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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2021-07-06 14:57:19 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2021-07-06 14:57:19 +0300
commitfda60094a2a686323bcf23439e286f2240cfe737 (patch)
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parent348b2aed0c8c3630be4c15c8e70acf7ea9c023af (diff)
downloademacs-fda60094a2a686323bcf23439e286f2240cfe737.tar.gz
Minor copyedits of Emacs manual
* doc/emacs/book-spine.texi: Fix the author attribution. (Bug#49405) * doc/emacs/back.texi: Update text.
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/back.texi42
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/book-spine.texi2
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/back.texi b/doc/emacs/back.texi
index e1a2a04ecbd..549e0e925e1 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/back.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/back.texi
@@ -15,21 +15,18 @@
@sp 1
@quotation
-GNU Emacs is much more than a text editor; over the years, it has
-expanded to become an entire workflow environment, impressing
-programmers with its integrated debugging and project-management
-features. It is also a multi-lingual word processor, can handle all
-your email and Usenet news needs, display web pages, and even has a
-diary and a calendar for your appointments!
+GNU Emacs is much @strong{more than a text editor}; over the years, it
+has expanded to become @strong{an entire workflow environment},
+impressing programmers with its integrated debugging and
+project-management features. It is also a multi-lingual word
+processor, can handle all your email and Usenet news needs, display
+web pages, and even has a diary and a calendar for your appointments!
-And when you tire of all the work you can accomplish with it, Emacs
-contains games to play.
-
-@strong{Features include:}
+Features include:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Special editing modes for @strong{27 programing languages}, including C,
+Special editing modes for @strong{27 programming languages}, including C,
C@t{++}, Fortran, Java, JavaScript, Lisp, Objective C, Pascal, Perl,
and Scheme.
@@ -48,8 +45,8 @@ The ability to:
@itemize @minus
@item
-Create @strong{PostScript output} from plain-text files (special editing
-modes for @LaTeX{} and @TeX{} are included).
+Create @strong{PostScript output} from plain-text files (special
+editing modes for @LaTeX{} and @TeX{} are included).
@item
@strong{Compile} and @strong{debug} from inside Emacs.
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ Maintain program @strong{ChangeLogs}.
@item
Flag, move, and delete files and sub-directories recursively
-(@strong{directory navigation}).
+@strong{(directory navigation).}
@item
Run @strong{shell commands} from inside Emacs, or even use Emacs itself
@@ -69,23 +66,28 @@ as a shell (Eshell).
Enjoy the use of extensive @strong{merge} and @strong{diff} functions.
@item
-Take advantage of built-in support for many @strong{version control}
-systems, including Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, Subversion, and CVS.
+Take advantage of built-in support for many @strong{version control
+systems}, including Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, Subversion, and CVS.
@item
And much more!
@end itemize
@end itemize
+And when you tire of all the work you can accomplish with it, Emacs
+contains games to play.
+
Emacs comes with an introductory online tutorial available in many
-languages. This book picks up where that tutorial ends. It explains
-the full range of Emacs's power and contains reference material useful
-to expert users.
+languages, and this manual picks up where that tutorial ends. It
+explains the full range of the power of Emacs, now up to @strong{version
+27.2}, and contains reference material useful to expert users. It
+also includes appendices with specific material about X and GTK
+resources, and with details for users of macOS and Microsoft Windows.
Appendices are included, with specific material about X and GTK
resources, and with details for users of Macintosh and Microsoft OS.
-@strong{About the Author:}
+@strong{About the original and principal Author:}
Richard M.@: Stallman developed the first Emacs in 1975 and wrote GNU
Emacs in 1984/85. He has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a
diff --git a/doc/emacs/book-spine.texi b/doc/emacs/book-spine.texi
index 84a0168c052..17fccee1359 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/book-spine.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/book-spine.texi
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
@center @value{EDITION} Edition, for Emacs Version @value{EMACSVER}
@sp 5
-@center by Richard M.@: Stallman
+@center by Richard M.@: Stallman et al.
@bye