GNU bug report logs - #14856
A slight mistake in the emacs TUTORIAL, IMHO

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From: Michael Dan Mossinsohn <consistent1 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: A slight mistake in the emacs TUTORIAL, IMHO
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:59:33 +0300

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It seems to me that this sentence, from the emacs tutorial (the
'help-with-tutorial' command), contains a slight mistake:
"On most terminals, the "<" is above the comma, so you must use the shift
key to type it.  On these terminals you must use the shift key to type M-<
also; without the shift key, you would be typing M-comma."

​This sentence was probably not meant to include a repetition
 ​of the explanation that pressing the shift key is needed for typing '<',
but rather that pressing the shift key is needed also while typing '>'.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Dan Mossinsohn <consistent1 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14856 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14856: A slight mistake in the emacs TUTORIAL, IMHO
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:15:41 -0400

Michael Dan Mossinsohn wrote:

> It seems to me that this sentence, from the emacs tutorial (the
> 'help-with-tutorial' command), contains a slight mistake:
> "On most terminals, the "<" is above the comma, so you must use the shift
> key to type it.  On these terminals you must use the shift key to type M-<
> also; without the shift key, you would be typing M-comma."
>
> ​This sentence was probably not meant to include a repetition
>  ​of the explanation that pressing the shift key is needed for typing '<',
> but rather that pressing the shift key is needed also while typing '>'.

Thanks, but the original text seems correct to me.

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