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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2018-02-07 22:24:13 +0200 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2018-02-07 22:24:13 +0200 |
commit | 5fe81923e5b6dbbfb623befa12a3317a7e934a63 (patch) | |
tree | e4071974a2c3987b89c6b14b4d2aefe61f553a31 /doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi | |
parent | c787a4968273027960a20ced6d63bae0d1ffa87e (diff) | |
download | emacs-5fe81923e5b6dbbfb623befa12a3317a7e934a63.tar.gz |
Yet another round of improvements in the manual
* doc/emacs/misc.texi (Document View): Improve wording. Reported
by lyr3 <lyr3@protonmail.com> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/files.texi (Recover): Fix a typo. Reported by Jorge
<jorge+list@disroot.org> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/anti.texi (Antinews): Fix typos. Reported by Justin
Heyes-Jones <justinhj@gmail.com> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/mini.texi (Basic Minibuffer): Clarify wording.
Reported by Vivishek Sudhir <vivishek.sudhir@gmail.com> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi (MS-Windows Registry): Improve wording
regarding registry keys.
* doc/emacs/macos.texi (Mac OS / GNUstep): Sayu "NeXT Inc."
Reported by Cena Mayo <cenazoic@gmail.com> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/screen.texi (Screen): More accurate wording.
Suggested by Miloš Polakovič <milos@alphamail.org> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/indent.texi (Just Spaces): Minor wording change.
Suggested by David Bonnafous <dbonnafo@gmail.com> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/text.texi (TeX Mode, TeX Editing): Improve and
simplify wording. Suggested by root@vxid.pw <root@vxid.pw> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi (Window Size X): Minor wording change.
* doc/emacs/display.texi (Highlight Interactively): Fill text.
(Optional Mode Line): Fix typos. Suggested by Alberto Sartori
<alberto.sartori@sissa.it> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/building.texi (Debugger Operation): Clarify wording.
* doc/emacs/files.texi (Directories, Comparing Files, Diff Mode)
(Remote Files, File Names, Visiting, Backup Deletion)
(Customize Save, Interlocking): Improve wording and accuracy of
the text.
* doc/emacs/maintaining.texi (VC With A Merging VCS): Don't say
"his".
* doc/emacs/arevert-xtra.texi (Auto Reverting Dired): Minor
wording changes.
(Supporting additional buffers): Moved to ...
* doc/lispref/backups.texi (Reverting): ... here.
* doc/emacs/emacs.texi (Top): Remove "Supporting additional
buffers" from master menu.
* doc/emacs/files.texi (Reverting): Mention use of file
notifications. Suggested by Michael Albinus
<michael.albinus@gmx.de> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/rmail.texi (Rmail Motion): Clarify what '-' does to
'M-s'. Suggested by Arthur Milchior <arthur@milchior.fr> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi (Initial Options): Capitalize "Emacs".
(Action Arguments): Fix a typo.
(Emacs Invocation): Replace em-dash with a comma. Suggested by
Justin Heyes-Jones <justinhj@gmail.com> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/m-x.texi (M-x): Add an example. Suggested by Alberto
Sartori <alberto.sartori@sissa.it> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/calendar.texi (Calendar/Diary, Calendar Unit Motion):
Minor wording changes.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi')
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi index 63db2ac765b..e463e7c8194 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/cmdargs.texi @@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ corresponding long form. type. However, you don't have to spell out the whole option name; any unambiguous abbreviation is enough. When a long option takes an argument, you can use either a space or an equal sign to separate the -option name and the argument. Thus, you can write either -@samp{--display sugar-bombs:0.0} or @samp{--display=sugar-bombs:0.0}. -We recommend an equal sign because it makes the relationship clearer, -and the tables below always show an equal sign. +option name and the argument. Thus, for the option @samp{--display}, +you can write either @samp{--display sugar-bombs:0.0} or +@samp{--display=sugar-bombs:0.0}. We recommend an equal sign because +it makes the relationship clearer, and the tables below always show an +equal sign. @cindex initial options (command line) @cindex action options (command line) @@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ If the startup buffer is disabled (@pxref{Entering Emacs}), then starting Emacs with one file argument displays the buffer visiting @var{file} in a single window. With two file arguments, Emacs displays the files in two different windows. With more than two file -argument, Emacs displays the last file specified in one window, plus +arguments, Emacs displays the last file specified in one window, plus another window with a Buffer Menu showing all the other files (@pxref{Several Buffers}). To inhibit using the Buffer Menu for this, change the variable @code{inhibit-startup-buffer-menu} to @code{t}. @@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ in your initialization file (@pxref{Entering Emacs}). @opindex -Q @itemx --quick @opindex --quick -Start emacs with minimum customizations. This is similar to using @samp{-q}, +Start Emacs with minimum customizations. This is similar to using @samp{-q}, @samp{--no-site-file}, @samp{--no-site-lisp}, and @samp{--no-splash} together. This also stops Emacs from processing X resources by setting @code{inhibit-x-resources} to @code{t} (@pxref{Resources}). @@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ setting @code{inhibit-x-resources} to @code{t} (@pxref{Resources}). @opindex --daemon @itemx --bg-daemon[=@var{name}] @itemx --fg-daemon[=@var{name}] -Start Emacs as a daemon---after Emacs starts up, it starts the Emacs +Start Emacs as a daemon: after Emacs starts up, it starts the Emacs server without opening any frames. (Optionally, you can specify an explicit @var{name} for the server.) You can then use the @command{emacsclient} command to connect to Emacs @@ -753,9 +754,10 @@ name under @file{/Software/GNU/Emacs}; first in the there, in the @file{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE} section. Finally, if Emacs still cannot determine the values, compiled-in defaults are used. -In addition to the environment variables above, you can also add many -of the settings which on X belong in the @file{.Xdefaults} file -(@pxref{X Resources}) to the @file{/Software/GNU/Emacs} registry key. +In addition to the environment variables above, you can also add +settings to the @file{/Software/GNU/Emacs} registry key to specify X +resources (@pxref{X Resources}). Most of the settings you can specify +in your @file{.Xdefaults} file can be set from that registry key. @node Display X @appendixsec Specifying the Display Name @@ -886,7 +888,7 @@ Specify the color for the mouse cursor when the mouse is in the Emacs window. @itemx --reverse-video @opindex --reverse-video @cindex reverse video, command-line argument -Reverse video---swap the foreground and background colors. +Reverse video: swap the foreground and background colors. @item --color=@var{mode} @opindex --color @cindex standard colors on a character terminal @@ -1023,11 +1025,12 @@ width. If you start with an @samp{x} followed by an integer, Emacs interprets it as the height. Thus, @samp{81} specifies just the width; @samp{x45} specifies just the height. - If you start with @samp{+} or @samp{-}, that introduces an offset, -which means both sizes are omitted. Thus, @samp{-3} specifies the -@var{xoffset} only. (If you give just one offset, it is always -@var{xoffset}.) @samp{+3-3} specifies both the @var{xoffset} and the -@var{yoffset}, placing the frame near the bottom left of the screen. + If you start the geometry with @samp{+} or @samp{-}, that introduces +an offset, which means both sizes are omitted. Thus, @samp{-3} +specifies the @var{xoffset} only. (If you give just one offset, it is +always @var{xoffset}.) @samp{+3-3} specifies both the @var{xoffset} +and the @var{yoffset}, placing the frame near the bottom left of the +screen. You can specify a default for any or all of the fields in your X resource file (@pxref{Resources}), and then override selected fields |