[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/m-x.texi [lexbind]

[Miles Bader]

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+ @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
+ @c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
+ @node M-x, Help, Minibuffer, Top
+ @chapter Running Commands by Name
+ 
+   Every Emacs command has a name that you can use to run it.  Commands
+ that are used often, or that must be quick to type, are also bound to
+ keys---short sequences of characters---for convenient use.  You can
+ run them by name if you don't remember the keys.  Other Emacs commands
+ that do not need to be quick are not bound to keys; the only way to
+ run them is by name.  @xref{Key Bindings}, for the description of
+ how to bind commands to keys.
+ 
+   By convention, a command name consists of one or more words,
+ separated by hyphens; for example, @code{auto-fill-mode} or
+ @code{manual-entry}.  The use of English words makes the command name
+ easier to remember than a key made up of obscure characters, even
+ though it is more characters to type.
+ 
+ @kindex M-x
+   The way to run a command by name is to start with @kbd{M-x}, type the
+ command name, and finish it with @key{RET}.  @kbd{M-x} uses the
+ minibuffer to read the command name.  @key{RET} exits the minibuffer and
+ runs the command.  The string @samp{M-x} appears at the beginning of the
+ minibuffer as a @dfn{prompt} to remind you to enter the name of a
+ command to be run.  @xref{Minibuffer}, for full information on the
+ features of the minibuffer.
+ 
+   You can use completion to enter the command name.  For example, you
+ can invoke the command @code{forward-char} by name by typing either
+ 
+ @example
+ M-x forward-char @key{RET}
+ @end example
+ 
+ @noindent
+ or
+ 
+ @example
+ M-x forw @key{TAB} c @key{RET}
+ @end example
+ 
+ @noindent
+ Note that @code{forward-char} is the same command that you invoke with
+ the key @kbd{C-f}.  You can run any Emacs command by name using
+ @kbd{M-x}, whether or not any keys are bound to it.
+ 
+   If you type @kbd{C-g} while the command name is being read, you cancel
+ the @kbd{M-x} command and get out of the minibuffer, ending up at top level.
+ 
+   To pass a numeric argument to the command you are invoking with
+ @kbd{M-x}, specify the numeric argument before the @kbd{M-x}.  @kbd{M-x}
+ passes the argument along to the command it runs.  The argument value
+ appears in the prompt while the command name is being read.
+ 
+ @vindex suggest-key-bindings
+   If the command you type has a key binding of its own, Emacs mentions
+ this in the echo area, two seconds after the command finishes (if you
+ don't type anything else first).  For example, if you type @kbd{M-x
+ forward-word}, the message says that you can run the same command more
+ easily by typing @kbd{M-f}.  You can turn off these messages by setting
+ @code{suggest-key-bindings} to @code{nil}.
+ 
+   Normally, when describing in this manual a command that is run by
+ name, we omit the @key{RET} that is needed to terminate the name.  Thus
+ we might speak of @kbd{M-x auto-fill-mode} rather than @kbd{M-x
+ auto-fill-mode @key{RET}}.  We mention the @key{RET} only when there is
+ a need to emphasize its presence, such as when we show the command
+ together with following arguments.
+ 
+ @findex execute-extended-command
+   @kbd{M-x} works by running the command
+ @code{execute-extended-command}, which is responsible for reading the
+ name of another command and invoking it.
+ 
+ @ignore
+    arch-tag: b67bff53-9628-4666-b94e-eda972a7ba56
+ @end ignore