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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-05-04 14:32:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-05-04 14:32:34 +0000 |
| commit | 053bc8e49a585a19b3427543f77e17e95d42a1d9 (patch) | |
| tree | d5961063bbe49d195f98731dc550453039b14b17 | |
| parent | ab3fdfd6343efb09e9fd6c803f586374db432a69 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-053bc8e49a585a19b3427543f77e17e95d42a1d9.tar.gz | |
(Interactive Codes): Fix Texinfo usage. Document U more clearly.
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/commands.texi | 17 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/ChangeLog b/lispref/ChangeLog index 56f6e87b1d3..34dbb4d46f8 100644 --- a/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-05-04 Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> + + * commands.texi (Interactive Codes): Fix Texinfo usage. + Document U more clearly. + 2005-05-01 Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> * variables.texi (Variable Aliases): `make-obsolete-variable' is a diff --git a/lispref/commands.texi b/lispref/commands.texi index 29a86f98632..225deab4a20 100644 --- a/lispref/commands.texi +++ b/lispref/commands.texi @@ -365,8 +365,9 @@ until a command (or undefined command) is found in the current key maps. The key sequence argument is represented as a string or vector. The cursor does not move into the echo area. Prompt. -If the key sequence is a down-event, the following up-event is discarded, -but can be read via the @code{U} code character. +If @samp{k} reads a key sequence that ends with a down-event, it also +reads and discards the following up-event. You can get access to that +up-event with the @samp{U} code character. This kind of input is used by commands such as @code{describe-key} and @code{global-set-key}. @@ -425,9 +426,10 @@ the string.) Other characters that normally terminate a symbol (e.g., parentheses and brackets) do not do so here. Prompt. @item U -A key sequence or @code{nil}. May be used after a @code{k} or @code{K} -argument to get the up-event that was discarded in case the key -sequence read for that argument was a down-event. No I/O. +A key sequence or @code{nil}. Can be used after a @samp{k} or +@samp{K} argument to get the up-event that was discarded (if any) +after @samp{k} or @samp{K} read a down-event. If no up-event has been +discarded, @samp{U} provides @code{nil} as the argument. No I/O. @item v A variable declared to be a user option (i.e., satisfying the @@ -442,8 +444,9 @@ Minibuffer}. Prompt. @item X @cindex evaluated expression argument -A Lisp form is read as with @kbd{x}, but then evaluated so that its -value becomes the argument for the command. Prompt. +A Lisp form's value. @samp{X} reads as @samp{x} does, then evaluates +the form so that its value becomes the argument for the command. +Prompt. @item z A coding system name (a symbol). If the user enters null input, the |