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From: martin rudalics
Subject: glossary.texi
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:56:13 +0200

Below find a couple of changes to glossary.texi.

I systematically replaced `foo.' by `foo'. and ``foo.'' by ``foo''. and
removed parens around entire sentences to make a following @xref work.
I also changed the wording of some entries and provided new entries for
`function', `symbol', and `word' - someone would have to check these,
obviously.

I'd also propose to remove the entries for "Buffer Selection History",
"File-Name Component", and "Keyboard Translation Table" since these
terms are used exclusively in the glossary.  Moreover, I'd shorten the
texts for "border" (leave in the first sentence and the reference to
Borders X), "string" (replace the entire section wrt Lisp syntax by a
reference to the section in the Elisp manual), and either "File Name" or
"Default Directory" (since they contain similar text).

Finally, I think the following terms could be added: "Script", "Quail",
"LEIM", "Header Line", "CUA".

*** man/glossary.texi   Tue Apr 11 16:24:14 2006
--- man/glossary.texi   Sun Jul 16 12:28:02 2006
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  @table @asis
  @item Abbrev
! An abbrev is a text string which expands into a different text string
! when present in the buffer.  For example, you might define a few letters
! as an abbrev for a long phrase that you want to insert frequently.
  @xref{Abbrevs}.

  @item Aborting
! Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.@:).  The
! commands @kbd{C-]} and @kbd{M-x top-level} are used for this.
  @xref{Quitting}.

  @item Alt
  Alt is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
  have.  To make a character Alt, type it while holding down the @key{ALT}
  key.  Such characters are given names that start with @kbd{Alt-}
! (usually written @kbd{A-} for short).  (Note that many terminals have a
! key labeled @key{ALT} which is really a @key{META} key.)  @xref{User
! Input, Alt}.

  @item Argument
! See `numeric argument.'

  @item @acronym{ASCII} character
! An @acronym{ASCII} character is either an @acronym{ASCII} control character 
or an @acronym{ASCII}
! printing character.  @xref{User Input}.

  @item @acronym{ASCII} control character
  An @acronym{ASCII} control character is the Control version of an upper-case
--- 7,38 ----

  @table @asis
  @item Abbrev
! An abbrev is a word (q.v.@:) which expands into some predefined text
! when you type a non-word character after it.  For example, you might
! define an abbrev for a long phrase that you want to insert frequently.
  @xref{Abbrevs}.

  @item Aborting
! Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.@:).  The commands
! @kbd{C-]} and @kbd{M-x top-level} are used for this purpose.
  @xref{Quitting}.

  @item Alt
  Alt is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
  have.  To make a character Alt, type it while holding down the @key{ALT}
  key.  Such characters are given names that start with @kbd{Alt-}
! (usually written @kbd{A-} for short).  @xref{User Input, Alt}.
! 
! Note that many terminals have a key labeled @key{ALT} which is really a
! @key{META} key.

  @item Argument
! See `numeric argument'.

  @item @acronym{ASCII} character
! An @acronym{ASCII} character is either an @acronym{ASCII} control
! character (q.v.@:) or an @acronym{ASCII} printing character (q.v.@:).
! @xref{User Input}.

  @item @acronym{ASCII} control character
  An @acronym{ASCII} control character is the Control version of an upper-case
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  @item @acronym{ASCII} printing character
  @acronym{ASCII} printing characters include letters, digits, space, and these
! punctuation characters: @samp{!@@#$%^& *()_-+=|\~` @address@hidden:;"' 
<>,.?/}.

  @item Auto Fill Mode
! Auto Fill mode is a minor mode in which text that you insert is
  automatically broken into lines of a given maximum width.
  @xref{Filling}.

--- 40,49 ----

  @item @acronym{ASCII} printing character
  @acronym{ASCII} printing characters include letters, digits, space, and these
! punctuation characters: @samp{!@@#$%^&*()_-+=|address@hidden@}[]:;"'<>,.?/}.

  @item Auto Fill Mode
! Auto Fill mode is a minor mode (q.v.@:) in which text that you type is
  automatically broken into lines of a given maximum width.
  @xref{Filling}.

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  @item Backtrace
  A backtrace is a trace of a series of function calls showing how a
! program arrived to a certain point.  It is used mainly for finding and
! correcting bugs (q.v.@:).  Emacs can display a backtrace when it signals
! an error or when you type @kbd{C-g} (see `quitting').  @xref{Checklist}.

  @item Backup File
  A backup file records the contents that a file had before the current
  editing session.  Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you
  track down or cancel changes you later regret making.  @xref{Backup}.

  @item Balancing Parentheses
  Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either
  manually or automatically.  You do manual balancing with the commands
--- 59,79 ----

  @item Backtrace
  A backtrace is a trace of a series of function calls showing how a
! program arrived at a certain point.  Backtraces are used mainly for
! finding and correcting bugs (q.v.@:).  Emacs can display a backtrace
! when it signals an error (q.v.@:) or when you type @kbd{C-g} (see
! `quitting').  @xref{Checklist}.

  @item Backup File
  A backup file records the contents that a file had before the current
  editing session.  Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you
  track down or cancel changes you later regret making.  @xref{Backup}.

+ @item Balanced Expressions
+ A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
+ as a symbol, number, string, block, or an expression enclosed in
+ matching parentheses.  @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
+ 
  @item Balancing Parentheses
  Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either
  manually or automatically.  You do manual balancing with the commands
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  that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching
  Parens}).

- @item Balanced Expressions
- A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
- as a symbol, number, string constant, block, or parenthesized expression
- in C.  @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
- 
  @item Balloon Help
! See `tooltips.'

  @item Base Buffer
! A base buffer is a buffer whose text is shared by an indirect buffer
! (q.v.@:).

  @item Bind
  To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.@:).
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  that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching
  Parens}).

  @item Balloon Help
! See `tooltips'.

  @item Base Buffer
! A base buffer is a buffer (q.v.@:) whose text is shared by an indirect
! buffer (q.v.@:).

  @item Bind
  To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.@:).
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  @item Binding
  A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a
! command (q.v.@:), a Lisp function that is run when the user types that
! sequence.  @xref{Commands,Binding}.  Customization often involves
! rebinding a character to a different command function.  The bindings of
! all key sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.@:).  @xref{Keymaps}.

  @item Blank Lines
! Blank lines are lines that contain only whitespace.  Emacs has several
! commands for operating on the blank lines in the buffer.

  @item Bookmark
  Bookmarks are akin to registers (q.v.@:) in that they record positions
  in buffers to which you can return later.  Unlike registers, bookmarks
! persist between Emacs sessions.

  @item Border
! A border is a thin space along the edge of the frame, used just for
! spacing, not for displaying anything.  An Emacs frame has an ordinary
! external border, outside of everything including the menu bar, plus an
! internal border that surrounds the text windows and their scroll bars
! and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar.  You can customize
! both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders X}).  Borders
! are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:).

