@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002,
-@c 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@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 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 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}.
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}:}.
but in Emacs a window means something else.
@item Fringe
-On a graphical terminal (q.v.@:), there's a narrow portion of the
+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}.
@key{RET} or @key{ESC}. In Emacs, typing a graphic character inserts
that character (in ordinary editing modes). @xref{Inserting Text}.
-@item Graphical Terminal
-A graphical terminal is one that can display images and multiple fonts.
+@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
@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 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-@acronym{ASCII} text
@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}.
@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}.
(q.v.@:) in Emacs.
@item Window System
-A window system is a graphical terminal (q.v.@:) that can display multiple
-windows for different programs at the same time.
+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.'