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diff --git a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi index fd9e97f2d5f..6002e367cc9 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi @@ -720,10 +720,11 @@ customizing the various hooks, you can modify Emacs's behavior without changing any of its code. @xref{Hooks}. @item Hyper -Hyper is the name of a modifier bit that a keyboard input character may -have. To make a character Hyper, type it while holding down the +Hyper is the name of a modifier bit that a keyboard input character +may have. To make a character Hyper, type it while holding down the @key{Hyper} key. Such characters are given names that start with -@kbd{Hyper-} (usually written @kbd{H-} for short). @xref{User Input}. +@kbd{Hyper-} (usually written @kbd{H-} for short). @xref{Modifier +Keys}. @item i.e. Short for ``id est'' in Latin, which means ``that is''. @@ -1090,8 +1091,9 @@ The primary selection is one particular X selection (q.v.); it is the selection that most X applications use for transferring text to and from other applications. -The Emacs kill commands set the primary selection and the yank command -uses the primary selection when appropriate. @xref{Killing}. +The Emacs commands that mark or select text set the primary selection, +and clicking the mouse inserts text from the primary selection when +appropriate. @xref{Shift Selection}. @item Prompt A prompt is text used to ask you for input. Displaying a prompt @@ -1342,10 +1344,11 @@ which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc. Manual}. @item Super -Super is the name of a modifier bit that a keyboard input character may -have. To make a character Super, type it while holding down the +Super is the name of a modifier bit that a keyboard input character +may have. To make a character Super, type it while holding down the @key{SUPER} key. Such characters are given names that start with -@kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short). @xref{User Input}. +@kbd{Super-} (usually written @kbd{s-} for short). @xref{Modifier +Keys}. @item Suspending Suspending Emacs means stopping it temporarily and returning control @@ -1492,13 +1495,13 @@ Emacs divides a frame (q.v.@:) into one or more windows, each of which can display the contents of one buffer (q.v.@:) at any time. @xref{Screen}, for basic information on how Emacs uses the screen. @xref{Windows}, for commands to control the use of windows. Some -other editors use the term ``window'' for what we call a ``frame'' -(q.v.@:) in Emacs. +other editors use the term ``window'' for what we call a ``frame'' in +Emacs. @item Window System A window system is software that operates on a graphical display -(q.v.), to subdivide the screen so that multiple applications can -have their] own windows at the same time. All modern operating systems +(q.v.), to subdivide the screen so that multiple applications can have +their own windows at the same time. All modern operating systems include a window system. @item Word Abbrev |