  @item Buffer
! The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text
! being edited.  You can have several buffers, but at any time you are
! editing only one, the `current buffer,' though several can be visible
! when you are using multiple windows (q.v.@:).  Most buffers are visiting
! (q.v.@:) some file.  @xref{Buffers}.

  @item Buffer Selection History
  Emacs keeps a buffer selection history which records how recently each
--- 95,131 ----

  @item Binding
  A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a
! command (q.v.@:) that is run when the user types that sequence.
! @xref{Commands,Binding}.  Customization often involves rebinding a
! character to a different command.  The bindings of all meaningful key
! sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.@:).  @xref{Keymaps}.

  @item Blank Lines
! Blank lines are lines that contain only whitespace (q.v.@:).  Emacs has
! several commands for operating on the blank lines of a buffer.
! @xref{Blank Lines}.

  @item Bookmark
  Bookmarks are akin to registers (q.v.@:) in that they record positions
  in buffers to which you can return later.  Unlike registers, bookmarks
! persist between Emacs sessions.  @xref{Bookmarks}.

  @item Border
! A border is a thin space along the edge of a frame (q.v.@:), used just
! for spacing, not for displaying anything.  An Emacs frame has an
! ordinary external border, outside of everything including the menu bar,
! plus an internal border that surrounds the text windows and their scroll
! bars and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar.  You can
! customize both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders X}).
! Borders are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:).

  @item Buffer
! The buffer is the basic editing unit of Emacs; one buffer corresponds to
! one text being edited.  An arbitrary number of buffers may coexist in
! the same editing session and, when using multiple windows (q.v.@:),
! several of them can be visible simultaneously.  However, at any time you
! are editing only one buffer, the `current buffer' (q.v.@:).  Most
! buffers are visiting (q.v.@:) some file.  @xref{Buffers}.

  @item Buffer Selection History
  Emacs keeps a buffer selection history which records how recently each
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  @item Button Down Event
  A button down event is the kind of input event generated right away when
! you press down on a mouse button.  @xref{Mouse Buttons}.

  @item By Default
! See `default.'

  @item Byte Compilation
! See `compilation.'

  @item @kbd{C-}
  @kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control.
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  @item Button Down Event
  A button down event is the kind of input event generated right away when
! you press down a mouse button.  @xref{Mouse Buttons}.

  @item By Default
! See `default'.

  @item Byte Compilation
! See `compilation'.

  @item @kbd{C-}
  @kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control.
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  particular alphabet or script.  @xref{International}.

  @item Character Terminal
! See `text-only terminal.'

  @item Click Event
  A click event is the kind of input event generated when you press a
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  particular alphabet or script.  @xref{International}.

  @item Character Terminal
! See `text-only terminal'.

  @item Click Event
  A click event is the kind of input event generated when you press a
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  @xref{Clipboard}.

  @item Coding System
! A coding system is an encoding for representing text characters in a
  file or in a stream of information.  Emacs has the ability to convert
  text to or from a variety of coding systems when reading or writing it.
  @xref{Coding Systems}.

  @item Command
! A command is a Lisp function specially defined to be able to serve as a
! key binding in Emacs.  When you type a key sequence (q.v.@:), its
! binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to find
! the command to run.  @xref{Commands}.

  @item Command History
! See `minibuffer history.'

  @item Command Name
! A command name is the name of a Lisp symbol which is a command
! (@pxref{Commands}).  You can invoke any command by its name using
! @kbd{M-x} (@pxref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}).

  @item Comment
  A comment is text in a program which is intended only for humans reading
--- 185,208 ----
  @xref{Clipboard}.

  @item Coding System
! A coding system is a set of rules for representing text characters in a
  file or in a stream of information.  Emacs has the ability to convert
  text to or from a variety of coding systems when reading or writing it.
  @xref{Coding Systems}.

  @item Command
! A command is a Lisp function (q.v.@:) specially defined to be able to
! serve as a key binding in Emacs.  When you type a key sequence (q.v.@:),
! its binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to
! find the command to run.  @xref{Commands}.

  @item Command History
! See `minibuffer history'.

  @item Command Name
! A command name is the name of a Lisp symbol (q.v.@:) that denotes a
! command (@pxref{Commands}).  You can invoke any command by its name
! using @kbd{M-x} (@pxref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}).

  @item Comment
  A comment is text in a program which is intended only for humans reading
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  @item Compilation
  Compilation is the process of creating an executable program from source
  code.  Emacs has commands for compiling files of Emacs Lisp code
! (@pxref{Byte Compilation,,, elisp, the Emacs Lisp
! Reference Manual}) and programs in C and other languages
! (@pxref{Compilation}).

  @item Complete Key
  A complete key is a key sequence which fully specifies one action to be
--- 218,225 ----
  @item Compilation
  Compilation is the process of creating an executable program from source
  code.  Emacs has commands for compiling files of Emacs Lisp code
! (@pxref{Byte Compilation,,, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}) and
! programs written in C or other languages (@pxref{Compilation}).

  @item Complete Key
  A complete key is a key sequence which fully specifies one action to be
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  @item Completion
  Completion is what Emacs does when it automatically fills out an
  abbreviation for a name into the entire name.  Completion is done for
! minibuffer (q.v.@:) arguments when the set of possible valid inputs
! is known; for example, on command names, buffer names, and
! file names.  Completion occurs when @key{TAB}, @key{SPC} or @key{RET}
! is typed.  @address@hidden

  @item Continuation Line
! When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it
! takes up more than one screen line when displayed.  We say that the
! text line is continued, and all screen lines used for it after the
! first are called continuation lines.  @xref{Continuation Lines}.
  A related Emacs feature is `filling' (q.v.@:).

  @item Control Character
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  @item Completion
  Completion is what Emacs does when it automatically fills out an
  abbreviation for a name into the entire name.  Completion is done for
! minibuffer (q.v.@:) arguments when the set of possible valid inputs is
! known; for example, on command names, buffer names, and file names.
! Completion usually occurs when @key{TAB}, @key{SPC} or @key{RET} is
! typed.  @xref{Completion}.

  @item Continuation Line
! When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it may take
! up more than one screen line when displayed.  In this case, we say that
! the text line is continued, and all screen lines but the first used for
! displaying it are called continuation lines.  @xref{Continuation Lines}.
  A related Emacs feature is `filling' (q.v.@:).

  @item Control Character
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  @item @key{CTRL}
  The @key{CTRL} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
! in order to enter a control character (q.v.).

  @item Current Buffer
! The current buffer in Emacs is the Emacs buffer on which most editing
! commands operate.  You can select any Emacs buffer as the current one.
! @xref{Buffers}.

  @item Current Line
  The current line is the line that point is on (@pxref{Point}).
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  @item @key{CTRL}
  The @key{CTRL} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
! in order to enter a control character (q.v.@:).

  @item Current Buffer
! The current buffer is the buffer (q.v.@:) on which most editing commands
! operate.  You can select any buffer as the current one.  @xref{Buffers}.

