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diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi index a271cb65bdc..d41e5f2f16c 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi @@ -360,15 +360,15 @@ preserve the horizontal position, as usual. @vindex line-move-visual When a line of text in the buffer is longer than the width of the -window, Emacs usually displays it on two or more @dfn{screen lines}. -For convenience, @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p} move point by screen lines, -as do the equivalent keys @kbd{@key{down}} and @kbd{@key{up}}. You -can force these commands to move according to @dfn{logical lines} -(i.e., according to the text lines in the buffer) by setting the -variable @code{line-move-visual} to @code{nil}; if a logical line -occupies multiple screen lines, the cursor then skips over the -additional screen lines. For details, see @ref{Continuation Lines}. -@xref{Variables}, for how to set variables such as +window, Emacs usually displays it on two or more @dfn{screen lines}, +a.k.a.@: @dfn{visual lines}. For convenience, @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p} +move point by screen lines, as do the equivalent keys @kbd{@key{down}} +and @kbd{@key{up}}. You can force these commands to move according to +@dfn{logical lines} (i.e., according to the text lines in the buffer) +by setting the variable @code{line-move-visual} to @code{nil}; if a +logical line occupies multiple screen lines, the cursor then skips +over the additional screen lines. For details, see @ref{Continuation +Lines}. @xref{Variables}, for how to set variables such as @code{line-move-visual}. Unlike @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p}, most of the Emacs commands that work @@ -596,10 +596,13 @@ lines, if any exists. @cindex wrapping @cindex line wrapping @cindex fringes, and continuation lines +@cindex logical line +@cindex screen line +@cindex visual line Sometimes, a line of text in the buffer---a @dfn{logical line}---is too long to fit in the window, and Emacs displays it as two or more -@dfn{screen lines}. This is called @dfn{line wrapping} or -@dfn{continuation}, and the long logical line is called a +@dfn{screen lines}, or @dfn{visual lines}. This is called @dfn{line +wrapping} or @dfn{continuation}, and the long logical line is called a @dfn{continued line}. On a graphical display, Emacs indicates line wrapping with small bent arrows in the left and right window fringes. On a text terminal, Emacs indicates line wrapping by displaying a |