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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2006-02-08 00:22:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2006-02-08 00:22:49 +0000 |
| commit | aa929821ae8e1d15d2615dcabfa9c2bfe09dc489 (patch) | |
| tree | fddd854341e2ca08b0c9c33bb57245416029a06b | |
| parent | 5f4d658543589bb6ff8e0fbc0226e55ffb119978 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-aa929821ae8e1d15d2615dcabfa9c2bfe09dc489.tar.gz | |
"Graphical display", not window system.
(Stuck Recursive): Minor clarification.
| -rw-r--r-- | man/trouble.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/trouble.texi b/man/trouble.texi index e318ce2f2b5..a6b1e8e564a 100644 --- a/man/trouble.texi +++ b/man/trouble.texi @@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ erasure key}. In Emacs, it is supposed to be equivalent to @key{DEL}, and when Emacs is properly configured for your terminal, it translates that key into the character @key{DEL}. - When Emacs starts up using a window system, it determines + When Emacs starts up on a graphical display, it determines automatically which key should be @key{DEL}. In some unusual cases Emacs gets the wrong information from the system. If the usual erasure key deletes forwards instead of backwards, that is probably what happened---Emacs ought to be treating the @key{DELETE} key as @key{DEL}, but it isn't. - With a window system, if the usual erasure key is labeled + On a graphical display, if the usual erasure key is labeled @key{BACKSPACE} and there is a @key{DELETE} key elsewhere, but the @key{DELETE} key deletes backward instead of forward, that too suggests Emacs got the wrong information---but in the opposite sense. @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ customize the variable @code{normal-erase-is-backspace}: the value @key{DEL}, and @code{nil} specifies the other mode. @xref{Easy Customization}. - With a window system, it can also happen that the usual erasure key + On a graphical display, it can also happen that the usual erasure key is labeled @key{BACKSPACE}, there is a @key{DELETE} key elsewhere, and both keys delete forward. This probably means that someone has redefined your @key{BACKSPACE} key as a @key{DELETE} key. With X, @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ you simply remove it now. @subsection Recursive Editing Levels Recursive editing levels are important and useful features of Emacs, but -they can seem like malfunctions to the user who does not understand them. +they can seem like malfunctions if you do not understand them. If the mode line has square brackets @samp{[@dots{}]} around the parentheses that contain the names of the major and minor modes, you have entered a |