  @item Current Line
  The current line is the line that point is on (@pxref{Point}).
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  @item Cursor
  The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the position
! called point (q.v.@:) at which insertion and deletion takes place.
! The cursor is on or under the character that follows point.  Often
! people speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean
! `point.'  @xref{Point,Cursor}.

  @item Customization
  Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works.  It is
--- 285,294 ----

  @item Cursor
  The cursor is the rectangle on the screen which indicates the position
! called point (q.v.@:) where insertion and deletion takes place.  The
! cursor is on or under the character that follows point.  Often people
! speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean `point'.
! @xref{Point,Cursor}.

  @item Customization
  Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works.  It is
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  @cindex cut and paste
  @item Cut and Paste
! See `killing' and `yanking.'

  @item Default Argument
  The default for an argument is the value that will be assumed if you
--- 298,304 ----

  @cindex cut and paste
  @item Cut and Paste
! See `killing' and `yanking'.

  @item Default Argument
  The default for an argument is the value that will be assumed if you
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  you do not specify a value to use.

  @item Default Directory
! When you specify a file name that does not start with @samp{/} or @samp{~},
! it is interpreted relative to the current buffer's default directory.
! (On MS-Windows and MS-DOS, file names which start with a drive letter
! @address@hidden:} are treated as absolute, not relative.)
  @xref{Minibuffer File,Default Directory}.

  @item Defun
! A defun is a major definition at the top level in a program.  The name
! `defun' comes from Lisp, where most such definitions use the construct
! @code{defun}.  @xref{Defuns}.

  @item @key{DEL}
! @key{DEL} is a character that runs the command to delete one character
! of text before the cursor.  It is typically either the @key{DELETE}
! key or the @key{BACKSPACE} key, whichever one is easy to type.
  @xref{Erasing,DEL}.

  @item Deletion
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  you do not specify a value to use.

  @item Default Directory
! Each buffer (q.v.@:) has a default directory which is normally the same
! as the directory of the file visited in that buffer.  When you specify a
! file name (q.v.@:) that does not start with @samp{/} or @samp{~}, it is
! interpreted relative to the current buffer's default directory.
  @xref{Minibuffer File,Default Directory}.

+ On MS-Windows and MS-DOS, file names starting with a drive letter
+ @address@hidden:} are treated as absolute, not relative.
+ 
  @item Defun
! A defun is a major definition at the top level (q.v.@:) of a program.
! The name `defun' comes from Lisp, where most such definitions use the
! construct @code{defun}.  @xref{Defuns}.

  @item @key{DEL}
! @key{DEL} is a character that runs the command to delete the character
! preceding the cursor.  It is typically either the @key{DELETE} key or
! the @key{BACKSPACE} key, whichever one is easy to type.
  @xref{Erasing,DEL}.

  @item Deletion
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  but no actual text is thereby lost.  @xref{Windows}.

  @item Directory
! File directories are named collections in the file system, within which
! you can place individual files or subdirectories.  @xref{Directories}.

  @item Dired
! Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a file
! directory and allows you to ``edit the directory,'' performing
! operations on the files in the directory.  @xref{Dired}.

  @item Disabled Command
  A disabled command is one that you may not run without special
--- 350,362 ----
  but no actual text is thereby lost.  @xref{Windows}.

  @item Directory
! Directories are named collections in the file system, within which you
! can place individual files or subdirectories.  @xref{Directories}.

  @item Dired
! Dired is the Emacs facility that displays the contents of a directory
! (q.v.@:) and allows you to ``edit the directory'', performing operations
! on the files in the directory.  @xref{Dired}.

  @item Disabled Command
  A disabled command is one that you may not run without special
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  A dribble file is a file into which Emacs writes all the characters that
  you type on the keyboard.  Dribble files are used to make a record
  for debugging Emacs bugs.  Emacs does not make a dribble file unless you
! tell it to.  @xref{Bugs}.

  @item Echo Area
! The echo area is the bottom line of the screen, used for echoing the
! arguments to commands, for asking questions, and showing brief messages
! (including error messages).  The messages are stored in the buffer
! @samp{*Messages*} so you can review them later.  @xref{Echo Area}.

  @item Echoing
! Echoing is acknowledging the receipt of input events by displaying
! them (in the echo area).  Emacs never echoes single-character key
  sequences; longer key sequences echo only if you pause while typing
  them.

  @item Electric
  We say that a character is electric if it is normally self-inserting
! (q.v.@:), but the current major mode (q.v.@:) redefines it to do something
! else as well.  For example, some programming language major modes define
! particular delimiter characters to reindent the line or insert one or
! more newlines in addition to self-insertion.

  @item End Of Line
! End of line is a character or a sequence of characters that indicate
! the end of a text line.  On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline
! (q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions.  @xref{Coding
! Systems,end-of-line}.  Emacs can recognize several end-of-line
! conventions in files and convert between them.

  @item Environment Variable
  An environment variable is one of a collection of variables stored by
--- 375,408 ----
  A dribble file is a file into which Emacs writes all the characters that
  you type on the keyboard.  Dribble files are used to make a record
  for debugging Emacs bugs.  Emacs does not make a dribble file unless you
! tell it to.  @xref{Checklist}.

  @item Echo Area
! The echo area is the bottom area of a frame (q.v.@:), used for echoing
! the arguments to commands, for asking questions, and showing brief
! messages (including error messages).  The messages are stored in the
! buffer @samp{*Messages*} so you can review them later.  @xref{Echo
! Area}.

  @item Echoing
! Echoing is acknowledging the receipt of input events by displaying them
! in the echo area (q.v.@:).  Emacs never echoes single-character key
  sequences; longer key sequences echo only if you pause while typing
  them.

  @item Electric
  We say that a character is electric if it is normally self-inserting
! (q.v.@:), but the current major mode (q.v.@:) redefines it to do
! something else as well.  For example, some programming language major
! modes define particular delimiter characters to reindent the line or
! insert one or more newlines in addition to self-insertion.

  @item End Of Line
! End of line is a character or a sequence of characters that indicate the
! end of a text line.  On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline
! (q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions.  Emacs can recognize
! several end-of-line conventions in files and convert between them.
! @xref{Coding Systems,end-of-line}.

  @item Environment Variable
  An environment variable is one of a collection of variables stored by
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  @xref{Environment}.

  @item EOL
! See `end of line.'

  @item Error
  An error occurs when an Emacs command cannot execute in the current
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  @xref{Environment}.

  @item EOL
! See `end of line'.

  @item Error
  An error occurs when an Emacs command cannot execute in the current
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  @item Error Message
  An error message is a single line of output displayed by Emacs when the
! user asks for something impossible to do (such as, killing text
! forward when point is at the end of the buffer).  They appear in the
! echo area, accompanied by a beep.

  @item @key{ESC}
  @key{ESC} is a character used as a prefix for typing Meta characters on
--- 423,431 ----

  @item Error Message
  An error message is a single line of output displayed by Emacs when the
! user asks for something impossible to do (such as, killing text forward
! when point is at the end of the buffer).  They appear in the echo area
! (q.v.@:), accompanied by a beep.

