported, accented characters are recognized as "letters" (important | 3885 | is supported, accented characters are recognized as "letters" (important |
| 3886 | when doing 'forward-word', for example), and text with 8-bit characters | 3886 | when doing 'forward-word', for example), and text with 8-bit characters |
| 3887 | can be sorted correctly. | 3887 | can be sorted correctly. |