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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2021-08-21 10:31:35 +0300
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Fix documentation of 'repeat-mode' changes
* doc/emacs/basic.texi (Repeating): Fix indexing. Improve wording.
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
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+++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
@@ -887,6 +887,8 @@ z z z}. The first @kbd{C-x z} repeats the command once, and each
subsequent @kbd{z} repeats it once again.
@findex repeat-mode
+@vindex repeat-exit-key
+@vindex repeat-exit-timeout
Also you can activate @code{repeat-mode} that temporarily enables a
transient mode with short keys after a limited number of commands.
Currently supported shorter key sequences are @kbd{C-x u u} instead of
@@ -897,6 +899,7 @@ navigate @code{next-error} matches, and @kbd{C-x ] ] [ [} to navigate
through pages. Any other key exits transient mode and then is
executed normally. The user option @code{repeat-exit-key} defines an
additional key to exit this transient mode. Also it's possible to
-break the repetition chain automatically after idle time by
-customizing the user option @code{repeat-exit-timeout} to a number of
-seconds.
+break the repetition chain automatically after some idle time by
+customizing the user option @code{repeat-exit-timeout} to specify the
+idle time in seconds after which this transient mode will be turned
+off.