Another minor change in the manual

* doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): Add popular Latin
abbreviations, such as "e.g.".

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
index 7a0dd6db750..7a34692dc53 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ right away when you press down on a mouse button.  @xref{Mouse Buttons}.
 @item Byte Compilation
 @xref{Glossary---Compilation}.
 
+@item c.f.
+@itemx cf.
+Short for ``confer'' in Latin, which means ``compare with'' or
+``compare to''.
+
 @anchor{Glossary---C-}
 @item @kbd{C-}
 @kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control.
@@ -440,6 +445,9 @@ tell it to.  @xref{Bugs}.
 @c TODO?  Not really appropriate for the user manual I think.
 @c Dynamic Binding
 
+@item e.g.
+Short for ``exempli gratia'' in Latin, which means ``for example''.
+
 @item Echo Area
 The echo area is the bottom line of the screen, used for echoing the
 arguments to commands, for asking questions, and showing brief messages
@@ -499,6 +507,9 @@ like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another character is
 typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and
 it applies to the next character you type.
 
+@item etc.
+Short for ``et cetera'' in Latin, which means ``and so on''.
+
 @item Expression
 @xref{Glossary---Balanced Expression}.
 
@@ -709,6 +720,9 @@ have.  To make a character Hyper, type it while holding down the
 @key{Hyper} key.  Such characters are given names that start with
 @kbd{Hyper-} (usually written @kbd{H-} for short).  @xref{User Input}.
 
+@item i.e.
+Short for ``id est'' in Latin, which means ``that is''.
+
 @item Iff
 ``Iff'' means ``if and only if''.  This terminology comes from
 mathematics.  Try to avoid using this term in documentation, since
@@ -1082,6 +1096,9 @@ read an argument (@pxref{Minibuffer}); the echoing that happens when
 you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also
 a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}).
 
+@item q.v.
+Short for ``quod vide'' in Latin, which means ``which see''.
+
 @item Query-Replace
 Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by
 Emacs.  @xref{Query Replace}.