  @item @key{ESC}
  @key{ESC} is a character used as a prefix for typing Meta characters on
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  it applies to the next character you type.

  @item Expression
! See `balanced expression.'

  @item Expunging
  Expunging an Rmail file or Dired buffer or a Gnus newsgroup buffer is an
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  it applies to the next character you type.

  @item Expression
! See `balanced expression'.

  @item Expunging
  Expunging an Rmail file or Dired buffer or a Gnus newsgroup buffer is an
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  @item File Name
  A file name is a name that refers to a file.  File names may be relative
! or absolute; the meaning of a relative file name depends on the current
! directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless
! of which directory is current.  On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute
! file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or
! @address@hidden/} (a home directory).  On MS-Windows/MS-DOS, and
! absolute file name can also start with a drive letter and a colon
! @address@hidden:}.

! Some people use the term ``pathname'' for file names, but we do not;
! we use the word ``path'' only in the term ``search path'' (q.v.@:).

  @item File-Name Component
  A file-name component names a file directly within a particular
--- 456,471 ----

  @item File Name
  A file name is a name that refers to a file.  File names may be relative
! or absolute: The meaning of a relative file name depends on the default
! directory (q.v.@:).  An absolute file name refers to the same file
! regardless of the current buffer's default directory.  On GNU and Unix
! systems, an absolute file name starts with a slash (the root directory)
! or with @samp{~/} or @address@hidden/} (a home directory).  On
! MS-Windows/MS-DOS, an absolute file name can also start with a drive
! letter and a colon like @address@hidden:}.

! Some people use the term ``pathname'' for file names, but we do not; we
! use the word ``path'' only in the term `search path' (q.v.@:).

  @item File-Name Component
  A file-name component names a file directly within a particular
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  @item Filling
  Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all
  the lines are approximately the same length.  @xref{Filling}.  Some
! other editors call this feature `line wrapping.'

  @item Font Lock
! Font Lock is a mode that highlights parts of buffer text according to
! its syntax.  @xref{Font Lock}.

  @item Fontset
  A fontset is a named collection of fonts.  A fontset specification lists
--- 484,494 ----
  @item Filling
  Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all
  the lines are approximately the same length.  @xref{Filling}.  Some
! other editors call this feature ``line wrapping''.

  @item Font Lock
! Font Lock is a minor mode (q.v.@:) that highlights parts of buffer text
! according to its syntax.  @xref{Font Lock}.

  @item Fontset
  A fontset is a named collection of fonts.  A fontset specification lists
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  margins.  @xref{Formatted Text}.

  @item Formfeed Character
! See `page.'

  @item Frame
  A frame is a rectangular cluster of Emacs windows.  Emacs starts out
--- 502,508 ----
  margins.  @xref{Formatted Text}.

  @item Formfeed Character
! See `page'.

  @item Frame
  A frame is a rectangular cluster of Emacs windows.  Emacs starts out
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  but in Emacs a window means something else.

  @item Fringe
! On a graphical display (q.v.@:), there's a narrow portion of the
! frame (q.v.@:) between the text area and the window's border.  Emacs
! displays the fringe using a special face (q.v.@:) called
! @code{fringe}.  @xref{Faces,fringe}.
! 
! @item FTP
! FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol.  Emacs uses an FTP client
! program to provide access to remote files (q.v.@:).

  @item Function Key
  A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not
--- 513,533 ----
  but in Emacs a window means something else.

  @item Fringe
! On a graphical display (q.v.@:) a fringe denotes the narrow portion
! between the text area and the scroll bar (q.v.@:) or internal border
! (q.v.@:) of the containing window (q.v.@:).  @xref{Fringes}.
! 
! @item @acronym{FTP}
! @acronym{FTP} is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol.  Emacs uses an
! @acronym{FTP} client program to provide access to remote files (q.v.@:).
! @xref{Remote Files}.
! 
! @item Function
! Functions are the basic constituents of Lisp (q.v.@:) programs.  A
! command (q.v.@:) is a function that may be called interactively.  In
! Lisp `defuns' (q.v.@:) are the usual way to define new functions.
! @xref{What Is a Function,,What Is a Function,elisp,The Emacs Lisp
! Reference Manual}.

  @item Function Key
  A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not
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  @item Global
  Global means ``independent of the current environment; in effect
! throughout Emacs.''  It is the opposite of local (q.v.@:).  Particular
  examples of the use of `global' appear below.

  @item Global Abbrev
--- 535,541 ----

  @item Global
  Global means ``independent of the current environment; in effect
! throughout Emacs''.  It is the opposite of local (q.v.@:).  Particular
  examples of the use of `global' appear below.

  @item Global Abbrev
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  A graphical display is one that can display images and multiple fonts.
  Usually it also has a window system (q.v.@:).

- @item Highlighting
- Highlighting text means displaying it with a different foreground and/or
- background color to make it stand out from the rest of the text in the
- buffer.
- 
- Emacs uses highlighting in several ways.  When you mark a region with
- the mouse, the region is always highlighted.  Optionally Emacs can
- also highlight the region whenever it is active (@pxref{Transient
- Mark}).  Incremental search also highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental
- Search}).  See also `font lock'.
- 
  @item Hardcopy
  Hardcopy means printed output.  Emacs has commands for making printed
  listings of text in Emacs buffers.  @xref{Printing}.
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  command does.  @xref{Help}.

  @item Help Echo
! Help echo is a short message displayed in the echo area when the mouse
! pointer is located on portions of display that require some
  explanations.  Emacs displays help echo for menu items, parts of the
! mode line, tool-bar buttons, etc.  On graphics displays, the messages
! can be displayed as tooltips (q.v.@:).  @xref{Tooltips}.

  @item Hook
  A hook is a list of functions to be called on specific occasions, such
--- 585,604 ----
  command does.  @xref{Help}.

  @item Help Echo
! Help echo is a short message displayed in the echo area (q.v.@:) when
! the mouse pointer is located on portions of display that may require
  explanations.  Emacs displays help echo for menu items, parts of the
! mode line, tool-bar buttons, etc.  On graphical displays, the messages
! can be displayed as tooltips (q.v.@:).  @xref{Help Echo}.
! 
! @item Highlighting
! Highlighting text means displaying it in a special way to make it stand
! out from the rest of the text in the buffer.  Emacs uses highlighting in
! several ways.  When you mark a region with the mouse, the region is
! always highlighted.  Optionally Emacs can also highlight the region
! (q.v.@:) whenever it is active (@pxref{Transient Mark}).  Incremental
! search also highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental Search}).  See also
! `font lock'.

  @item Hook
  A hook is a list of functions to be called on specific occasions, such
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  @item Inbox
  An inbox is a file in which mail is delivered by the operating system.
! Rmail transfers mail from inboxes to Rmail files (q.v.@:) in which the
  mail is then stored permanently or until explicitly deleted.
  @xref{Rmail Inbox}.

