User: stephent Date: 06/07/19 17:04:53 Modified: xemacs/man/new-users-guide edit.texi Log: Improve description and eg of editing keystrokes. Thx M C Wescott. <87u05d63vk.fsf(a)tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp&gt; Revision Changes Path 1.346 +7 -0 XEmacs/xemacs/man/ChangeLog Index: ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/man/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.345 retrieving revision 1.346 diff -u -p -r1.345 -r1.346 --- ChangeLog 2006/07/16 10:51:43 1.345 +++ ChangeLog 2006/07/19 15:04:46 1.346 ＠＠ -1,3 +1,10 ＠＠ +2006-07-19 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; + + * new-users-guide/edit.texi (Insert): Document bogosity in + vendor labeling of DEL key. + (Numeric Argument): Remove spurious RETs from keystroke examples. + Thanks to Michael C. Wescott <wescott(a)sc.rr.com&gt;. + 2006-07-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea(a)parhasard.net&gt; * xemacs/custom.texi (File Variables): 1.4 +16 -6 XEmacs/xemacs/man/new-users-guide/edit.texi Index: edit.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/man/new-users-guide/edit.texi,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -p -r1.3 -r1.4 --- edit.texi 2000/07/15 00:45:02 1.3 +++ edit.texi 2006/07/19 15:04:52 1.4 ＠＠ -71,10 +71,20 ＠＠ the cursor). The cursor and all charact Therefore, if you type a printing character and then type ＠key{DEL}, they cancel out. + Unfortunately, computer and keyboard manufacturers differ over the +name of the ＠key{DEL} key. This is the key at the far right of the row +of keys containing the digits, usually immediately above the ＠kbd{RET} +key. It is usually labelled ``Backspace'' or ``Delete'' or some +abbreviation. Modern keyboards will often have another key labelled +``Del'' in the ＠emph{edit keypad} (along with an ``Ins'' key and perhaps +some others). This is not the ＠kbd{DEL} key referred to here. It +usually deletes ＠emph{forward} in Emacs. + ＠kindex RET ＠cindex newline ＠findex auto-fill-mode - To end a line and start typing a new one, type ＠key{RET}. This + To end a line and start typing a new one, type ＠key{RET}. On some +keyboards, this key is labelled ``Enter''. This inserts a newline character in the buffer. If point is in the middle of a line, ＠key{RET} splits the line. Typing ＠key{DEL} when the cursor is at the beginning of a line rubs out the newline before the line, thus ＠＠ -241,24 +251,24 ＠＠ forward one character). Negative argumen a command to move or act backwards. For example, if you want to move down ten lines, type the following: ＠example -C-u 10 C-n RET +C-u 10 C-n ＠end example ＠noindent -After you press ＠key{RET} key, the cursor will move ten lines +After you press the ＠kbd{C-n} key, the cursor will move ten lines downward. You can also type: ＠example -M-10 C-n RET +M-10 C-n ＠end example ＠noindent Both ＠kbd{C-u} and ＠kbd{M-} allow you to give numeric arguments. If you want to move ten lines backward, you can also give negative arguments, like: ＠example -C-u -10 C-n RET +C-u -10 C-n ＠end example ＠noindent OR you could also type: ＠example -M--10 C-n RET +M--10 C-n ＠end example ＠noindent You can obviously use ＠kbd{C-b} to move backward rather than giving