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bug#11689: [PATCH 08/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove the word `global
From: |
Michael Witten |
Subject: |
bug#11689: [PATCH 08/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove the word `globally' |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:08:33 -0000 |
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:47:39 +0000
If anything, "in the buffer" is the more accurate notion to convey;
I would have liked to write "in the active buffer", but that extended
the line of text a bit too much, requiring changes to more lines
(would that there were a widely used diff format more amenable to
altering human languages).
---
etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
index 0b3cd77..a754b47 100644
--- a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
+++ b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
@@ -663,8 +663,8 @@ There are many C-x commands. Here is a list of the ones
you have learned:
Named eXtended commands are commands which are used even less
frequently, or commands which are used only in certain modes. An
-example is the command replace-string, which globally replaces one
-string with another. When you type M-x, Emacs prompts you at the
+example is the command replace-string, which replaces one string with
+another in the buffer. When you type M-x, Emacs prompts you at the
bottom of the screen with M-x and you should type the name of the
command; in this case, "replace-string". Just type "repl s<TAB>" and
Emacs will complete the name. (<TAB> is the Tab key, usually found
--
1.7.10.2.484.gcd07cc5
- bug#11689: [PATCH 00/14] Copyediting: etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 01/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove text saying `C-x 1' is first 2-char command, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 03/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove redundant comparison of killing and deleting, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 02/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Describe the act of scrolling text more consistently, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 04/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Eradicate the future tense, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 05/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Minor rewording to streamline and generalize `C-x s' intro, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 06/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Use `application' consistently by replacing an occurence of `program', Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 08/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove the word `globally',
Michael Witten <=
- bug#11689: [PATCH 09/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Replace occurences of `--' with more appropriate text, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 10/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: c-h-a-n-g-e-d -> "changed", Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 14/14] etc/ChangeLog: Note my patch series for etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 07/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Generalize the description of when to use `C-x C-c', Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 13/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Place `C-x C-f' beside `find-file' for clarity, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 12/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Make consistent the white space around `>>' instructions, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12
- bug#11689: [PATCH 11/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Complete instructions by telling the user to move the cursor, Michael Witten, 2012/06/12