--- 615,621 ----

  @item Inbox
  An inbox is a file in which mail is delivered by the operating system.
! Rmail transfers mail from inboxes to Rmail (q.v.@:) files in which the
  mail is then stored permanently or until explicitly deleted.
  @xref{Rmail Inbox}.

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  @xref{Indentation}.

  @item Indirect Buffer
! An indirect buffer is a buffer that shares the text of another buffer,
! called its base buffer (q.v.@:).  @xref{Indirect Buffers}.

  @item Info
  Info is the hypertext format used by the GNU project for writing
--- 631,638 ----
  @xref{Indentation}.

  @item Indirect Buffer
! An indirect buffer is a buffer (q.v.@:) that shares the text of another
! buffer, called its base buffer (q.v.@:).  @xref{Indirect Buffers}.

  @item Info
  Info is the hypertext format used by the GNU project for writing
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  frames.  @xref{User Input}.

  @item Input Method
! An input method is a system for entering address@hidden text characters by
! typing sequences of @acronym{ASCII} characters (q.v.@:).  @xref{Input 
Methods}.

  @item Insertion
  Insertion means copying text into the buffer, either from the keyboard
--- 645,653 ----
  frames.  @xref{User Input}.

  @item Input Method
! An input method is a system for entering address@hidden text
! characters by typing sequences of @acronym{ASCII} characters (q.v.@:).
! @xref{Input Methods}.

  @item Insertion
  Insertion means copying text into the buffer, either from the keyboard
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  @xref{Interlocking,Interlocking,Simultaneous Editing}.

  @item Isearch
! See `incremental search.'

  @item Justification
  Justification means adding extra spaces within lines of text to make
--- 659,665 ----
  @xref{Interlocking,Interlocking,Simultaneous Editing}.

  @item Isearch
! See `incremental search'.

  @item Justification
  Justification means adding extra spaces within lines of text to make
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  @xref{Format Justification}.

  @item Keybinding
! See `binding.'

  @item Keyboard Macro
  Keyboard macros are a way of defining new Emacs commands from
--- 667,673 ----
  @xref{Format Justification}.

  @item Keybinding
! See `binding'.

  @item Keyboard Macro
  Keyboard macros are a way of defining new Emacs commands from
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  @cindex keyboard shortcuts
  @item Keyboard Shortcut
  A keyboard shortcut is a key sequence (q.v.@:) which invokes a
! command.  What some programs call ``assigning a keyboard shortcut,''
! Emacs calls ``binding a key sequence''.  See `binding.'

  @item Key Sequence
  A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:)
--- 677,684 ----
  @cindex keyboard shortcuts
  @item Keyboard Shortcut
  A keyboard shortcut is a key sequence (q.v.@:) which invokes a
! command.  What some programs call ``assigning a keyboard shortcut'',
! Emacs calls ``binding a key sequence''.  See `binding'.

  @item Key Sequence
  A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:)
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  it is a prefix key (q.v.@:).  @xref{Keys}.

  @item Keymap
! The keymap is the data structure that records the bindings (q.v.@:) of
! key sequences to the commands that they run.  For example, the global
! keymap binds the character @kbd{C-n} to the command function
  @code{next-line}.  @xref{Keymaps}.

  @item Keyboard Translation Table
--- 687,695 ----
  it is a prefix key (q.v.@:).  @xref{Keys}.

  @item Keymap
! A keymap is a data structure that records the bindings (q.v.@:) of key
! sequences (q.v.@:) to the commands (q.v.@:) that they run.  For example,
! the global keymap binds the character @kbd{C-n} to the command
  @code{next-line}.  @xref{Keymaps}.

  @item Keyboard Translation Table
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  @item Killing
  Killing means erasing text and saving it on the kill ring so it can be
! yanked (q.v.@:) later.  Some other systems call this ``cutting.''
  Most Emacs commands that erase text perform killing, as opposed to
  deletion (q.v.@:).  @xref{Killing}.

! @item Killing a Job
! Killing a job (such as, an invocation of Emacs) means making it cease
! to exist.  Any data within it, if not saved in a file, is lost.
! @xref{Exiting}.

  @item Language Environment
  Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input
  method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:).  @xref{Language
! Environments}.  These defaults are relevant if you edit address@hidden text
! (@pxref{International}).

  @item Line Wrapping
! See `filling.'

  @item Lisp
  Lisp is a programming language.  Most of Emacs is written in a dialect
--- 704,725 ----

  @item Killing
  Killing means erasing text and saving it on the kill ring so it can be
! yanked (q.v.@:) later.  Some other systems call this ``cutting''.
  Most Emacs commands that erase text perform killing, as opposed to
  deletion (q.v.@:).  @xref{Killing}.

! @item Killing Emacs
! Killing an invocation of Emacs means making it cease to exist.  Any
! buffer changes, if not saved in a file, are lost.  @xref{Exiting}.

  @item Language Environment
  Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input
  method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:).  @xref{Language
! Environments}.  These defaults are relevant if you edit
! address@hidden text (@pxref{International}).

  @item Line Wrapping
! See `filling'.

  @item Lisp
  Lisp is a programming language.  Most of Emacs is written in a dialect
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  lists.  @xref{Moving by Parens}.

  @item Local
! Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; the relevant
! kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular
! buffer, or a particular major mode.  It is the opposite of `global'
! (q.v.@:).  Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below.

  @item Local Abbrev
  A local abbrev definition is effective only if a particular major mode
--- 735,744 ----
  lists.  @xref{Moving by Parens}.

  @item Local
! Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; where the
! relevant kind of context is a particular function execution, buffer, or
! major mode.  It is the opposite of `global' (q.v.@:).  Specific uses of
! `local' in Emacs terminology appear below.

  @item Local Abbrev
  A local abbrev definition is effective only if a particular major mode
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  @xref{User Input,C-M-}.

  @item @kbd{M-x}
! @kbd{M-x} is the key sequence which is used to call an Emacs command by
! name.  This is how you run commands that are not bound to key sequences.
! @xref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}.

  @item Mail
  Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer
--- 767,775 ----
  @xref{User Input,C-M-}.

  @item @kbd{M-x}
! @kbd{M-x} is the key sequence which is used to call an Emacs command
! (q.v.@:) by name.  This is how you run commands that are not bound to
! key sequences.  @xref{M-x,M-x,Running Commands by Name}.

  @item Mail
  Mail means messages sent from one user to another through the computer
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  @item Margin
  The space between the usable part of a window (including the
! fringe) and the window edge.

  @item Mark
! The mark points to a position in the text.  It specifies one end of the
! region (q.v.@:), point being the other end.  Many commands operate on
! all the text from point to the mark.  Each buffer has its own mark.
! @xref{Mark}.

  @item Mark Ring
  The mark ring is used to hold several recent previous locations of the
! mark, just in case you want to move back to them.  Each buffer has its
! own mark ring; in addition, there is a single global mark ring (q.v.@:).
! @xref{Mark Ring}.

  @item Menu Bar
  The menu bar is the line at the top of an Emacs frame.  It contains
--- 789,807 ----

  @item Margin
  The space between the usable part of a window (including the
! fringe (q.v.@:)) and the window edge.

