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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-03-16 12:44:41 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2001-03-16 12:44:41 +0000
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Change "character terminal" to "text-only terminal".
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@@ -1165,9 +1165,9 @@ modern GUI programs, and includes 3D widgets (used for the mode line and
the scroll bars), a configurable and extensible toolbar, tooltips
(a.k.a.@: balloon help), and other niceties.
-@cindex Colors on character terminals
+@cindex Colors on text-only terminals
@cindex TTY colors
-In addition, Emacs 21 supports faces on character terminals. This means
+In addition, Emacs 21 supports faces on text-only terminals. This means
that you can now have colors when you run Emacs on a GNU/Linux console
and on @code{xterm} with @kbd{emacs -nw}.
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ interested in performing frequently requested, basic tasks.
@cindex Console, colors
As of Emacs 21.1, colors and faces are supported in non-windowed mode,
-i.e.@: on Unix and GNU/Linux character terminals and consoles, and when
+i.e.@: on Unix and GNU/Linux text-only terminals and consoles, and when
invoked as @samp{emacs -nw} on X and MS-Windows. (Colors and faces were
supported in the MS-DOS port since Emacs 19.29.) Emacs automatically
detects color support at startup and uses it if available. If you think
@@ -4809,7 +4809,7 @@ undesirable if you actually intend to use them.
@cindex Eight-bit characters, displaying
@inforef{Single-Byte Character Support, Single-byte Character Set
-Support, emacs}. On a Unix, when Emacs runs on a character terminal
+Support, emacs}. On a Unix, when Emacs runs on a text-only terminal
display or is invoked with @samp{emacs -nw}, you typically need to use
@code{set-terminal-coding-system} to tell Emacs what the terminal can
display, even after setting the language environment; otherwise