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From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
To: 11689@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11689: [PATCH 08/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove the word `globally'
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:08:33 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0da9e31a630c4a34affaef7b26481d43-mfwitten@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1c1914fbe9e641219e6fff6d7fe92428-mfwitten@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 03:47:39 +0000

If anything, "in the buffer" is the more accurate notion to convey;
I would have liked to write "in the active buffer", but that extended
the line of text a bit too much, requiring changes to more lines
(would that there were a widely used diff format more amenable to
altering human languages).
---
 etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
index 0b3cd77..a754b47 100644
--- a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
+++ b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
@@ -663,8 +663,8 @@ There are many C-x commands.  Here is a list of the ones you have learned:
 
 Named eXtended commands are commands which are used even less
 frequently, or commands which are used only in certain modes.  An
-example is the command replace-string, which globally replaces one
-string with another.  When you type M-x, Emacs prompts you at the
+example is the command replace-string, which replaces one string with
+another in the buffer.  When you type M-x, Emacs prompts you at the
 bottom of the screen with M-x and you should type the name of the
 command; in this case, "replace-string".  Just type "repl s<TAB>" and
 Emacs will complete the name.  (<TAB> is the Tab key, usually found
-- 
1.7.10.2.484.gcd07cc5






  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-06-13  0:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-13  0:00 bug#11689: [PATCH 00/14] Copyediting: etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:05 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 01/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove text saying `C-x 1' is first 2-char command Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:06 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 02/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Describe the act of scrolling text more consistently Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:06 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 03/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Remove redundant comparison of killing and deleting Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:07 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 04/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Eradicate the future tense Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:07 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 05/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Minor rewording to streamline and generalize `C-x s' intro Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:08 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 06/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Use `application' consistently by replacing an occurence of `program' Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:08 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 07/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Generalize the description of when to use `C-x C-c' Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:08 ` Michael Witten [this message]
2012-06-13  0:08 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 09/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Replace occurences of `--' with more appropriate text Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:15 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 10/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: c-h-a-n-g-e-d -> "changed" Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:17 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 11/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Complete instructions by telling the user to move the cursor Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:18 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 12/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Make consistent the white space around `>>' instructions Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:18 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 13/14] etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL: Place `C-x C-f' beside `find-file' for clarity Michael Witten
2012-06-13  0:19 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 14/14] etc/ChangeLog: Note my patch series for etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL Michael Witten
2012-07-07 10:40 ` bug#11689: [PATCH 00/14] Copyediting: etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL Chong Yidong

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