  @item Mark
! The mark points to a position in the text of a buffer.  It specifies one
! end of the region (q.v.@:), point (q.v.@:) being the other end.  Many
! commands operate on all the text from point to the mark.  Each buffer
! has its own mark.  @xref{Mark}.

  @item Mark Ring
  The mark ring is used to hold several recent previous locations of the
! mark (q.v.@:), just in case you want to move back to them.  Each buffer
! has its own mark ring; in addition, there is a single global mark ring
! (q.v.@:).  @xref{Mark Ring}.

  @item Menu Bar
  The menu bar is the line at the top of an Emacs frame.  It contains
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  a keyboard interface to navigate it.  @xref{Menu Bars}.

  @item Message
! See `mail.'

  @item Meta
  Meta is the name of a modifier bit which you can use in a command
--- 809,815 ----
  a keyboard interface to navigate it.  @xref{Menu Bars}.

  @item Message
! See `mail'.

  @item Meta
  Meta is the name of a modifier bit which you can use in a command
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  A Meta character is one whose character code includes the Meta bit.

  @item Minibuffer
! The minibuffer is the window that appears when necessary inside the
! echo area (q.v.@:), used for reading arguments to commands.
  @xref{Minibuffer}.

  @item Minibuffer History
--- 828,835 ----
  A Meta character is one whose character code includes the Meta bit.

  @item Minibuffer
! The minibuffer is a buffer, displayed when necessary inside the echo
! area (q.v.@:), used for reading arguments to commands.
  @xref{Minibuffer}.

  @item Minibuffer History
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*** 847,865 ****
  has never been saved).  @xref{Saving}.

  @item Moving Text
! Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in
! another.  The usual way to move text by killing (q.v.@:) and then
! yanking (q.v.@:).  @xref{Killing}.

  @item MULE
! MULE refers to the Emacs features for editing multilingual address@hidden text
! using multibyte characters (q.v.@:).  @xref{International}.

  @item Multibyte Character
  A multibyte character is a character that takes up several bytes in a
! buffer.  Emacs uses multibyte characters to represent address@hidden text,
! since the number of address@hidden characters is much more than 256.
! @xref{International Chars, International Characters}.

  @item Named Mark
  A named mark is a register (q.v.@:) in its role of recording a
--- 859,879 ----
  has never been saved).  @xref{Saving}.

  @item Moving Text
! Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in another.
! The usual way to move text is by killing (q.v.@:) and then yanking
! (q.v.@:).  @xref{Killing}.

  @item MULE
! MULE refers to the Emacs features for editing multilingual
! address@hidden text using multibyte characters (q.v.@:).
! @xref{International}.

  @item Multibyte Character
  A multibyte character is a character that takes up several bytes in a
! buffer.  Emacs uses multibyte characters to represent
! address@hidden text, since the number of address@hidden
! characters is much more than 256.  @xref{International Chars,
! International Characters}.

  @item Named Mark
  A named mark is a register (q.v.@:) in its role of recording a
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  @cindex nil
  @cindex t
  @item @code{nil}
! @code{nil} is a value usually interpreted as a logical ``false.''  Its
! opposite is @code{t}, interpreted as ``true.''

  @item Numeric Argument
  A numeric argument is a number, specified before a command, to change
--- 894,901 ----
  @cindex nil
  @cindex t
  @item @code{nil}
! @code{nil} is a value usually interpreted as a logical ``false''.  Its
! opposite is @code{t}, interpreted as ``true''.

  @item Numeric Argument
  A numeric argument is a number, specified before a command, to change
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  repeat count.  @xref{Arguments}.

  @item Overwrite Mode
! Overwrite mode is a minor mode.  When it is enabled, ordinary text
! characters replace the existing text after point rather than pushing
! it to the right.  @xref{Minor Modes}.

  @item Page
! A page is a unit of text, delimited by formfeed characters (@acronym{ASCII}
! control-L, code 014) coming at the beginning of a line.  Some Emacs
! commands are provided for moving over and operating on pages.
  @xref{Pages}.

  @item Paragraph
--- 903,916 ----
  repeat count.  @xref{Arguments}.

  @item Overwrite Mode
! Overwrite mode is a minor mode (q.v.@:).  When it is enabled, ordinary
! text characters replace the existing text after point rather than
! pushing it to the right.  @xref{Minor Modes}.

  @item Page
! A page is a unit of text, delimited by formfeed characters
! (@acronym{ASCII} control-L, code 014) coming at the beginning of a line.
! Some Emacs commands are provided for moving over and operating on pages.
  @xref{Pages}.

  @item Paragraph
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  end of a word or expression.  @xref{Syntax}.

  @item Point
! Point is the place in the buffer at which insertion and deletion
! occur.  Point is considered to be between two characters, not at one
! character.  The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:) indicates the location of
! point.  @xref{Point}.

  @item Prefix Argument
! See `numeric argument.'

  @item Prefix Key
! A prefix key is a key sequence (q.v.@:) whose sole function is to
! introduce a set of longer key sequences.  @kbd{C-x} is an example of
  prefix key; any two-character sequence starting with @kbd{C-x} is
  therefore a legitimate key sequence.  @xref{Keys}.

--- 924,940 ----
  end of a word or expression.  @xref{Syntax}.

  @item Point
! Point is the position in a buffer (q.v.@:) where insertion (q.v.@:) and
! deletion (q.v.@:) occur.  Point is considered to be between two
! characters, not at one character.  The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:)
! indicates the location of point.  @xref{Point}.

  @item Prefix Argument
! See `numeric argument'.

  @item Prefix Key
! A prefix key is a key sequence (q.v.@:) whose sole purpose is to
! introduce a set of longer key sequences.  @kbd{C-x} is an example of a
  prefix key; any two-character sequence starting with @kbd{C-x} is
  therefore a legitimate key sequence.  @xref{Keys}.

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  you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also
  a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}).

  @item Query-Replace
  Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by
  Emacs.  @xref{Query Replace}.

  @item Quitting
! Quitting means canceling a partially typed command or a running
! command, using @kbd{C-g} (or @address@hidden on MS-DOS).  @xref{Quitting}.

  @item Quoting
  Quoting means depriving a character of its usual special significance.
--- 959,977 ----
  you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also
  a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}).

+ @item Punctuation
+ Punctuation characters are used as punctuation in human languages.  In
+ programming language use they may separate symbol (q.v.@:) names from
+ each other.  Word search (q.v.@:) ignores punctuation between words.
+ @xref{Syntax}.
+ 
  @item Query-Replace
  Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by
  Emacs.  @xref{Query Replace}.

  @item Quitting
! Quitting means canceling a partially typed command or a running command,
! using @kbd{C-g} (or @address@hidden on MS-DOS).  @xref{Quitting}.

  @item Quoting
  Quoting means depriving a character of its usual special significance.
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  all contexts allow quoting.  @xref{Inserting Text,Quoting}.

