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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2001-07-30 11:01:41 +0000 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2001-07-30 11:01:41 +0000 |
commit | 021037cb28af26688487829d3c53057128bcf1c9 (patch) | |
tree | 0afa877a8a0b7cb4d24f9eadcd196d8a9426751c /man/misc.texi | |
parent | 8744971146533b8f1010b99cd8ada7dc813b6b4c (diff) | |
download | emacs-021037cb28af26688487829d3c53057128bcf1c9.tar.gz |
Proofreading changes from JDonner <jdonner0@earthlink.net>.
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diff --git a/man/misc.texi b/man/misc.texi index b85601581ac..3acf10f928a 100644 --- a/man/misc.texi +++ b/man/misc.texi @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ not edit these files manually, but you may if you know how. @node Summary of Gnus @subsection Summary of Gnus Commands -Reading news is a two step process: +Reading news is a two-step process: @enumerate @item @@ -906,17 +906,17 @@ to the bottom before inserting. @vindex comint-scroll-show-maximum-output If @code{comint-scroll-show-maximum-output} is non-@code{nil}, then -scrolling due to arrival of output tries to place the last line of text -at the bottom line of the window, so as to show as much useful text as -possible. (This mimics the scrolling behavior of many terminals.) -The default is @code{nil}. +scrolling due to the arrival of output tries to place the last line of +text at the bottom line of the window, so as to show as much useful +text as possible. (This mimics the scrolling behavior of many +terminals.) The default is @code{nil}. @vindex comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-output By setting @code{comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-output}, you can opt for having point jump to the end of the buffer whenever output arrives---no matter where in the buffer point was before. If the value is @code{this}, point jumps in the selected window. If the value is -@code{all}, point jumps in each window that shows the comint buffer. If +@code{all}, point jumps in each window that shows the Comint buffer. If the value is @code{other}, point jumps in all nonselected windows that show the current buffer. The default value is @code{nil}, which means point does not jump to the end. @@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ temporarily visible, but will be erased when you hit return. (This happens automatically; there is no special password processing.) When you log in to a different machine, you need to specify the type -of terminal your using. Terminal types @samp{ansi} or @samp{vt100} +of terminal you're using. Terminal types @samp{ansi} or @samp{vt100} will work on most systems. @c If you are talking to a Bourne-compatible @@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ will work on most systems. @c as long as Emacs can access the source files specified by gdb. @ignore - You cannot log into to a remote computer using the Shell mode. + You cannot log in to a remote computer using the Shell mode. @c (This will change when Shell is re-written to use Term.) Instead, Emacs provides two commands for logging in to another computer and communicating with it through an Emacs buffer using Comint mode: @@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ variable @env{EDITOR} to specify which editor to run. If you set @env{EDITOR} to @samp{emacs}, they invoke Emacs---but in an inconvenient fashion, by starting a new, separate Emacs process. This is inconvenient because it takes time and because the new Emacs process -doesn't share the buffers in the existing Emacs process. +doesn't share the buffers in any existing Emacs process. You can arrange to use your existing Emacs process as the editor for programs like @code{mail} by using the Emacs client and Emacs server @@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ to edit various files, and selects the next such file. You can switch to a server buffer manually if you wish; you don't have to arrive at it with @kbd{C-x #}. But @kbd{C-x #} is the way to -say that you are ``finished'' with one. +say that you are finished with one. @vindex server-kill-new-buffers @vindex server-temp-file-regexp @@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ instructs the printer to use built-in fonts for @sc{ascii} and Latin-1 characters, and Intlfonts BDF fonts for the rest. @vindex bdf-directory-list - To be able to use the BDF fonts, Emacs should know where to find + To be able to use the BDF fonts, Emacs needs to know where to find them. The variable @code{bdf-directory-list} holds the list of directories where Emacs should look for the fonts; the default value includes a single directory @file{/usr/local/share/emacs/fonts/bdf}. @@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ Specify which field to sort by with a numeric argument: 1 to sort by field 1, etc. A negative argument means count fields from the right instead of from the left; thus, minus 1 means sort by the last field. If several lines have identical contents in the field being sorted, they -keep same relative order that they had in the original buffer. +keep the same relative order that they had in the original buffer. @item M-x sort-numeric-fields Like @kbd{M-x sort-fields} except the specified field is converted @@ -1664,8 +1664,8 @@ the mode line whenever narrowing is in effect. @findex narrow-to-region The primary narrowing command is @kbd{C-x n n} (@code{narrow-to-region}). It sets the current buffer's restrictions so that the text in the current -region remains accessible but all text before the region or after the region -is inaccessible. Point and mark do not change. +region remains accessible, but all text before the region or after the +region is inaccessible. Point and mark do not change. @kindex C-x n p @findex narrow-to-page @@ -1832,8 +1832,8 @@ invoked @code{hexl-mode}. @noindent Other Hexl commands let you insert strings (sequences) of binary -bytes, move by short's or int's, etc.; type @kbd{C-h a hexl- -@key{RET}} for details. +bytes, move by @code{short}s or @code{int}s, etc.; type @kbd{C-h a +hexl-@key{RET}} for details. @node Saving Emacs Sessions, Recursive Edit, Editing Binary Files, Top @@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@ but also quits the unfinished command immediately. Use the command The mode line shows you when you are in a recursive edit by displaying square brackets around the parentheses that always surround the major and -minor mode names. Every window's mode line shows this, in the same way, +minor mode names. Every window's mode line shows this in the same way, since being in a recursive edit is true of Emacs as a whole rather than any particular window or buffer. @@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@ Find the definition of the function that @var{key} invokes. These commands provide an easy way to find the definitions of Emacs Lisp functions and variables. They are similar in purpose to the Tags facility (@pxref{Tags}), but don't require a tags table; on the other -hand, they only works for function and variable definitions that are +hand, they only work for function and variable definitions that are already loaded in the Emacs session. @findex find-function |