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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2018-02-12 19:52:48 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2018-02-12 19:52:48 +0200
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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.
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@@ -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}