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diff --git a/doc/emacs/entering.texi b/doc/emacs/entering.texi index de0d7818099..2ff258ffb0c 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/entering.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/entering.texi @@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ @cindex starting Emacs The usual way to invoke Emacs is with the shell command -@command{emacs}. From a terminal window running in the X Window -System, you can run Emacs in the background with @command{emacs &}; -this way, Emacs won't tie up the terminal window, so you can use it to -run other shell commands. +@command{emacs}. From a terminal window running a Unix shell in the X +Window System, you can run Emacs in the background with @command{emacs +&}; this way, Emacs won't tie up the terminal window, so you can use +it to run other shell commands. (For comparable methods of starting +Emacs on MS-Windows, see @ref{Windows Startup}.) @cindex startup screen When Emacs starts up, the initial frame displays a special buffer |