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emacs-28 4f0fd54bc4: Add glossary entries for "interactively"
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
emacs-28 4f0fd54bc4: Add glossary entries for "interactively" |
Date: |
Tue, 17 May 2022 13:56:54 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: emacs-28
commit 4f0fd54bc476dc776d15f35a827e437716663030
Author: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Commit: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Add glossary entries for "interactively"
* doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): Mention "interactively" and
how it relates to the "command" concept (bug#55461).
---
doc/emacs/glossary.texi | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
index 7e0c84d723..a78a2c9e2d 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
@@ -229,9 +229,11 @@ from a variety of coding systems when reading or writing
it.
@item Command
A command is a Lisp function specially defined to be able to serve as
a key binding in Emacs or to be invoked by its name
-(@pxref{Glossary---Command Name}). 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}.
+(@pxref{Glossary---Command Name}). (Another term for @dfn{command} is
+@dfn{interactive function}---they are used interchangeably.) 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
@xref{Glossary---Minibuffer History}.
@@ -775,6 +777,14 @@ typing sequences of @acronym{ASCII} characters (q.v.).
@xref{Input Methods}.
Insertion means adding text into the buffer, either from the keyboard
or from some other place in Emacs.
+@item Interactive Function
+A different term for @dfn{command} (q.v.).
+
+@item Interactive Invocation
+A function can be called from Lisp code, or called as a user level
+command (via @kbd{M-x}, a key binding or a menu). In the latter case,
+the function is said to be @dfn{called interactively}.
+
@item Interlocking
@xref{Glossary---File Locking}.
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