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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 66e9527: Another minor change in the manual
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 66e9527: Another minor change in the manual |
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Sat, 10 Feb 2018 06:24:10 -0500 (EST) |
branch: emacs-26
commit 66e9527b9a8c66bc3c5a4e5c3e68777d93310be1
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Another minor change in the manual
* doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): Add popular Latin
abbreviations, such as "e.g.".
---
doc/emacs/glossary.texi | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
index 7a0dd6d..7a34692 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ right away when you press down on a mouse button.
@xref{Mouse Buttons}.
@item Byte Compilation
@xref{Glossary---Compilation}.
address@hidden c.f.
address@hidden cf.
+Short for ``confer'' in Latin, which means ``compare with'' or
+``compare to''.
+
@anchor{Glossary---C-}
@item @kbd{C-}
@kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control.
@@ -440,6 +445,9 @@ tell it to. @xref{Bugs}.
@c TODO? Not really appropriate for the user manual I think.
@c Dynamic Binding
address@hidden e.g.
+Short for ``exempli gratia'' in Latin, which means ``for example''.
+
@item Echo Area
The echo area is the bottom line of the screen, used for echoing the
arguments to commands, for asking questions, and showing brief messages
@@ -499,6 +507,9 @@ like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another
character is
typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and
it applies to the next character you type.
address@hidden etc.
+Short for ``et cetera'' in Latin, which means ``and so on''.
+
@item Expression
@xref{Glossary---Balanced Expression}.
@@ -709,6 +720,9 @@ 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}.
address@hidden i.e.
+Short for ``id est'' in Latin, which means ``that is''.
+
@item Iff
``Iff'' means ``if and only if''. This terminology comes from
mathematics. Try to avoid using this term in documentation, since
@@ -1082,6 +1096,9 @@ read an argument (@pxref{Minibuffer}); the echoing that
happens when
you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also
a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}).
address@hidden q.v.
+Short for ``quod vide'' in Latin, which means ``which see''.
+
@item Query-Replace
Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by
Emacs. @xref{Query Replace}.
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