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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2014-06-28 19:33:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2014-06-28 19:33:50 -0700 |
| commit | a27e8c78c03a911db68885f0beffb69250fc75fe (patch) | |
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| parent | 64de2916ca9a68bed19ea24115231b7c457760ec (diff) | |
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Doc and comment fixes re "online" help
* doc/emacs/help.texi (Misc Help):
* doc/emacs/trouble.texi (Checklist):
* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Note for Novices, Finding More)
(Conclusion):
* doc/lispref/help.texi (Help Functions):
* doc/misc/info.texi, doc/misc/mh-e.texi:
* etc/refcards/calccard.tex (section{Getting Help}):
* lisp/cus-edit.el (help):
* lisp/finder.el (finder-known-keywords):
* lisp/help.el (help-for-help-internal):
* lisp/vc/ediff-mult.el (ediff-meta-buffer-verbose-message)
(ediff-redraw-registry-buffer):
* lisp/vc/ediff-ptch.el (ediff-patch-file-internal):
Doc fixes re "online" help.
Fixes: debbugs:17803
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispintro')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispintro/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi | 8 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog b/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog index 6ca9eb4c93f..ee3af3ff3d1 100644 --- a/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2014-06-29 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> + + * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Note for Novices, Finding More, Conclusion): + "Online" help doesn't mean what it used to any more. + 2014-02-25 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (X11 Colors): Don't use setq with hooks. diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi index f181569ca75..4c85e67f7f3 100644 --- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi +++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi @@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ file, @file{cl.el}, that adds many Common Lisp features to Emacs Lisp.) If you don't know GNU Emacs, you can still read this document profitably. However, I recommend you learn Emacs, if only to learn to move around your computer screen. You can teach yourself how to use -Emacs with the on-line tutorial. To use it, type @kbd{C-h t}. (This +Emacs with the built-in tutorial. To use it, type @kbd{C-h t}. (This means you press and release the @key{CTRL} key and the @kbd{h} at the same time, and then press and release @kbd{t}.) @@ -4657,7 +4657,7 @@ specialized library, such as a law library or an engineering library, rather than a general library. Each library, or file, contains functions that relate to a particular topic or activity, such as @file{abbrev.el} for handling abbreviations and other typing -shortcuts, and @file{help.el} for on-line help. (Sometimes several +shortcuts, and @file{help.el} for help. (Sometimes several libraries provide code for a single activity, as the various @file{rmail@dots{}} files provide code for reading electronic mail.) In @cite{The GNU Emacs Manual}, you will see sentences such as ``The @@ -18685,9 +18685,9 @@ easy-to-read description of Emacs Lisp. It is written not only for experts, but for people who know what you know. (The @cite{Reference Manual} comes with the standard GNU Emacs distribution. Like this introduction, it comes as a Texinfo source file, so you can read it -on-line and as a typeset, printed book.) +on your computer and as a typeset, printed book.) -Go to the other on-line help that is part of GNU Emacs: the on-line +Go to the other built-in help that is part of GNU Emacs: the built-in documentation for all functions and variables, and @code{find-tag}, the program that takes you to sources. |