1 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
index abe6081a335..fb97b65d240 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ keyboard commands that move point in more sophisticated ways.
 @findex move-end-of-line
 @findex forward-char
 @findex backward-char
+@findex right-char
+@findex left-char
 @findex next-line
 @findex previous-line
 @findex beginning-of-buffer
@@ -162,19 +164,33 @@ 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-char}).  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-char}).  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}
 Move forward one word (@code{forward-word}).
+@item C-@key{right}
+Move one word to the right (@code{right-word}).  This moves one word
+forward in left-to-right text and one word backward in right-to-left
+text.
 @item M-b
 @itemx M-@key{left}
-@itemx C-@key{left}
 Move backward one word (@code{backward-word}).
+@item C-@key{left}
+Move one word to the left (@code{left-word}).  This moves one word
+backward in left-to-right text and one word forward in right-to-left
+text.
 @item C-n
 @itemx @key{down}
 Move down one screen line (@code{next-line}).  This command attempts
@@ -521,6 +537,8 @@ Toggle automatic display of the current line number or column number.
 Display the number of lines in the current region.  Normally bound to
 @kbd{M-=}, except in a few specialist modes.  @xref{Mark}, for
 information about the region.
+@item M-x count-words-region
+Display the number of words in the current region.
 @item C-x =
 Display the character code of character after point, character position of
 point, and column of point (@code{what-cursor-position}).
@@ -727,6 +745,3 @@ additional times, to delete a total of 80 characters, by typing @kbd{C-x
 z z z}.  The first @kbd{C-x z} repeats the command once, and each
 subsequent @kbd{z} repeats it once again.
 
-@ignore
-   arch-tag: cda8952a-c439-41c1-aecf-4bc0d6482956
-@end ignore