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diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi index c5ded11c62e..3e8129c9d50 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ instead of shoving it to the right. @xref{Minor Modes}. @findex quoted-insert Only graphic characters can be inserted by typing the associated key; other keys act as editing commands and do not insert themselves. -For instance, @kbd{DEL} runs the command @code{delete-backward-char} +For instance, @key{DEL} runs the command @code{delete-backward-char} by default (some modes bind it to a different command); it does not insert a literal @samp{DEL} character (@acronym{ASCII} character code 127). @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ moves down into it. @table @kbd @item @key{DEL} -@itemx @key{Backspace} +@itemx @key{BACKSPACE} Delete the character before point, or the region if it is active (@code{delete-backward-char}). @@ -394,20 +394,20 @@ the preceding newline, joining this line to the previous one. If, however, the region is active, @kbd{@key{DEL}} instead deletes the text in the region. @xref{Mark}, for a description of the region. - On most keyboards, @key{DEL} is labeled @key{Backspace}, but we + On most keyboards, @key{DEL} is labeled @key{BACKSPACE}, but we refer to it as @key{DEL} in this manual. (Do not confuse @key{DEL} with the @key{Delete} key; we will discuss @key{Delete} momentarily.) On some text terminals, Emacs may not recognize the @key{DEL} key properly. @xref{DEL Does Not Delete}, if you encounter this problem. - The @key{delete} (@code{delete-forward-char}) command deletes in the + The @key{Delete} (@code{delete-forward-char}) command deletes in the ``opposite direction'': it deletes the character after point, i.e., the character under the cursor. If point was at the end of a line, this joins the following line onto this one. Like @kbd{@key{DEL}}, it deletes the text in the region if the region is active (@pxref{Mark}). @kbd{C-d} (@code{delete-char}) deletes the character after point, -similar to @key{delete}, but regardless of whether the region is +similar to @key{Delete}, but regardless of whether the region is active. @xref{Deletion}, for more detailed information about the above @@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ M-5 C-n moves down five lines. The keys @kbd{M-1}, @kbd{M-2}, and so on, as well as @kbd{M--}, are bound to commands (@code{digit-argument} and @code{negative-argument}) that set up an argument for the next -command. @kbd{Meta--} without digits normally means @minus{}1. +command. @kbd{M--} without digits normally means @minus{}1. If you enter more than one digit, you need not hold down the @key{META} key for the second and subsequent digits. Thus, to move |