  @item Quoting File Names
! Quoting a file name turns off the special significance of constructs
! such as @samp{$}, @samp{~} and @samp{:}.  @xref{Quoted File Names}.

  @item Read-Only Buffer
! A read-only buffer is one whose text you are not allowed to change.
! Normally Emacs makes buffers read-only when they contain text which
! has a special significance to Emacs; for example, Dired buffers.
  Visiting a file that is write-protected also makes a read-only buffer.
  @xref{Buffers}.

--- 984,997 ----
  all contexts allow quoting.  @xref{Inserting Text,Quoting}.

  @item Quoting File Names
! Quoting a file name (q.v.@:) turns off the special significance of
! constructs such as @samp{$}, @samp{~} and @samp{:}.  @xref{Quoted File
! Names}.

  @item Read-Only Buffer
! A read-only buffer (q.v.@:) is one whose text you are not allowed to
! change.  Normally Emacs makes buffers read-only when they contain text
! which has a special significance to Emacs; for example, Dired buffers.
  Visiting a file that is write-protected also makes a read-only buffer.
  @xref{Buffers}.

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  @xref{Rectangles}.

  @item Recursive Editing Level
! A recursive editing level is a state in which part of the execution of
! a command involves asking you to edit some text.  This text may
! or may not be the same as the text to which the command was applied.
! The mode line indicates recursive editing levels with square brackets
  (@samp{[} and @samp{]}).  @xref{Recursive Edit}.

  @item Redisplay
--- 1002,1011 ----
  @xref{Rectangles}.

  @item Recursive Editing Level
! A recursive editing level is a state in which part of the execution of a
! command involves asking you to edit some text.  This text may or may not
! be the same as the text to which the command was applied.  The mode line
! (q.v.@:) indicates recursive editing levels with square brackets
  (@samp{[} and @samp{]}).  @xref{Recursive Edit}.

  @item Redisplay
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  @xref{Screen,Redisplay}.

  @item Regexp
! See `regular expression.'

  @item Region
  The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.@:).
--- 1014,1020 ----
  @xref{Screen,Redisplay}.

  @item Regexp
! See `regular expression'.

  @item Region
  The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.@:).
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  @xref{Remote Files}.

  @item Repeat Count
! See `numeric argument.'

  @item Replacement
! See `global substitution.'

  @item Restriction
  A buffer's restriction is the amount of text, at the beginning or the
--- 1038,1047 ----
  @xref{Remote Files}.

  @item Repeat Count
! See `numeric argument'.

  @item Replacement
! See `global substitution'.

  @item Restriction
  A buffer's restriction is the amount of text, at the beginning or the
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  @item @key{RET}
  @key{RET} is a character that in Emacs runs the command to insert a
! newline into the text.  It is also used to terminate most arguments
  read in the minibuffer (q.v.@:).  @xref{User Input,Return}.

  @item Reverting
! Reverting means returning to the original state.  Emacs lets you
! revert a buffer by re-reading its file from disk.  @xref{Reverting}.

  @item Rmail File
  An Rmail file is a file containing text in a special format used by
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  @item @key{RET}
  @key{RET} is a character that in Emacs runs the command to insert a
! newline into a buffer.  It is also used to terminate most arguments
  read in the minibuffer (q.v.@:).  @xref{User Input,Return}.

  @item Reverting
! Reverting means returning to the original state.  Emacs lets you revert
! a buffer (q.v.@:) by re-reading its file from disk.  @xref{Reverting}.

  @item Rmail File
  An Rmail file is a file containing text in a special format used by
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  @item Saving
  Saving a buffer means copying its text into the file that was visited
! (q.v.@:) in that buffer.  This is the way text in files actually gets
  changed by your Emacs editing.  @xref{Saving}.

  @item Scroll Bar
  A scroll bar is a tall thin hollow box that appears at the side of a
  window.  You can use mouse commands in the scroll bar to scroll the
! window.  The scroll bar feature is supported only under windowing
! systems.  @xref{Scroll Bars}.

  @item Scrolling
! Scrolling means shifting the text in the Emacs window so as to see a
! different part of the buffer.  @xref{Scrolling}.

  @item Searching
! Searching means moving point to the next occurrence of a specified
! string or the next match for a specified regular expression.
! @xref{Search}.

  @item Search Path
! A search path is a list of directory names, to be used for searching for
! files for certain purposes.  For example, the variable @code{load-path}
! holds a search path for finding Lisp library files.  @xref{Lisp Libraries}.

  @item Secondary Selection
  The secondary selection is one particular X selection; some X
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  @item Saving
  Saving a buffer means copying its text into the file that was visited
! (q.v.@:) by that buffer.  This is the way text in files actually gets
  changed by your Emacs editing.  @xref{Saving}.

  @item Scroll Bar
  A scroll bar is a tall thin hollow box that appears at the side of a
  window.  You can use mouse commands in the scroll bar to scroll the
! window.  The scroll bar feature is supported only under window systems
! (q.v.@:).  @xref{Scroll Bars}.

  @item Scrolling
! Scrolling means shifting the text in an Emacs window so as to see a
! different part of the window's buffer.  @xref{Scrolling}.

  @item Searching
! Searching means moving point (q.v.@:) to the next occurrence of a
! specified string or the next match for a specified regular expression
! (q.v.@:).  @xref{Search}.

  @item Search Path
! A search path is a list of directory names that is used when searching
! for files.  For example, the variable @code{load-path} holds a search
! path for finding Lisp library files.  @xref{Lisp Libraries}.

  @item Secondary Selection
  The secondary selection is one particular X selection; some X
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  @xref{Frames}.

  @item Selected Window
! The selected frame is the one your input currently operates on.
  @xref{Basic Window}.

  @item Selecting a Buffer
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  @xref{Frames}.

  @item Selected Window
! The selected window is the one your input currently operates on.
  @xref{Basic Window}.

  @item Selecting a Buffer
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  @xref{Select Buffer}.

  @item Selection
! Windowing systems allow an application program to specify
  selections whose values are text.  A program can also read the
  selections that other programs have set up.  This is the principal way
  of transferring text between window applications.  Emacs has commands to
! work with the primary (q.v.@:) selection and the secondary (q.v.@:)
! selection, and also with the clipboard (q.v.@:).

  @item Self-Documentation
  Self-documentation is the feature of Emacs which can tell you what any
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  @xref{Select Buffer}.

  @item Selection
! Window systems (q.v.@:) allow an application program to specify
  selections whose values are text.  A program can also read the
  selections that other programs have set up.  This is the principal way
  of transferring text between window applications.  Emacs has commands to
! work with the primary (q.v.@:) selection and the secondary
! (q.v.@:) selection, and also with the clipboard (q.v.@:).

  @item Self-Documentation
  Self-documentation is the feature of Emacs which can tell you what any
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  are self-inserting in Emacs, except in certain special major modes.

  @item Sentences
! Emacs has commands for moving by or killing by sentences.
  @xref{Sentences}.

