Trying to reduce my dependence on the mouse, I noticed some typos
going through the TUTORIAL:
$ diff -u /src/xemacs-21.5/etc/TUTORIAL ~/TUTORIAL
--- /src/xemacs-21.5/etc/TUTORIAL 2002-03-13 00:51:24.000000000 -0800
+++ /home/jericson/TUTORIAL 2005-03-23 12:35:23.469835300 -0800
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
XEmacs commands generally involve the CONTROL key (sometimes labeled
CTRL or CTL) or the META key. "META" is a traditional Emacs term; on
-most keyboards, the key is labelled "Alt". (On Sun keyboards, the META
-key is labelled with a diamond, and is *NOT* the Alt key, which also
+most keyboards, the key is labeled "Alt". (On Sun keyboards, the META
+key is labeled with a diamond, and is *NOT* the Alt key, which also
exists.) On some TTY's, there is no META key; in this case, use ESC.
Rather than write out META or CONTROL each time we want you to prefix a
character, we'll use the following abbreviations:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
it's useful to know the older bindings, either in case you ever use a TTY
or so that you can make sense of references to them. From now on, we will
mention the TTY bindings in parentheses, and expect that TTY users will
-subsitute them whenever we mention a cursor key.)
+substitute them whenever we mention a cursor key.)
Now you may ask, what is a TTY? A TTY (or "TeleTYpe")is a text-only
connection, the kind you get when you use the "telnet" program to log into
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
META An abstract name for a particular modifier key, which has
different correspondences depending on your keyboard. On
most keyboards, META is the Alt key, but on Sun keyboards it's
- a key labelled with a diamond, and *NOT* the Alt key, which
+ a key labeled with a diamond, and *NOT* the Alt key, which
also exists. META can also be simulated by pressing ESC before
the other key, but in reality this is just two separate keys,
not a modifier plus a key: If you want to do M-f M-f, normally
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
cursor A block or bar showing where in the text the current insertion
point is.
cursor key Any of the keys used for moving the cursor, such as the arrow
- keys, <Next> and <Prior> (often labelled PgUp and PgDn),
+ keys, <Next> and <Prior> (often labeled PgUp and PgDn),
<Home> and <End>, etc. Usually set off to the right of the
main part of the keyboard, often painted gray.
echo area A one-line area at the bottom of the frame where messages are
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
"kills" are remembered, not only the most recent, and can be
accessed using M-y. "kill" is also sometimes used in general
to refer to deleting anything other than text, e.g. buffers,
- toolbar items, local variables, subprocesses, abbrevations,
+ toolbar items, local variables, subprocesses, abbreviations,
or to terminating the XEmacs process.
minibuffer A small buffer (usually one line, but it may expand as
necessary) at the bottom of the frame, used when commands need
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
If moving by characters is too slow, you can move by words. C-<Right>
(CONTROL + right-arrow key) moves forward a word and C-<Left> moves back a
-word. On TTY's, use M-f instead of C-<Right> and M-p instead of C-<Left>.
+word. On TTY's, use M-f instead of C-<Right> and M-b instead of C-<Left>.
>> Type a few C-<Right>'s and C-<Left>'s.
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
Hitting ESC ESC will get you out of almost any weird mode, including
selected text, split windows, the minibuffer, recursive edits, "stranded
minibuffer requests", and the like. If you have many problems at once,
-each invokation of ESC ESC will get rid of one, so keep repeating until
+each invocation of ESC ESC will get rid of one, so keep repeating until
everything's fixed. REMEMBER: ESC ESC does not work if XEmacs is hung
doing some time-consuming operation or running broken code. Use C-g for
that.
Line 286 is probably the most critical -- the rest are spelling
errors. I know `labelled' is often an acceptable variation, but it
would be best to pick one spelling and stick to it. ;-)
Also, it says, "This tutorial is meant to be understandable to all new
users, so if you found something unclear, don't sit and blame yourself
- complain!" But it might not be clear how to effectively complain
since there isn't an email address listed.
Thanks,
Jon