From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Camille Bourgoin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Glossary for strange terms used in functions ?? Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:32:35 +0100 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France Message-ID: <87d531gmd8.fsf@debian.localhost> References: Reply-To: Camille Bourgoin NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174588767 23043 80.91.229.12 (22 Mar 2007 18:39:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:39:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 22 19:39:19 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HUSBt-0007x5-5U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:39:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HUSDh-00060a-Hz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:41:05 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newshub.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news.astraweb.com!newsrouter-eu.astraweb.com!proxad.net!cleanfeed3-a.proxad.net!nnrp18-2.free.fr!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xmiNTRbQCWz9IIqIPuOL59VgImc= Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Mar 2007 19:34:11 MET Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.235.33.35 Original-X-Trace: 1174588451 news-4.free.fr 5876 82.235.33.35:56696 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:146511 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:42115 Archived-At: William Case writes: > Hi; > > Just a quick little question. Don't lose sleep over it. > > As I find my way around emacs and rudimentary lisp, I keep coming across > terms used mainly in function or commands like '-hungary-', > '-electric-', '-advertised-'. It is fairly easy to puzzle out why some > are used. They convey a description of the purpose or actions of a > command or function -- sort of. Other terms leave me completely > baffled. > > I have checked EmacsWiki and Info. Their glossaries deal with > definitions of things like 'mark' and 'point', 'buffer' and 'frame'. I > have used emacs for long enough to understand those. > > So my question is; Where can I find a list of explanations for the use > of words like '-hungary-', '-electric-', '-advertised-' etc.? > > -- > Regards Bill > > > C-h i , m , Emacs , TAB TAB TAB TAB TAB ENTER (Glossary) -- Camille "Mesmento" Bourgoin jabber : mr.camille@im.apinc.org web : http://jbbourgoin.free.fr/site/