Package: emacs;
Reported by: Warren L Dodge <warrend <at> Tektronix.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 01:14:02 UTC
Severity: minor
Found in version 23.2
Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Warren L Dodge <warrend <at> Tektronix.com> Subject: bug#6374: closed (Re: bug#6374: 23.2; manual language fixes) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:35:02 +0000
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Your bug report #6374: 23.2; manual language fixes which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 6374 <at> debbugs.gnu.org. -- 6374: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=6374 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> To: 6374-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#6374: 23.2; manual language fixes Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:34:32 -0400Corrected these issues, thanks.
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From: Warren L Dodge <warrend <at> Tektronix.com> To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org Subject: 23.2; manual language fixes Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 17:45:56 -0700Reading the GNU Emacs Manual and found a couple sentances that have something wrong with them. In the 4.1 Inserting Text section If the radix is greater than 10, some letters starting with `a' serve as part of a character code, just like digits. ^ ^ Not sure but it seems something is wrong here ---------------^ Maybe is should be 'a'-'f'. Anyway it doesn't seem to read as I would think. Instead of `C-q', you can use `C-x 8 <RET>' (`ucs-insert') to insert a character based on its Unicode name or code-point. This commands prompts for a character to insert, ... The word commands should be command I believe. ^^^^^^^ In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.6) of 2010-05-24 on zephyr Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.60802000 configured using `configure '--prefix=/tools/wdtgnu/emacs-23.2' '--disable-nls'' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: C value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: C value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: nil default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Info Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: (only . t) Recent input: <escape> C-g <help> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <search-documentation> <lookup-subject-in-emacs-manual> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <emacs-manual> s s t a r t i n g SPC w i t h SPC a SPC s e r v e <return> s i n s e r t i n g <return> <help-echo> m <return> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5> <down-mouse-4> <mouse-4> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> <down-mouse-3> <drag-mouse-3> <escape> x e m a c s - b <tab> <escape> <backspace> <escape> <backspace> <escape> <backspace> b u <tab> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> r e p o <tab> r <tab> <return> Recent messages: Searching subfile emacs-2... 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