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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-08-08 23:39:08 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-08-08 23:39:08 +0000
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Minor cleanups.
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diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi
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+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ and the tables below always show an equal sign.
Most options specify how to initialize Emacs, or set parameters for
the Emacs session. We call them @dfn{initial options}. A few options
specify things to do: for example, load libraries, call functions, or
-exit Emacs. These are called @dfn{action options}. These and file
+terminate Emacs. These are called @dfn{action options}. These and file
names together are called @dfn{action arguments}. Emacs processes all
the action arguments in the order they are written.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Visit @var{file} using @code{find-file}, then go to line number
@item +@var{linenum}:@var{columnnum} @var{file}
@opindex +@var{linenum}:@var{columnnum}
Visit @var{file} using @code{find-file}, then go to line number
-@var{linenum} in it, and move to column number @var{columnnum}.
+@var{linenum} and put point at column number @var{columnnum}.
@need 3000
@item -l @var{file}
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ shell scripts, makefiles, and so on. Normally the @samp{-l} option
or @samp{-f} option will be used as well, to invoke a Lisp program
to do the batch processing.
-@samp{-batch} implies @samp{-q} (do not load an init file). It also causes
-Emacs to kill itself after all command options have been processed. In
-addition, auto-saving is not done except in buffers for which it has been
-explicitly requested.
+@samp{-batch} implies @samp{-q} (do not load an init file). It also
+causes Emacs to exit after processing all the command options. In
+addition, it disables auto-saving except in buffers for which it has
+been explicitly requested.
@item -q
@opindex -q
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ The name of an interpreter used to parse and execute programs run from
inside Emacs.
@cindex background mode, on @code{xterm}
@item TERM
-The type of the terminal that Emacs is using. The variable must be
+The type of the terminal that Emacs is using. This variable must be
set unless Emacs is run in batch mode. On MS-DOS, it defaults to
@samp{internal}, which specifies a built-in terminal emulation that
handles the machine's own display. If the value of @env{TERM} indicates