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diff --git a/lispref/commands.texi b/lispref/commands.texi index b33cace7ebe..340ff01857b 100644 --- a/lispref/commands.texi +++ b/lispref/commands.texi @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 -@c Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. @setfilename ../info/commands @node Command Loop, Keymaps, Minibuffers, Top @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ When you run Emacs, it enters the @dfn{editor command loop} almost immediately. This loop reads key sequences, executes their definitions, and displays the results. In this chapter, we describe how these things -are done, and the subroutines that allow Lisp programs to do them. +are done, and the subroutines that allow Lisp programs to do them. @menu * Command Overview:: How the command loop reads commands. @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ argument value. Completion, Existing, Prompt. @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Examples of Using @code{interactive} @cindex examples of using @code{interactive} -@cindex @code{interactive}, examples of using +@cindex @code{interactive}, examples of using Here are some examples of @code{interactive}: @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ command. You can also call these functions yourself. @defun commandp object Returns @code{t} if @var{object} is suitable for calling interactively; -that is, if @var{object} is a command. Otherwise, returns @code{nil}. +that is, if @var{object} is a command. Otherwise, returns @code{nil}. The interactively callable objects include strings and vectors (treated as keyboard macros), lambda expressions that contain a top-level call to @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ non-@code{nil}. Here's how: @section Information from the Command Loop The editor command loop sets several Lisp variables to keep status -records for itself and for commands that are run. +records for itself and for commands that are run. @defvar last-command This variable records the name of the previous command executed by the @@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ The event type of a double-click event contains the prefix @key{meta} held down comes to the Lisp program as @code{M-double-mouse-2}. If a double-click event has no binding, the binding of the corresponding ordinary click event is used to execute -it. Thus, you need not pay attention to the double click feature +it. Thus, you need not pay attention to the double click feature unless you really want to. When the user performs a double click, Emacs generates first an ordinary @@ -2131,7 +2131,7 @@ functions to read command input. For example, the function that implements numeric prefix arguments reads any number of digits. When it finds a non-digit event, it must unread the event so that it can be read normally by the command loop. -Likewise, incremental search uses this feature to unread events with no +Likewise, incremental search uses this feature to unread events with no special meaning in a search, because these events should exit the search and then execute normally. @@ -2200,7 +2200,7 @@ It returns @code{nil}. In the following example, the user may type a number of characters right after starting the evaluation of the form. After the @code{sleep-for} -finishes sleeping, @code{discard-input} discards any characters typed +finishes sleeping, @code{discard-input} discards any characters typed during the sleep. @example @@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@ screen. This function performs redisplay (provided there is no pending input from the user), then waits @var{seconds} seconds, or until input is available. The value is @code{t} if @code{sit-for} waited the full -time with no input arriving (see @code{input-pending-p} in @ref{Event +time with no input arriving (see @code{input-pending-p} in @ref{Event Input Misc}). Otherwise, the value is @code{nil}. The argument @var{seconds} need not be an integer. If it is a floating @@ -2334,7 +2334,7 @@ non-@code{nil} in any way thus causes a quit. At the level of C code, quitting cannot happen just anywhere; only at the special places that check @code{quit-flag}. The reason for this is that quitting at other places might leave an inconsistency in Emacs's -internal state. Because quitting is delayed until a safe place, quitting +internal state. Because quitting is delayed until a safe place, quitting cannot make Emacs crash. Certain functions such as @code{read-key-sequence} or @@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ for input. Instead of quitting, @kbd{C-g} serves as the requested input. In the case of @code{read-key-sequence}, this serves to bring about the special behavior of @kbd{C-g} in the command loop. In the case of @code{read-quoted-char}, this is so that @kbd{C-q} can be used -to quote a @kbd{C-g}. +to quote a @kbd{C-g}. @cindex prevent quitting You can prevent quitting for a portion of a Lisp function by binding @@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@ in @ref{Errors}.) You can specify a character other than @kbd{C-g} to use for quitting. See the function @code{set-input-mode} in @ref{Terminal Input}. - + @node Prefix Command Arguments @section Prefix Command Arguments @cindex prefix argument @@ -2468,11 +2468,11 @@ C-u 3 M-x display-prefix @print{} 3 M-3 M-x display-prefix @print{} 3 ; @r{(Same as @code{C-u 3}.)} -C-u - M-x display-prefix @print{} - +C-u - M-x display-prefix @print{} - M-- M-x display-prefix @print{} - ; @r{(Same as @code{C-u -}.)} -C-u - 7 M-x display-prefix @print{} -7 +C-u - 7 M-x display-prefix @print{} -7 M-- 7 M-x display-prefix @print{} -7 ; @r{(Same as @code{C-u -7}.)} @end example @@ -2633,12 +2633,12 @@ then type @kbd{C-M-c} to exit and continue executing @code{simple-rec}. @deffn Command exit-recursive-edit This function exits from the innermost recursive edit (including minibuffer input). Its definition is effectively @code{(throw 'exit -nil)}. +nil)}. @end deffn @deffn Command abort-recursive-edit This function aborts the command that requested the innermost recursive -edit (including minibuffer input), by signaling @code{quit} +edit (including minibuffer input), by signaling @code{quit} after exiting the recursive edit. Its definition is effectively @code{(throw 'exit t)}. @xref{Quitting}. @end deffn @@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ not a symbol, string, or vector, an error is signaled. The argument @var{count} is a repeat count; @var{kbdmacro} is executed that many times. If @var{count} is omitted or @code{nil}, @var{kbdmacro} is executed once. If it is 0, @var{kbdmacro} is executed over and over until it -encounters an error or a failing search. +encounters an error or a failing search. @xref{Reading One Event}, for an example of using @code{execute-kbd-macro}. @end defun |