GNU bug report logs - #51217
28.0.60; Use "graphical displays" instead of "X terminals" in docs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 23:47:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 28.0.60

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 28.0.60; Use "graphical displays" instead of "X terminals" in docs
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:45:57 -0700

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Severity: wishlist

In (info "(elisp) Other Char Bits"), I read:

    Emacs uses the 2**25 bit to indicate that the shift key
    was used in typing a control character.  This distinction is possible
    only when you use X terminals or other special terminals; ordinary text
    terminals do not report the distinction.

Can we change "when you use X terminals or other special terminals" to
"on a graphical display"?

See the attached patch that also fixes some other similar cases.

[0001-Prefer-graphical-displays-to-X-terminals.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
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