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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2018-02-12 19:52:48 +0200 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2018-02-12 19:52:48 +0200 |
commit | 26f64410fd6845cde1a06373eea05e256b87513d (patch) | |
tree | b2e0c4a8eaa7bfca942f54145bfc86392bd70549 /doc/emacs/basic.texi | |
parent | cef3b4248c02d7540fd2b6b44317baf6d2f46eae (diff) | |
download | emacs-26f64410fd6845cde1a06373eea05e256b87513d.tar.gz |
Another set of improvements in the Emacs manual
* doc/emacs/msdos-xtra.texi (MS-DOS Keyboard):
* doc/emacs/msdos.texi (Windows Keyboard):
* doc/emacs/mark.texi (Using Region):
* doc/emacs/frames.texi (Menu Mouse Clicks):
* doc/emacs/macos.texi (Mac / GNUstep Basics): Fix spelling of
keys. Reported by Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): Document that "c.f." is a
misspelling. Reported by Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>.
Various minor wording improvements. Suggested by Toon Claes
<toon@iotcl.com> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
More minor changes. Suggested by Michael Albinus
<michael.albinus@gmx.de> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi (Title X): Improve wording.
* doc/emacs/building.texi (Grep Searching, Compilation): Avoid
passive tense.
* doc/emacs/basic.texi (Moving Point): Move the description of the
bidi-related effects of the arrow keys from here ...
* doc/emacs/mule.texi (Bidirectional Editing): ... to here.
Explain the behavior of arrow keys between paragraphs.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/emacs/basic.texi')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi index 8a8298bc2c4..4db3855dd9c 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi @@ -184,18 +184,8 @@ Move forward one character (@code{forward-char}). @item @key{RIGHT} @kindex RIGHT @findex right-char -@vindex visual-order-cursor-movement -@cindex cursor, visual-order motion -This command (@code{right-char}) behaves like @kbd{C-f}, with one -exception: when editing right-to-left scripts such as Arabic, it -instead moves @emph{backward} if the current paragraph is a -right-to-left paragraph. @xref{Bidirectional Editing}. - -If @code{visual-order-cursor-movement} is non-@code{nil}, this command -moves to the character that is to the right of the current screen -position, moving to the next or previous screen line as appropriate. -Note that this might potentially move point many buffer positions -away, depending on the surrounding bidirectional context. +This command (@code{right-char}) behaves like @kbd{C-f}, except when +point is in a right-to-left paragraph (@pxref{Bidirectional Editing}). @item C-b @kindex C-b @@ -205,12 +195,8 @@ Move backward one character (@code{backward-char}). @item @key{LEFT} @kindex LEFT @findex left-char -This command (@code{left-char}) behaves like @kbd{C-b}, except it -moves @emph{forward} if the current paragraph is right-to-left. -@xref{Bidirectional Editing}. - -The variable @code{visual-order-cursor-movement} affects this like -@key{RIGHT}, but moving left instead of right on the screen. +This command (@code{left-char}) behaves like @kbd{C-b}, except if the +current paragraph is right-to-left (@pxref{Bidirectional Editing}). @item C-n @itemx @key{DOWN} |