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Standardize possessive apostrophe usage in manuals, docs, and comments
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@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ Emacs with the on-line tutorial. To use it, type @kbd{C-h t}. (This
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means you press and release the @key{CTRL} key and the @kbd{h} at the
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same time, and then press and release @kbd{t}.)
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Also, I often refer to one of Emacs' standard commands by listing the
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Also, I often refer to one of Emacs's standard commands by listing the
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keys which you press to invoke the command and then giving the name of
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the command in parentheses, like this: @kbd{M-C-\}
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(@code{indent-region}). What this means is that the
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@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ jumps the cursor back to the matching opening parenthesis, so you can
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see which one it is. This is very useful, since every list you type
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in Lisp must have its closing parenthesis match its opening
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parenthesis. (@xref{Major Modes, , Major Modes, emacs, The GNU Emacs
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Manual}, for more information about Emacs' modes.)
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Manual}, for more information about Emacs's modes.)
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@node Run a Program, Making Errors, Lisp Lists, List Processing
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@comment node-name, next, previous, up
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@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@ have eyes. When a computer program works on a buffer, that buffer does
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not need to be visible on the screen.
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@code{switch-to-buffer} is designed for humans and does two different
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things: it switches the buffer to which Emacs' attention is directed; and
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things: it switches the buffer to which Emacs's attention is directed; and
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it switches the buffer displayed in the window to the new buffer.
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@code{set-buffer}, on the other hand, does only one thing: it switches
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the attention of the computer program to a different buffer. The buffer
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@ -4642,7 +4642,7 @@ Select a buffer for Emacs to be active in and display it in the current
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window so users can look at it. Usually bound to @kbd{C-x b}.
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@item set-buffer
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Switch Emacs' attention to a buffer on which programs will run. Don't
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Switch Emacs's attention to a buffer on which programs will run. Don't
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alter what the window is showing.
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@item buffer-size
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@ -5501,7 +5501,7 @@ Written in skeletal form, the workings of the body look like this:
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In summary, @code{append-to-buffer} works as follows: it saves the
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value of the current buffer in the variable called @code{oldbuf}. It
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gets the new buffer (creating one if need be) and switches Emacs'
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gets the new buffer (creating one if need be) and switches Emacs's
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attention to it. Using the value of @code{oldbuf}, it inserts the
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region of text from the old buffer into the new buffer; and then using
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@code{save-excursion}, it brings you back to your original buffer.
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@ -6009,7 +6009,7 @@ expression in detail. The expression looks like this:
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@end smallexample
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@noindent
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The expression @code{(set-buffer buffer)} changes Emacs' attention
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The expression @code{(set-buffer buffer)} changes Emacs's attention
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from the current buffer to the one from which the text will copied.
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In that buffer, the variables @code{start} and @code{end} are set to
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the beginning and end of the buffer, using the commands
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@ -15284,7 +15284,7 @@ specification. Since people worry that a computer is broken if they
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don't see anything going on, the first line of the body is a
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message.
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The next line contains a @code{save-excursion} that returns Emacs'
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The next line contains a @code{save-excursion} that returns Emacs's
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attention to the current buffer when the function completes. This is
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useful in case you embed this function in another function that
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presumes point is restored to the original buffer.
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@ -16954,7 +16954,7 @@ Either of these two functions, @code{graph-body-print} or
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@section Need for Printed Axes
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A graph needs printed axes, so you can orient yourself. For a do-once
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project, it may be reasonable to draw the axes by hand using Emacs'
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project, it may be reasonable to draw the axes by hand using Emacs's
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Picture mode; but a graph drawing function may be used more than once.
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For this reason, I have written enhancements to the basic
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@ -17002,10 +17002,10 @@ expressions in Emacs Lisp you can change or extend Emacs.
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@node Default Configuration, Site-wide Init, Emacs Initialization, Emacs Initialization
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@ifnottex
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@unnumberedsec Emacs' Default Configuration
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@unnumberedsec Emacs's Default Configuration
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@end ifnottex
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There are those who appreciate Emacs' default configuration. After
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There are those who appreciate Emacs's default configuration. After
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all, Emacs starts you in C mode when you edit a C file, starts you in
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Fortran mode when you edit a Fortran file, and starts you in
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Fundamental mode when you edit an unadorned file. This all makes
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@ -17033,7 +17033,7 @@ you may. The new format is consistent with the Emacs Lisp file
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naming conventions; the old format saves typing.}
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A @file{~/.emacs} file contains Emacs Lisp code. You can write this
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code yourself; or you can use Emacs' @code{customize} feature to write
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code yourself; or you can use Emacs's @code{customize} feature to write
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the code for you. You can combine your own expressions and
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auto-written Customize expressions in your @file{.emacs} file.
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@findex defcustom
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You can specify variables using @code{defcustom} so that you and
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others can then use Emacs' @code{customize} feature to set their
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others can then use Emacs's @code{customize} feature to set their
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values. (You cannot use @code{customize} to write function
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definitions; but you can write @code{defuns} in your @file{.emacs}
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file. Indeed, you can write any Lisp expression in your @file{.emacs}
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@vindex load-path
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If you load many extensions, as I do, then instead of specifying the
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exact location of the extension file, as shown above, you can specify
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that directory as part of Emacs' @code{load-path}. Then, when Emacs
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that directory as part of Emacs's @code{load-path}. Then, when Emacs
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loads a file, it will search that directory as well as its default
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list of directories. (The default list is specified in @file{paths.h}
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when Emacs is built.)
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