  @item Sexp
! A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of
! Lisp in its textual form: either a list, or Lisp atom.  Sexps are also
! the balanced expressions (q.v.@:) of the Lisp language; this is why
! the commands for editing balanced expressions have `sexp' in their
! name.  @xref{Expressions,Sexps}.

  @item Simultaneous Editing
  Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once.
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  are self-inserting in Emacs, except in certain special major modes.

  @item Sentences
! Emacs has commands for moving by, or killing sentences.
  @xref{Sentences}.

  @item Sexp
! A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of Lisp
! in its textual form: either a list, or a Lisp atom.  Sexps are also the
! balanced expressions (q.v.@:) of the Lisp language; this is why the
! commands for editing balanced expressions have `sexp' in their name.
! @xref{Expressions,Sexps}.

  @item Simultaneous Editing
  Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once.
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  @item String Substitution
  See `global substitution'.

- @item Syntax Highlighting
- See `font lock.'
- 
- @item Syntax Table
- The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word,
- which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc.
- @xref{Syntax}.
- 
  @item Super
  Super is the name of a modifier bit which a keyboard input character may
  have.  To make a character Super, type it while holding down the
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  @kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short).  @xref{User Input,
  Super}.

! @item Suspending
! Suspending Emacs means stopping it temporarily and returning control
! to its parent process, which is usually a shell.  Unlike killing a job
! (q.v.@:), you can later resume the suspended Emacs job without losing
! your buffers, unsaved edits, undo history, etc.  @xref{Exiting}.

  @item @key{TAB}
  @key{TAB} is the tab character.  In Emacs it is typically used for
! indentation or completion.

  @item Tags Table
  A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function
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  @kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short).  @xref{User Input,
  Super}.

! @item Suspending Emacs
! Suspending Emacs means stopping it temporarily and returning control to
! its parent process, which is usually a shell.  Unlike killing Emacs
! (q.v.@:), you can resume a suspended Emacs job without losing your
! buffers, unsaved edits, undo history, etc.  @xref{Exiting}.
! 
! @item Symbol
! Symbols are objects with a unique name.  Symbols names are composed from
! characters classified (by the syntax table (q.v.@:)) as word and symbol
! constituents.  @xref{Syntax}.
! 
! @item Syntax Highlighting
! See `font lock'.
! 
! @item Syntax Table
! The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word,
! which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc.
! @xref{Syntax}.

  @item @key{TAB}
  @key{TAB} is the tab character.  In Emacs it is typically used for
! indentation (q.v.@:) or completion (q.v.@:).

  @item Tags Table
  A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function
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  A termscript file contains a record of all characters sent by Emacs to
  the terminal.  It is used for tracking down bugs in Emacs redisplay.
  Emacs does not make a termscript file unless you tell it to.
! @xref{Bugs}.

  @item Text
  `Text' has two meanings (@pxref{Text}):
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  A termscript file contains a record of all characters sent by Emacs to
  the terminal.  It is used for tracking down bugs in Emacs redisplay.
  Emacs does not make a termscript file unless you tell it to.
! @xref{Checklist}.

  @item Text
  `Text' has two meanings (@pxref{Text}):
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  text of the file you have visited.  You are at top level whenever you
  are not in a recursive editing level (q.v.@:) or the minibuffer
  (q.v.@:), and not in the middle of a command.  You can get back to top
! level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.@:).  @xref{Quitting}.

  @item Transposition
  Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place
  formerly occupied by the other.  There are Emacs commands to transpose
! two adjacent characters, words, balanced expressions (q.v.@:) or lines
! (@pxref{Transpose}).

  @item Truncation
  Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a
! line that does not fit within the right margin of the window
! displaying it.  See also `continuation line.'
! @xref{Continuation Lines,Truncation}.

  @item TTY
! See `text-only terminal.'

  @item Undoing
  Undoing means making your previous editing go in reverse, bringing
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  text of the file you have visited.  You are at top level whenever you
  are not in a recursive editing level (q.v.@:) or the minibuffer
  (q.v.@:), and not in the middle of a command.  You can get back to top
! level by aborting (q.v.@:) or quitting (q.v.@:).  @xref{Quitting}.

  @item Transposition
  Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place
  formerly occupied by the other.  There are Emacs commands to transpose
! two adjacent characters, words, balanced expressions (q.v.@:) or lines.
! @xref{Transpose}.

  @item Truncation
  Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a
! line that does not fit within the right margin of the window displaying
! it.  @xref{Continuation Lines,Truncation}.

  @item TTY
! See `text-only terminal'.

  @item Undoing
  Undoing means making your previous editing go in reverse, bringing
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  where they can be edited.  @xref{Visiting}.

  @item Whitespace
! Whitespace is any run of consecutive formatting characters (space,
! tab, newline, and backspace).

  @item Widening
  Widening is removing any restriction (q.v.@:) on the current buffer;
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  where they can be edited.  @xref{Visiting}.

  @item Whitespace
! Whitespace is any run of consecutive characters like space, tab,
! newline, and formfeed, that separate symbols and words from each other.
! @xref{Syntax}.

  @item Widening
  Widening is removing any restriction (q.v.@:) on the current buffer;
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  @item Window System
  A window system is software that operates on a graphical display
  (q.v.@:), to subdivide the screen so that multiple applications can
! have their] own windows at the same time.  All modern operating systems
  include a window system.

  @item Word Abbrev
! See `abbrev.'

  @item Word Search
  Word search is searching for a sequence of words, considering the
! punctuation between them as insignificant.  @xref{Word Search}.

  @item WYSIWYG
! WYSIWYG stands for ``What you see is what you get.''  Emacs generally
  provides WYSIWYG editing for files of characters; in Enriched mode
  (@pxref{Formatted Text}), it provides WYSIWYG editing for files that
  include text formatting information.
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  @item Window System
  A window system is software that operates on a graphical display
  (q.v.@:), to subdivide the screen so that multiple applications can
! have their own windows at the same time.  All modern operating systems
  include a window system.

+ @item Word
+ A word is text built entirely from characters classified as word
+ constituents by the syntax table (q.v.@:).  @xref{Syntax}.
+ @xref{Words}, for commands moving over or operating on words.
+ 
  @item Word Abbrev
! See `abbrev'.

  @item Word Search
  Word search is searching for a sequence of words, considering the
! punctuation (q.v.@:) between them as insignificant.  @xref{Word Search}.

  @item WYSIWYG
! WYSIWYG stands for ``What you see is what you get''.  Emacs generally
  provides WYSIWYG editing for files of characters; in Enriched mode
  (@pxref{Formatted Text}), it provides WYSIWYG editing for files that
  include text formatting information.
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  @item Yanking
  Yanking means reinserting text previously killed.  It can be used to
  undo a mistaken kill, or for copying or moving text.  Some other
! systems call this ``pasting.''  @xref{Yanking}.
  @end table

  @ignore
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  @item Yanking
  Yanking means reinserting text previously killed.  It can be used to
  undo a mistaken kill, or for copying or moving text.  Some other
! systems call this ``pasting''.  @xref{Yanking}.
  @end table

  @ignore




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