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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2018-03-11 20:07:38 +0200 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2018-03-11 20:07:38 +0200 |
commit | 51866758c1a1b808897fc869d651b21fd492ee1a (patch) | |
tree | eddd394bd4d0ba7c4ac2abee62f58568c88d9d4a /doc/emacs/msdos.texi | |
parent | b1aaa72df8e0afd8a849aab7525640f1cec66af3 (diff) | |
download | emacs-51866758c1a1b808897fc869d651b21fd492ee1a.tar.gz |
More changes in the Emacs manual
* doc/emacs/text.texi (Words, Foldout, Table Conversion): Clarify
text. Reported by Gijs Hillenius <gijs@hillenius.net> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/msdos.texi (Windows Keyboard):
* doc/emacs/msdos-xtra.texi (MS-DOS Keyboard):
* doc/emacs/macos.texi (Mac / GNUstep Basics):
* doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary):
* doc/emacs/custom.texi (Function Keys, Init Syntax):
* doc/emacs/commands.texi (User Input):
* doc/emacs/basic.texi (Arguments): Fix capitalization of "Meta".
* doc/emacs/msdos.texi (Windows Keyboard):
* doc/emacs/dired.texi (Dired Updating):
* doc/emacs/custom.texi (Init Rebinding): Fix misuses of @key.
Suggested by Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/emacs/msdos.texi')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi index b3b40d476e6..95969540f5b 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi @@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ Windows-specific variables in this category. @ifnottex @vindex w32-alt-is-meta @cindex @code{Alt} key (MS-Windows) - By default, the key labeled @key{Alt} is mapped as the @key{META} + By default, the key labeled @key{Alt} is mapped as the @key{Meta} key. If you wish it to produce the @code{Alt} modifier instead, set the variable @code{w32-alt-is-meta} to a @code{nil} value. @@ -605,8 +605,8 @@ Windows key and @key{R} opens the Windows @code{Run} dialog. The hotkey registrations always also include all the shift and control modifier combinations for the given hotkey; that is, -registering @kbd{s-@key{a}} as a hotkey gives you @kbd{S-s-@key{a}}, -@kbd{C-s-@key{a}} and @kbd{C-S-s-@key{a}} as well. +registering @kbd{s-a} as a hotkey gives you @kbd{S-s-a}, +@kbd{C-s-a} and @kbd{C-S-s-a} as well. On Windows 98 and ME, the hotkey registration is more restricted. The desired hotkey must always be fully specified, and @@ -670,8 +670,8 @@ value other than the above modifier symbols. @cindex @code{Alt} key invokes menu (Windows) Emacs compiled as a native Windows application normally turns off the Windows feature that tapping the @key{Alt} key invokes the Windows -menu. The reason is that the @key{Alt} serves as @key{META} in Emacs. -When using Emacs, users often press the @key{META} key temporarily and +menu. The reason is that the @key{Alt} serves as @key{Meta} in Emacs. +When using Emacs, users often press the @key{Meta} key temporarily and then change their minds; if this has the effect of bringing up the Windows menu, it alters the meaning of subsequent commands. Many users find this frustrating. @@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ the combination of the right @key{Alt} and left @key{Ctrl} keys pressed together, is recognized as the @key{AltGr} key. The default is @code{t}, which means these keys produce @code{AltGr}; setting it to @code{nil} causes @key{AltGr} or the equivalent key combination to -be interpreted as the combination of @key{Ctrl} and @key{META} +be interpreted as the combination of @key{Ctrl} and @key{Meta} modifiers. @end ifnottex |