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[Emacs-diffs] Re: Changes to emacs/man/entering.texi
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Kim F. Storm |
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[Emacs-diffs] Re: Changes to emacs/man/entering.texi |
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Thu, 04 May 2006 12:22:53 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> writes:
> - But starting a new Emacs each time you want to edit a different file
> -does not make sense. This would fail to take advantage of Emacs's
> -ability to visit more than one file in a single editing session, and
> -it would lose the other accumulated context, such as the kill ring,
> -registers, undo history, and mark ring, that are useful for operating
> -on multiple files or even one.
> + It's not smart to start Emacs afresh for every file you edit. Emacs
> +can visit more than one file in a single editing session, and upon
> +exit Emacs loses valuable accumulated context, such as the kill ring,
> +registers, undo history, and mark ring. These features are useful for
> +operating on multiple files, or even one. If you kill Emacs after
> +each file, you don't take advantage of them.
I actually think parts of the old text was better.
But these small change makes the new text ok:
> +can visit more than one file in a single editing session, and upon
> +exit Emacs loses valuable accumulated context, such as the kill ring,
can visit more than one file in a single editing session, but upon
^^^
exit, you may lose valuable accumulated context, such as the kill ring,
^^^^^^^^^^^^
> + There are two commands for exiting Emacs, and three kinds of exiting:
> address@hidden Emacs, @dfn{Iconifying} Emacs, and @dfn{killing}
> +Emacs.
Why is Iconifying upper case?
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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk