@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002,
+@c 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@node Glossary, Key Index, Intro, Top
@unnumbered Glossary
@item Argument
See `numeric argument.'
-@item ASCII character
-An ASCII character is either an ASCII control character or an ASCII
+@item @acronym{ASCII} character
+An @acronym{ASCII} character is either an @acronym{ASCII} control character or an @acronym{ASCII}
printing character. @xref{User Input}.
-@item ASCII control character
-An ASCII control character is the Control version of an upper-case
+@item @acronym{ASCII} control character
+An @acronym{ASCII} control character is the Control version of an upper-case
letter, or the Control version of one of the characters @samp{@@[\]^_?}.
-@item ASCII printing character
-ASCII printing characters include letters, digits, space, and these
+@item @acronym{ASCII} printing character
+@acronym{ASCII} printing characters include letters, digits, space, and these
punctuation characters: @samp{!@@#$%^& *()_-+=|\~` @{@}[]:;"' <>,.?/}.
@item Auto Fill Mode
editing session. Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you
track down or cancel changes you later regret making. @xref{Backup}.
-@item Balance Parentheses
+@item Balancing Parentheses
Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either
-manually or automatically. Manual balancing is done by the commands
+manually or automatically. You do manual balancing with the commands
to move over parenthetical groupings (@pxref{Moving by Parens}).
-Automatic balancing is done by blinking or highlighting the delimiter
+Automatic balancing works by blinking or highlighting the delimiter
that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching
Parens}).
@item Balanced Expressions
A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
-as a symbol, number, string constant, block, parenthesized expression
+as a symbol, number, string constant, block, or parenthesized expression
in C. @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
@item Balloon Help
in buffers to which you can return later. Unlike registers, bookmarks
persist between Emacs sessions.
+@item Border
+A border is a thin space along the edge of the frame, used just for
+spacing, not for displaying anything. An Emacs frame has an ordinary
+external border, outside of everything including the menu bar, plus an
+internal border that surrounds the text windows and their scroll bars
+and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar. You can customize
+both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders X}). Borders
+are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:).
+
@item Buffer
The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text
being edited. You can have several buffers, but at any time you are
@item By Default
See `default.'
+@item Byte Compilation
+See `compilation.'
+
@item @kbd{C-}
@kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control.
@xref{User Input,C-}.
@item Clipboard
A clipboard is a buffer provided by the window system for transferring
text between applications. On the X Window system, the clipboard is
-provided in addition to the primary selection (q.v.@:); on MS-Windows,
+provided in addition to the primary selection (q.v.@:); on MS-Windows and Mac,
the clipboard is used @emph{instead} of the primary selection.
@xref{Clipboard}.
@item Common Lisp
Common Lisp is a dialect of Lisp (q.v.@:) much larger and more powerful
than Emacs Lisp. Emacs provides a subset of Common Lisp in the CL
-package. @xref{Common Lisp,,, cl, Common Lisp Extensions}.
+package. @xref{Top, Common Lisp, Overview, cl, Common Lisp Extensions}.
@item Compilation
Compilation is the process of creating an executable program from source
When a line of text is longer than the width of the window, it
takes up more than one screen line when displayed. We say that the
text line is continued, and all screen lines used for it after the
-first are called continuation lines. @xref{Basic,Continuation,Basic
-Editing}. A related Emacs feature is `filling' (q.v.@:).
+first are called continuation lines. @xref{Continuation Lines}.
+A related Emacs feature is `filling' (q.v.@:).
@item Control Character
A control character is a character that you type by holding down the
@item Copyleft
A copyleft is a notice giving the public legal permission to
-redistribute a program or other work of art. Copylefts are used by
-left-wing programmers to promote freedom and cooperation, just as
-copyrights are used by right-wing programmers to gain power over other
-people.
+redistribute and modify a program or other work of art, but requiring
+modified versions to carry similar permission. Copyright is normally
+used to keep users divided and helpless; with copyleft we turn that
+around to empower users and encourage them to cooperate.
The particular form of copyleft used by the GNU project is called the
GNU General Public License. @xref{Copying}.
+@item @key{CTRL}
+The @key{CTRL} or ``control'' key is what you hold down
+in order to enter a control character (q.v.).
+
@item Current Buffer
The current buffer in Emacs is the Emacs buffer on which most editing
commands operate. You can select any Emacs buffer as the current one.
@xref{Buffers}.
@item Current Line
-The current line is a line point is on (@pxref{Point}).
+The current line is the line that point is on (@pxref{Point}).
@item Current Paragraph
The current paragraph is the paragraph that point is in. If point is
called point (q.v.@:) at which insertion and deletion takes place.
The cursor is on or under the character that follows point. Often
people speak of `the cursor' when, strictly speaking, they mean
-`point.' @xref{Basic,Cursor,Basic Editing}.
+`point.' @xref{Point,Cursor}.
@item Customization
Customization is making minor changes in the way Emacs works. It is
-often done by setting variables (@pxref{Variables}) or by rebinding
-key sequences (@pxref{Keymaps}).
+often done by setting variables (@pxref{Variables}) or faces
+(@pxref{Face Customization}), or by rebinding key sequences
+(@pxref{Keymaps}).
+@cindex cut and paste
@item Cut and Paste
See `killing' and `yanking.'
@item Defun
A defun is a major definition at the top level in a program. The name
-comes from Lisp, where most such definitions use the construct
+`defun' comes from Lisp, where most such definitions use the construct
@code{defun}. @xref{Defuns}.
@item @key{DEL}
-@key{DEL} is a character that runs the command to delete one character of
-text. @xref{Basic,DEL,Basic Editing}.
+@key{DEL} is a character that runs the command to delete one character
+of text before the cursor. It is typically either the @key{DELETE}
+key or the @key{BACKSPACE} key, whichever one is easy to type.
+@xref{Erasing,DEL}.
@item Deletion
Deletion means erasing text without copying it into the kill ring
@item Dribble File
A dribble file is a file into which Emacs writes all the characters that
-the user types on the keyboard. Dribble files are used to make a record
+you type on the keyboard. Dribble files are used to make a record
for debugging Emacs bugs. Emacs does not make a dribble file unless you
tell it to. @xref{Bugs}.
@item Echo Area
The echo area is the bottom line of the screen, used for echoing the
-arguments to commands, for asking questions, and printing brief messages
+arguments to commands, for asking questions, and showing brief messages
(including error messages). The messages are stored in the buffer
@samp{*Messages*} so you can review them later. @xref{Echo Area}.
@item Echoing
-Echoing is acknowledging the receipt of commands by displaying them (in
-the echo area). Emacs never echoes single-character key sequences;
-longer key sequences echo only if you pause while typing them.
+Echoing is acknowledging the receipt of input events by displaying
+them (in the echo area). Emacs never echoes single-character key
+sequences; longer key sequences echo only if you pause while typing
+them.
@item Electric
We say that a character is electric if it is normally self-inserting
more newlines in addition to self-insertion.
@item End Of Line
-End of line is a character or characters which signal the end of a text
-line. On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline (q.v.@:), but other
-systems have other conventions. @xref{Coding Systems,end-of-line}.
-Emacs can recognize several end-of-line conventions in files and convert
-between them.
+End of line is a character or a sequence of characters that indicate
+the end of a text line. On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline
+(q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions. @xref{Coding
+Systems,end-of-line}. Emacs can recognize several end-of-line
+conventions in files and convert between them.
@item Environment Variable
An environment variable is one of a collection of variables stored by
An error occurs when an Emacs command cannot execute in the current
circumstances. When an error occurs, execution of the command stops
(unless the command has been programmed to do otherwise) and Emacs
-reports the error by printing an error message (q.v.@:). Type-ahead
+reports the error by displaying an error message (q.v.@:). Type-ahead
is discarded. Then Emacs is ready to read another editing command.
@item Error Message
underline and strike-through, background stipple, etc. Emacs provides
features to associate specific faces with portions of buffer text, in
order to display that text as specified by the face attributes.
+@xref{Faces}.
@item File Locking
Emacs uses file locking to notice when two different users
directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless
of which directory is current. On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute
file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or
-@samp{~@var{user}/} (a home directory). On MS-Windows/MS-DOS, and
+@samp{~@var{user}/} (a home directory). On MS-Windows/MS-DOS, an
absolute file name can also start with a drive letter and a colon
@samp{@var{d}:}.
@item Frame
A frame is a rectangular cluster of Emacs windows. Emacs starts out
with one frame, but you can create more. You can subdivide each frame
-into Emacs windows (q.v.@:). When you are using a windowing system, all
-the frames can be visible at the same time. @xref{Frames}. Some
-other editors use the term ``window'' for this, but in Emacs a window
-means something else.
+into Emacs windows (q.v.@:). When you are using a window system
+(q.v.@:), all the frames can be visible at the same time.
+@xref{Frames}. Some other editors use the term ``window'' for this,
+but in Emacs a window means something else.
@item Fringe
-On windowed displays, there's a narrow portion of the frame (q.v.@:)
-between the text area and the window's border. Emacs displays the
-fringe using a special face (q.v.@:) called @code{fringe}.
-@xref{Faces,fringe}.
+On a graphical display (q.v.@:), there's a narrow portion of the
+frame (q.v.@:) between the text area and the window's border. Emacs
+displays the fringe using a special face (q.v.@:) called
+@code{fringe}. @xref{Faces,fringe}.
@item FTP
FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. Emacs uses an FTP client
Control (q.v.@:) characters are graphic characters. These include
letters, digits, punctuation, and spaces; they do not include
@key{RET} or @key{ESC}. In Emacs, typing a graphic character inserts
-that character (in ordinary editing modes). @xref{Basic,,Basic Editing}.
+that character (in ordinary editing modes). @xref{Inserting Text}.
+
+@item Graphical Display
+A graphical display is one that can display images and multiple fonts.
+Usually it also has a window system (q.v.@:).
@item Highlighting
Highlighting text means displaying it with a different foreground and/or
background color to make it stand out from the rest of the text in the
buffer.
+Emacs uses highlighting in several ways. When you mark a region with
+the mouse, the region is always highlighted. Optionally Emacs can
+also highlight the region whenever it is active (@pxref{Transient
+Mark}). Incremental search also highlights matches (@pxref{Incremental
+Search}). See also `font lock'.
+
@item Hardcopy
Hardcopy means printed output. Emacs has commands for making printed
-listings of text in Emacs buffers. @xref{Hardcopy}.
+listings of text in Emacs buffers. @xref{Printing}.
@item @key{HELP}
@key{HELP} is the Emacs name for @kbd{C-h} or @key{F1}. You can type
command does. @xref{Help}.
@item Help Echo
-Help echo is a short message printed in the echo area when the mouse
+Help echo is a short message displayed in the echo area when the mouse
pointer is located on portions of display that require some
explanations. Emacs displays help echo for menu items, parts of the
mode line, tool-bar buttons, etc. On graphics displays, the messages
frames. @xref{User Input}.
@item Input Method
-An input method is a system for entering non-ASCII text characters by
-typing sequences of ASCII characters (q.v.@:). @xref{Input Methods}.
+An input method is a system for entering non-@acronym{ASCII} text characters by
+typing sequences of @acronym{ASCII} characters (q.v.@:). @xref{Input Methods}.
@item Insertion
Insertion means copying text into the buffer, either from the keyboard
@item Justification
Justification means adding extra spaces within lines of text to make
them extend exactly to a specified width.
-@xref{Filling,Justification}.
+@xref{Format Justification}.
+
+@item Keybinding
+See `binding.'
@item Keyboard Macro
Keyboard macros are a way of defining new Emacs commands from
@cindex keyboard shortcuts
@item Keyboard Shortcut
A keyboard shortcut is a key sequence (q.v.@:) which invokes a
-command. What other programs call ``assign a keyboard shortcut''
-Emacs calls ``bind a key sequence''. See `binding.'
+command. What some programs call ``assigning a keyboard shortcut,''
+Emacs calls ``binding a key sequence.'' See `binding.'
@item Key Sequence
A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:)
@item Keyboard Translation Table
The keyboard translation table is an array that translates the character
codes that come from the terminal into the character codes that make up
-key sequences. @xref{Keyboard Translations}.
+key sequences.
@item Kill Ring
The kill ring is where all text you have killed recently is saved.
@item Language Environment
Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input
method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:). @xref{Language
-Environments}. These defaults are relevant if you edit non-ASCII text
+Environments}. These defaults are relevant if you edit non-@acronym{ASCII} text
(@pxref{International}).
@item Line Wrapping
@item @kbd{M-}
@kbd{M-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for @key{META},
one of the modifier keys that can accompany any character.
-@xref{User Input}.
+@xref{User Input,M-}.
@item @kbd{M-C-}
@kbd{M-C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for
which configures Emacs for editing a certain sort of text. Ideally,
each programming language has its own major mode. @xref{Major Modes}.
+@item Margin
+The space between the usable part of a window (including the
+fringe) and the window edge.
+
@item Mark
The mark points to a position in the text. It specifies one end of the
region (q.v.@:), point being the other end. Many commands operate on
See `mail.'
@item Meta
-Meta is the name of a modifier bit which a command character may have.
-It is present in a character if the character is typed with the
-@key{META} key held down. Such characters are given names that start
-with @kbd{Meta-} (usually written @kbd{M-} for short). For example,
-@kbd{M-<} is typed by holding down @key{META} and at the same time
-typing @kbd{<} (which itself is done, on most terminals, by holding
-down @key{SHIFT} and typing @kbd{,}). @xref{User Input,Meta}.
+Meta is the name of a modifier bit which you can use in a command
+character. To enter a meta character, you hold down the @key{META}
+key while typing the character. We refer to such characters with
+names that start with @kbd{Meta-} (usually written @kbd{M-} for
+short). For example, @kbd{M-<} is typed by holding down @key{META}
+and at the same time typing @kbd{<} (which itself is done, on most
+terminals, by holding down @key{SHIFT} and typing @kbd{,}).
+@xref{User Input,Meta}.
+
+On some terminals, the @key{META} key is actually labeled @key{ALT}
+or @key{EDIT}.
@item Meta Character
A Meta character is one whose character code includes the Meta bit.
@item Moving Text
Moving text means erasing it from one place and inserting it in
-another. The usual way to move text by killing (q.v.@:) and then
-yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}.
+another. The usual way to move text is by killing (q.v.@:) it and then
+yanking (q.v.@:) it. @xref{Killing}.
@item MULE
-MULE refers to the Emacs features for editing multilingual non-ASCII text
+MULE refers to the Emacs features for editing multilingual non-@acronym{ASCII} text
using multibyte characters (q.v.@:). @xref{International}.
@item Multibyte Character
A multibyte character is a character that takes up several bytes in a
-buffer. Emacs uses multibyte characters to represent non-ASCII text,
-since the number of non-ASCII characters is much more than 256.
+buffer. Emacs uses multibyte characters to represent non-@acronym{ASCII} text,
+since the number of non-@acronym{ASCII} characters is much more than 256.
@xref{International Chars, International Characters}.
@item Named Mark
@item Narrowing
Narrowing means creating a restriction (q.v.@:) that limits editing in
the current buffer to only a part of the text in the buffer. Text
-outside that part is inaccessible to the user until the boundaries are
+outside that part is inaccessible for editing until the boundaries are
widened again, but it is still there, and saving the file saves it
all. @xref{Narrowing}.
it to the right. @xref{Minor Modes}.
@item Page
-A page is a unit of text, delimited by formfeed characters (ASCII
+A page is a unit of text, delimited by formfeed characters (@acronym{ASCII}
control-L, code 014) coming at the beginning of a line. Some Emacs
commands are provided for moving over and operating on pages.
@xref{Pages}.
Point is the place in the buffer at which insertion and deletion
occur. Point is considered to be between two characters, not at one
character. The terminal's cursor (q.v.@:) indicates the location of
-point. @xref{Basic,Point,Basic Editing}.
-
+point. @xref{Point}.
+
@item Prefix Argument
See `numeric argument.'
uses the primary selection when appropriate. @xref{Killing}.
@item Prompt
-A prompt is text printed to ask the user for input. Displaying a prompt
+A prompt is text used to ask the user for input. Displaying a prompt
is called prompting. Emacs prompts always appear in the echo area
(q.v.@:). One kind of prompting happens when the minibuffer is used to
read an argument (@pxref{Minibuffer}); the echoing which happens when
inserts itself; so in this context, a special character is any character
that does not normally insert itself (such as @key{DEL}, for example),
and quoting it makes it insert itself as if it were not special. Not
-all contexts allow quoting. @xref{Basic,Quoting,Basic Editing}.
+all contexts allow quoting. @xref{Inserting Text,Quoting}.
@item Quoting File Names
Quoting a file name turns off the special significance of constructs
@item Recursive Editing Level
A recursive editing level is a state in which part of the execution of
-a command involves asking the user to edit some text. This text may
+a command involves asking you to edit some text. This text may
or may not be the same as the text to which the command was applied.
The mode line indicates recursive editing levels with square brackets
(@samp{[} and @samp{]}). @xref{Recursive Edit}.
The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.@:).
Many commands operate on the text of the region. @xref{Mark,Region}.
-@item Registers
+@item Register
Registers are named slots in which text or buffer positions or
rectangles can be saved for later use. @xref{Registers}. A related
Emacs feature is `bookmarks' (q.v.@:).
@item Scrolling
Scrolling means shifting the text in the Emacs window so as to see a
-different part of the buffer. @xref{Display,Scrolling}.
+different part of the buffer. @xref{Scrolling}.
@item Searching
Searching means moving point to the next occurrence of a specified
applications. Emacs has special mouse commands for transferring text
using the secondary selection. @xref{Secondary Selection}.
-@item Selecting
+@item Selected Frame
+The selected frame is the one your input currently operates on.
+@xref{Frames}.
+
+@item Selected Window
+The selected frame is the one your input currently operates on.
+@xref{Basic Window}.
+
+@item Selecting a Buffer
Selecting a buffer means making it the current (q.v.@:) buffer.
-@xref{Buffers,Selecting}.
+@xref{Select Buffer}.
@item Selection
Windowing systems allow an application program to specify
@item Simultaneous Editing
Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once.
Simultaneous editing, if not detected, can cause one user to lose his
-work. Emacs detects all cases of simultaneous editing and warns one
-of the users to investigate.
+or her work. Emacs detects all cases of simultaneous editing, and
+warns one of the users to investigate.
@xref{Interlocking,Interlocking,Simultaneous Editing}.
+@item @key{SPC}
+@key{SPC} is the space character, which you enter by pressing the
+space bar.
+
@item Speedbar
-Speedbar is a special tall frame that provides fast access to Emacs
+The speedbar is a special tall frame that provides fast access to Emacs
buffers, functions within those buffers, Info nodes, and other
interesting parts of text within Emacs. @xref{Speedbar}.
(q.v.@:), you can later resume the suspended Emacs job without losing
your buffers, unsaved edits, undo history, etc. @xref{Exiting}.
+@item @key{TAB}
+@key{TAB} is the tab character. In Emacs it is typically used for
+indentation or completion.
+
@item Tags Table
A tags table is a file that serves as an index to the function
definitions in one or more other files. @xref{Tags}.
Truncating text lines in the display means leaving out any text on a
line that does not fit within the right margin of the window
displaying it. See also `continuation line.'
-@xref{Basic,Truncation,Basic Editing}.
+@xref{Continuation Lines,Truncation}.
@item TTY
See `text-only terminal.'
@xref{Undo}.
@item User Option
-A user option is a variable (q.v.@:) that exists so that you can customize
-Emacs by setting it to a new value. @xref{Variables}.
+A user option is a face (q.v.@:) or a variable (q.v.@:) that exists so
+that you can customize Emacs by setting it to a new value.
+@xref{Easy Customization}.
@item Variable
A variable is an object in Lisp that can store an arbitrary value.
other editors use the term ``window'' for what we call a `frame'
(q.v.@:) 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
+include a window system.
+
@item Word Abbrev
See `abbrev.'
systems call this ``pasting.'' @xref{Yanking}.
@end table
+@ignore
+ arch-tag: 0dd53ce1-5f09-4ac2-b13b-cf22b0f28d23
+@end ignore