displays only a portion of it. @dfn{Scrolling} commands change which
portion of the buffer is displayed.
- Scrolling ``forward'' or ``up'' advances the portion of the buffer
+ Scrolling forward or up advances the portion of the buffer
displayed in the window; equivalently, it moves the buffer text
-upwards relative to the window. Scrolling ``backward'' or ``down''
+upwards relative to the window. Scrolling backward or down
displays an earlier portion of the buffer, and moves the text
downwards relative to the window.
- In Emacs, scrolling ``up'' or ``down'' refers to the direction that
+ In Emacs, scrolling up or down refers to the direction that
the text moves in the window, @emph{not} the direction that the window
moves relative to the text. This terminology was adopted by Emacs
before the modern meaning of ``scrolling up'' and ``scrolling down''
became widespread. Hence, the strange result that @key{PageDown}
-scrolls ``up'' in the Emacs sense.
+scrolls up in the Emacs sense.
The portion of a buffer displayed in a window always contains point.
If you move point past the bottom or top of the window, scrolling
@cindex synchronizing windows
@dfn{Follow mode} is a minor mode that makes two windows, both
-showing the same buffer, scroll as a single tall ``virtual window''.
+showing the same buffer, scroll as a single tall virtual window.
To use Follow mode, go to a frame with just one window, split it into
two side-by-side windows using @kbd{C-x 3}, and then type @kbd{M-x
follow-mode}. From then on, you can edit the buffer in either of the
This face is used to highlight the current Query Replace match
(@pxref{Replace}).
@item lazy-highlight
-This face is used to highlight ``lazy matches'' for Isearch and Query
+This face is used to highlight lazy matches for Isearch and Query
Replace (matches other than the current one).
@item region
This face is used for displaying an active region (@pxref{Mark}).
The face for displaying control characters and escape sequences
(@pxref{Text Display}).
@item nobreak-space
-The face for displaying ``no-break'' space characters (@pxref{Text
+The face for displaying no-break space characters (@pxref{Text
Display}).
@end table
@cindex faces for mode lines
This face is used for the mode line of the currently selected window,
and for menu bars when toolkit menus are not used. By default, it's
-drawn with shadows for a ``raised'' effect on graphical displays, and
+drawn with shadows for a raised effect on graphical displays, and
drawn as the inverse of the default face on non-windowed terminals.
@item mode-line-inactive
@cindex mode-line-inactive face
The most common use of the fringes is to indicate a continuation
line (@pxref{Continuation Lines}). When one line of text is split
into multiple screen lines, the left fringe shows a curving arrow for
-each screen line except the first, indicating that ``this is not the
-real beginning''. The right fringe shows a curving arrow for each
-screen line except the last, indicating that ``this is not the real
-end''. If the line's direction is right-to-left (@pxref{Bidirectional
+each screen line except the first, indicating that this is not the
+real beginning. The right fringe shows a curving arrow for each
+screen line except the last, indicating that this is not the real
+end. If the line's direction is right-to-left (@pxref{Bidirectional
Editing}), the meanings of the curving arrows in the fringes are
swapped.
The fringes indicate line truncation (@pxref{Line Truncation}) with
-short horizontal arrows meaning ``there's more text on this line which
-is scrolled horizontally out of view''. Clicking the mouse on one of
+short horizontal arrows meaning there's more text on this line which
+is scrolled horizontally out of view. Clicking the mouse on one of
the arrows scrolls the display horizontally in the direction of the
arrow.
@code{trailing-whitespace}.
This feature does not apply when point is at the end of the line
-containing the whitespace. Strictly speaking, that is ``trailing
-whitespace'' nonetheless, but displaying it specially in that case
+containing the whitespace. Strictly speaking, that is trailing
+whitespace nonetheless, but displaying it specially in that case
looks ugly while you are typing in new text. In this special case,
the location of point is enough to show you that the spaces are
present.
@findex whitespace-mode
@vindex whitespace-style
Whitespace mode is a buffer-local minor mode that lets you
-``visualize'' many kinds of whitespace in the buffer, by either
+visualize many kinds of whitespace in the buffer, by either
drawing the whitespace characters with a special face or displaying
them as special glyphs. To toggle this mode, type @kbd{M-x
whitespace-mode}. The kinds of whitespace visualized are determined
specify the mail file to check, or set
@code{display-time-mail-directory} to specify the directory to check
for incoming mail (any nonempty regular file in the directory is
-considered as ``newly arrived mail'').
+considered to be newly arrived mail).
@cindex battery status (on mode line)
@findex display-battery-mode
@vindex visible-cursor
On a text terminal, the cursor's appearance is controlled by the
terminal, largely out of the control of Emacs. Some terminals offer
-two different cursors: a ``visible'' static cursor, and a ``very
-visible'' blinking cursor. By default, Emacs uses the very visible
+two different cursors: a visible static cursor, and a very
+visible blinking cursor. By default, Emacs uses the very visible
cursor, and switches to it when you start or resume Emacs. If the
variable @code{visible-cursor} is @code{nil} when Emacs starts or
resumes, it uses the normal cursor.
@noindent
to your init file. Alternatively, you can change how the cursor
-looks when it ``blinks off'' by customizing the list variable
+looks when it blinks off by customizing the list variable
@code{blink-cursor-alist}. Each element in the list should have the
form @code{(@var{on-type} . @var{off-type})}; this means that if the
cursor is displayed as @var{on-type} when it blinks on (where
@vindex x-stretch-cursor
@cindex wide block cursor
- Some characters, such as tab characters, are ``extra wide''. When
+ Some characters, such as tab characters, are extra wide. When
the cursor is positioned over such a character, it is normally drawn
with the default character width. You can make the cursor stretch to
cover wide characters, by changing the variable
On graphical displays, Emacs displays the mouse pointer as an
hourglass if Emacs is busy. To disable this feature, set the variable
@code{display-hourglass} to @code{nil}. The variable
-@code{hourglass-delay} determines the number of seconds of ``busy
-time'' before the hourglass is shown; the default is 1.
+@code{hourglass-delay} determines the number of seconds of busy
+time before the hourglass is shown; the default is 1.
@vindex make-pointer-invisible
If the mouse pointer lies inside an Emacs frame, Emacs makes it
invisible each time you type a character to insert text, to prevent it
from obscuring the text. (To be precise, the hiding occurs when you
-type a ``self-inserting'' character. @xref{Inserting Text}.) Moving
+type a self-inserting character. @xref{Inserting Text}.) Moving
the mouse pointer makes it visible again. To disable this feature,
set the variable @code{make-pointer-invisible} to @code{nil}.