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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Michael Dan Mossinsohn <consistent1@gmail.com>
Cc: 14856@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14856: A slight mistake in the emacs TUTORIAL, IMHO
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:15:41 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <06y599m2ia.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAB-ZWpnrDWHwCP6PKMcN+JgzsYFETAzocaWijgh=RRs-OCO4DA@mail.gmail.com> (Michael Dan Mossinsohn's message of "Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:59:33 +0300")

Michael Dan Mossinsohn wrote:

> It seems to me that this sentence, from the emacs tutorial (the
> 'help-with-tutorial' command), contains a slight mistake:
> "On most terminals, the "<" is above the comma, so you must use the shift
> key to type it.  On these terminals you must use the shift key to type M-<
> also; without the shift key, you would be typing M-comma."
>
> ​This sentence was probably not meant to include a repetition
>  ​of the explanation that pressing the shift key is needed for typing '<',
> but rather that pressing the shift key is needed also while typing '>'.

Thanks, but the original text seems correct to me.





      reply	other threads:[~2013-07-14 18:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-12 17:59 bug#14856: A slight mistake in the emacs TUTORIAL, IMHO Michael Dan Mossinsohn
2013-07-14 18:15 ` Glenn Morris [this message]

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