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Add Expressions.

Update entries for Sexp and Defun, and other uses of them.
because those terms have been partly deprecated.

Update entry for Balance Parentheses.

Update some xrefs.
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@ -66,11 +66,17 @@ editing session. Emacs makes backup files automatically to help you
track down or cancel changes you later regret making. @xref{Backup}.
@item Balance Parentheses
Emacs can balance parentheses manually or automatically. Manual
balancing is done by the commands to move over balanced expressions
(@pxref{Lists}). Automatic balancing is done by blinking or
highlighting the parenthesis that matches one just inserted
(@pxref{Matching,,Matching Parens}).
Emacs can balance parentheses (or other matching delimiters) either
manually or automatically. Manual balancing is done by the commands
to move over parenthetical groupings (@pxref{Moving by Parens}).
Automatic balancing is done by blinking or highlighting the delimiter
that matches the one you just inserted (@pxref{Matching,,Matching
Parens}).
@item Balanced Expressions
A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
as a symbol, number, string constant, block, parenthesized expression
in C. @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
@item Balloon Help
See `tooltips.'
@ -290,9 +296,9 @@ it is interpreted relative to the current buffer's default directory.
@xref{Minibuffer File,Default Directory}.
@item Defun
A defun is a list at the top level of parenthesis or bracket structure
in a program. It is so named because most such lists in Lisp programs
are calls to the Lisp function @code{defun}. @xref{Defuns}.
A defun is a major definition at the top level in a program. The name
comes from Lisp, where most such definitions use the construct
@code{defun}. @xref{Defuns}.
@item @key{DEL}
@key{DEL} is a character that runs the command to delete one character of
@ -399,6 +405,9 @@ like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another character is
typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and
it applies to the next character you type.
@item Expression
See `balanced expression.'
@item Expunging
Expunging an Rmail file or Dired buffer or a Gnus newsgroup buffer is an
operation that truly discards the messages or files you have previously
@ -674,7 +683,7 @@ parenthesis and ending with the matching close parenthesis. In C mode
and other non-Lisp modes, groupings surrounded by other kinds of matched
delimiters appropriate to the language, such as braces, are also
considered lists. Emacs has special commands for many operations on
lists. @xref{Lists}.
lists. @xref{Moving by Parens}.
@item Local
Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; the relevant
@ -1044,11 +1053,11 @@ Emacs has commands for moving by or killing by sentences.
@xref{Sentences}.
@item Sexp
A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of Lisp
in its textual form: either a list, or Lisp atom. Many Emacs commands
operate on sexps. The term `sexp' is generalized to languages other
than Lisp, to mean a syntactically recognizable expression, such as a
block or a parenthesized expression in C. @xref{Lists,Sexps}.
A sexp (short for ``s-expression'') is the basic syntactic unit of
Lisp in its textual form: either a list, or Lisp atom. Sexps are also
the balanced expressions (q.v.@:) of the Lisp language; this is why
the commands for editing balanced expressions have `sexp' in their
name. @xref{Expressions,Sexps}.
@item Simultaneous Editing
Simultaneous editing means two users modifying the same file at once.
@ -1160,7 +1169,7 @@ level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.@:). @xref{Quitting}.
@item Transposition
Transposing two units of text means putting each one into the place
formerly occupied by the other. There are Emacs commands to transpose
two adjacent characters, words, sexps (q.v.@:) or lines
two adjacent characters, words, balanced expressions (q.v.@:) or lines
(@pxref{Transpose}).
@item Truncation