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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2018-02-03 13:50:38 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2018-02-03 13:50:38 +0200
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Yest another round of manual copyedits
* doc/emacs/fixit.texi (Transpose, Spelling): Minor stylistic changes. Suggested by myq larson <myqlarson@gmail.com> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org. * doc/emacs/calendar.texi (Appointments, Time Intervals): Mention relevant Org features. Suggested by Alex Branham <alex.branham@gmail.com> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org. * doc/emacs/dired.texi (Operating on Files) (Shell Commands in Dired, Image-Dired): Minor stylistic edits. Suggested by Francis Wright <f.j.wright@live.co.uk> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org. * doc/emacs/commands.texi (User Input): Explain "C-M-a". Suggested by Martin Luethi <martin.luethi@geo.uzh.ch> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
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@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ last two characters on the line. So, if you catch your transposition error
right away, you can fix it with just a @kbd{C-t}. If you don't catch it so
fast, you must move the cursor back between the two transposed
characters before you type @kbd{C-t}. If you transposed a space with
-the last character of the word before it, the word motion commands are
-a good way of getting there. Otherwise, a reverse search (@kbd{C-r})
-is often the best way. @xref{Search}.
+the last character of the word before it, the word motion commands
+(@kbd{M-f}, @kbd{M-b}, etc.) are a good way of getting there.
+Otherwise, a reverse search (@kbd{C-r}) is often the best way.
+@xref{Search}.
@kindex C-x C-t
@findex transpose-lines
@@ -181,22 +182,23 @@ punctuation characters between the words do not move. For example,
@kbd{C-M-t} (@code{transpose-sexps}) is a similar command for
transposing two expressions (@pxref{Expressions}), and @kbd{C-x C-t}
(@code{transpose-lines}) exchanges lines. They work like @kbd{M-t}
-except as regards what units of text they transpose.
+except as regards the units of text they transpose.
A numeric argument to a transpose command serves as a repeat count: it
-tells the transpose command to move the character (word, expression, line)
-before or containing point across several other characters (words,
-expressions, lines). For example, @kbd{C-u 3 C-t} moves the character before
-point forward across three other characters. It would change
-@samp{f@point{}oobar} into @samp{oobf@point{}ar}. This is equivalent to
-repeating @kbd{C-t} three times. @kbd{C-u - 4 M-t} moves the word
-before point backward across four words. @kbd{C-u - C-M-t} would cancel
-the effect of plain @kbd{C-M-t}.
+tells the transpose command to move the character (or word or
+expression or line) before or containing point across several other
+characters (or words or expressions or lines). For example, @kbd{C-u
+3 C-t} moves the character before point forward across three other
+characters. It would change @samp{f@point{}oobar} into
+@samp{oobf@point{}ar}. This is equivalent to repeating @kbd{C-t}
+three times. @kbd{C-u - 4 M-t} moves the word before point backward
+across four words. @kbd{C-u - C-M-t} would cancel the effect of plain
+@kbd{C-M-t}.
A numeric argument of zero is assigned a special meaning (because
otherwise a command with a repeat count of zero would do nothing): to
-transpose the character (word, expression, line) ending after point
-with the one ending after the mark.
+transpose the character (or word or expression or line) ending after
+point with the one ending after the mark.
@node Fixing Case
@section Case Conversion
@@ -227,9 +229,10 @@ case-convert it and go on typing. @xref{Case}.
This section describes the commands to check the spelling of a
single word or of a portion of a buffer. These commands only work if
-the spelling checker program Hunspell, Aspell, Ispell or Enchant is installed.
-These programs are not part of Emacs, but one of them is usually
-installed in GNU/Linux and other free operating systems.
+a spelling checker program, one of Hunspell, Aspell, Ispell or
+Enchant, is installed. These programs are not part of Emacs, but one
+of them is usually installed in GNU/Linux and other free operating
+systems.
@ifnottex
@xref{Top, Aspell,, aspell, The Aspell Manual}.
@end ifnottex