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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2010-05-18 13:58:56 +0300 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2010-05-18 13:58:56 +0300 |
commit | 34313041556ea1cc4920753b10161919f8f22ef8 (patch) | |
tree | 4229e72ff22389fa8729b455b517482ca0a06516 /doc/emacs/basic.texi | |
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Document bidi-aware behavior of arrow keys and display features.
display.texi (Fringes): Document reversal of fringe arrows for R2L
paragraphs.
(Line Truncation): Fix wording for bidi display.
basic.texi (Moving Point): Document bidi-aware behavior of the arrow keys.
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi index ae04ebf9c41..654c017c59e 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi @@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ keyboard commands that move point in more sophisticated ways. @findex move-end-of-line @findex forward-char @findex backward-char +@findex right-arrow-command +@findex left-arrow-command @findex next-line @findex previous-line @findex beginning-of-buffer @@ -161,11 +163,19 @@ Move to the beginning of the line (@code{move-beginning-of-line}). @itemx @key{End} Move to the end of the line (@code{move-end-of-line}). @item C-f -@itemx @key{right} Move forward one character (@code{forward-char}). +@item @key{right} +Move one character to the right (@code{right-arrow-command}). This +moves one character forward in text that is read in the usual +left-to-right direction, but one character @emph{backward} if the text +is read right-to-left, as needed for right-to-left scripts such as +Arabic. @xref{Bidirectional Editing}. @item C-b -@itemx @key{left} Move backward one character (@code{backward-char}). +@item @key{left} +Move one character to the left (@code{left-arrow-command}). This +moves one character backward in left-to-right text and one character +forward in right-to-left text. @item M-f @itemx M-@key{right} @itemx C-@key{right} |