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diff --git a/man/commands.texi b/man/commands.texi index 00db9140150..63a39402c75 100644 --- a/man/commands.texi +++ b/man/commands.texi @@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ distinguish them. But the Emacs character set has room for control variants of all printing characters, and for distinguishing between @kbd{C-a} and -@kbd{C-A}. X Windows makes it possible to enter all these characters. -For example, @kbd{C--} (that's Control-Minus) and @kbd{C-5} are -meaningful Emacs commands under X. +@kbd{C-A}. The X Window System makes it possible to enter all these +characters. For example, @kbd{C--} (that's Control-Minus) and @kbd{C-5} +are meaningful Emacs commands under X. Another Emacs character-set extension is additional modifier bits. Only one modifier bit is commonly used; it is called Meta. Every @@ -79,15 +79,16 @@ using two-character sequences starting with @key{ESC}. Thus, to enter would type @kbd{@key{ESC} C-a}. @key{ESC} is allowed on terminals with @key{META} keys, too, in case you have formed a habit of using it. - X Windows provides several other modifier keys that can be applied to -any input character. These are called @key{SUPER}, @key{HYPER} and -@key{ALT}. We write @samp{s-}, @samp{H-} and @samp{A-} to say that a -character uses these modifiers. Thus, @kbd{s-H-C-x} is short for -@kbd{Super-Hyper-Control-x}. Not all X terminals actually provide keys -for these modifier flags---in fact, many terminals have a key labeled -@key{ALT} which is really a @key{META} key. The standard key bindings -of Emacs do not include any characters with these modifiers. But you -can assign them meanings of your own by customizing Emacs. + The X Window System provides several other modifier keys that can be +applied to any input character. These are called @key{SUPER}, +@key{HYPER} and @key{ALT}. We write @samp{s-}, @samp{H-} and @samp{A-} +to say that a character uses these modifiers. Thus, @kbd{s-H-C-x} is +short for @kbd{Super-Hyper-Control-x}. Not all X terminals actually +provide keys for these modifier flags---in fact, many terminals have a +key labeled @key{ALT} which is really a @key{META} key. The standard +key bindings of Emacs do not include any characters with these +modifiers. But you can assign them meanings of your own by customizing +Emacs. Keyboard input includes keyboard keys that are not characters at all: for example function keys and arrow keys. Mouse buttons are also |