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authorKarl Berry <karl@gnu.org>2006-07-03 18:17:21 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@gnu.org>2006-07-03 18:17:21 +0000
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fix overfull/underfull boxes
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@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ automatically when you finish with them.
@subsection Invoking @code{emacsclient}
To run the @code{emacsclient} program, specify file names as arguments,
-and optionally line numbers as well. Do it like this:
+and optionally line numbers as well, like this:
@example
emacsclient @r{@{}@r{[}+@var{line}@r{[}@var{column}@r{]}@r{]} @var{filename}@r{@}}@dots{}
@@ -1352,10 +1352,10 @@ return.
@code{emacsclient}, then it returns immediately. (You can take as
long as you like to edit the files in Emacs.)
- The option @samp{--alternate-editor=@var{command}} is useful when
-running @code{emacsclient} in a script. It specifies a command to run
-if @code{emacsclient} fails to contact Emacs. For example, the
-following setting for the @var{EDITOR} environment variable will
+ The option @samp{--alternate-editor=@var{command}} specifies a
+command to run if @code{emacsclient} fails to contact Emacs. This is
+useful when running @code{emacsclient} in a script. For example, the
+following setting for the @env{EDITOR} environment variable will
always give you an editor, even if no Emacs server is running:
@example
@@ -1363,8 +1363,8 @@ EDITOR="emacsclient --alternate-editor emacs +%d %s"
@end example
@noindent
-The environment variable @var{ALTERNATE_EDITOR} has the same effect, but
-the value of the @samp{--alternate-editor} takes precedence.
+The environment variable @env{ALTERNATE_EDITOR} has the same effect, with
+the value of the @samp{--alternate-editor} option taking precedence.
@pindex emacs.bash
Alternatively, the file @file{etc/emacs.bash} defines a bash