From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14856: A slight mistake in the emacs TUTORIAL, IMHO Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:15:41 -0400 Message-ID: <06y599m2ia.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373825769 10651 80.91.229.3 (14 Jul 2013 18:16:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:16:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14856@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Dan Mossinsohn Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 14 20:16:09 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UyQq7-0007MS-LW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:16:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48745 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UyQq7-0000Ks-8A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:16:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57769) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UyQq3-0000Km-Vo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:16:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UyQq3-0005JO-8r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59844) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UyQq3-0005JK-60 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UyQq2-0003F8-AT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:16:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:16:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14856 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14856-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14856.137382574712397 (code B ref 14856); Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:16:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14856) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2013 18:15:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54156 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UyQpm-0003Ds-9g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:15:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:60172 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UyQpk-0003Dj-HE for 14856@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:15:44 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UyQpi-0006fd-LU; Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:15:42 -0400 X-Spook: kilderkin Rand Corporation World Trade Center e-bomb X-Ran: MSgk[S4FV"AotcIi(4v4-&0HB:YDBb}bitv4pEfe7k+?79N;rx:mG+!8p)4IJ`^1-<6Q=k X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Michael Dan Mossinsohn's message of "Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:59:33 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:76352 Archived-At: 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." > > =E2=80=8BThis sentence was probably not meant to include a repetition > =E2=80=8Bof the explanation that pressing the shift key is needed for ty= ping '<', > but rather that pressing the shift key is needed also while typing '>'. Thanks, but the original text seems correct to me.