@xref{Abbrevs}.
@item Aborting
-Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.@:). The
+Aborting means getting out of a recursive edit (q.v.). The
commands @kbd{C-]} and @kbd{M-x top-level} are used for this.
@xref{Quitting}.
@item Backtrace
A backtrace is a trace of a series of function calls showing how a
program arrived at a certain point. It is used mainly for finding and
-correcting bugs (q.v.@:). Emacs can display a backtrace when it signals
+correcting bugs (q.v.). Emacs can display a backtrace when it signals
an error or when you type @kbd{C-g} (@pxref{Glossary - Quitting}).
@xref{Checklist}.
@item Balanced Expressions
A balanced expression is a syntactically recognizable expression, such
as a symbol, number, string constant, block, or parenthesized expression
-in C. @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
+in C@. @xref{Expressions,Balanced Expressions}.
@item Balloon Help
@xref{Glossary - Tooltips}.
@item Base Buffer
A base buffer is a buffer whose text is shared by an indirect buffer
-(q.v.@:).
+(q.v.).
@item Bidirectional Text
Some human languages, such as English, are written from left to right.
is `bidirectional text'. @xref{Bidirectional Editing}.
@item Bind
-To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.@:).
+To bind a key sequence means to give it a binding (q.v.).
@xref{Rebinding}.
@anchor{Glossary - Binding}
@item Binding
A key sequence gets its meaning in Emacs by having a binding, which is a
-command (q.v.@:), a Lisp function that is run when you type that
+command (q.v.), a Lisp function that is run when you type that
sequence. @xref{Commands,Binding}. Customization often involves
rebinding a character to a different command function. The bindings of
-all key sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}.
+all key sequences are recorded in the keymaps (q.v.). @xref{Keymaps}.
@item Blank Lines
Blank lines are lines that contain only whitespace. Emacs has several
internal border that surrounds the text windows, their scroll bars
and fringes, and separates them from the menu bar and tool bar. You
can customize both borders with options and resources (@pxref{Borders
-X}). Borders are not the same as fringes (q.v.@:).
+X}). Borders are not the same as fringes (q.v.).
@item Buffer
The buffer is the basic editing unit; one buffer corresponds to one text
being edited. You normally have several buffers, but at any time you are
editing only one, the `current buffer', though several can be visible
-when you are using multiple windows or frames (q.v.@:). Most buffers
+when you are using multiple windows or frames (q.v.). Most buffers
are visiting (q.v.@:) some file. @xref{Buffers}.
@item Buffer Selection History
@item Clipboard
A clipboard is a buffer provided by the window system for transferring
text between applications. On the X Window System, the clipboard is
-provided in addition to the primary selection (q.v.@:); on MS-Windows and Mac,
+provided in addition to the primary selection (q.v.); on MS-Windows and Mac,
the clipboard is used @emph{instead} of the primary selection.
@xref{Clipboard}.
@item Command
A command is a Lisp function specially defined to be able to serve as a
-key binding in Emacs. When you type a key sequence (q.v.@:), its
+key binding in Emacs. When you type a key sequence (q.v.), its
binding (q.v.@:) is looked up in the relevant keymaps (q.v.@:) to find
the command to run. @xref{Commands}.
A complete key is a key sequence that fully specifies one action to be
performed by Emacs. For example, @kbd{X} and @kbd{C-f} and @kbd{C-x m}
are complete keys. Complete keys derive their meanings from being bound
-(q.v.@:) to commands (q.v.@:). Thus, @kbd{X} is conventionally bound to
+(q.v.@:) to commands (q.v.). Thus, @kbd{X} is conventionally bound to
a command to insert @samp{X} in the buffer; @kbd{C-x m} is
conventionally bound to a command to begin composing a mail message.
@xref{Keys}.
screen line when displayed. We say that the text line is continued, and all
screen lines used for it after the first are called continuation
lines. @xref{Continuation Lines}. A related Emacs feature is
-`filling' (q.v.@:).
+`filling' (q.v.).
@item Control Character
A control character is a character that you type by holding down the
@item Deletion
Deletion means erasing text without copying it into the kill ring
-(q.v.@:). The alternative is killing (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing,Deletion}.
+(q.v.). The alternative is killing (q.v.). @xref{Killing,Deletion}.
@anchor{Glossary - Deletion of Files}
@item Deletion of Files
confusing for beginning users. @xref{Disabling}.
@item Down Event
-Short for `button down event' (q.v.@:).
+Short for `button down event' (q.v.).
@item Drag Event
A drag event is the kind of input event (q.v.@:) generated when you
@item Electric
We say that a character is electric if it is normally self-inserting
-(q.v.@:), but the current major mode (q.v.@:) redefines it to do something
+(q.v.), but the current major mode (q.v.@:) redefines it to do something
else as well. For example, some programming language major modes define
particular delimiter characters to reindent the line, or insert one or
more newlines in addition to self-insertion.
@item End Of Line
End of line is a character or a sequence of characters that indicate
the end of a text line. On GNU and Unix systems, this is a newline
-(q.v.@:), but other systems have other conventions. @xref{Coding
+(q.v.), but other systems have other conventions. @xref{Coding
Systems,end-of-line}. Emacs can recognize several end-of-line
conventions in files and convert between them.
An error occurs when an Emacs command cannot execute in the current
circumstances. When an error occurs, execution of the command stops
(unless the command has been programmed to do otherwise) and Emacs
-reports the error by displaying an error message (q.v.@:).
+reports the error by displaying an error message (q.v.).
@c Not helpful?
@c Type-ahead is discarded. Then Emacs is ready to read another
@c editing command.
of which directory is current. On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute
file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with @samp{~/} or
@samp{~@var{user}/} (a home directory). On MS-Windows/MS-DOS, an
-absolute file name can also start with a drive letter and a colon, e.g.
+absolute file name can also start with a drive letter and a colon, e.g.,
@samp{@var{d}:}.
Some people use the term ``pathname'' for file names, but we do not;
-we use the word ``path'' only in the term ``search path'' (q.v.@:).
+we use the word ``path'' only in the term ``search path'' (q.v.).
@item File-Name Component
A file-name component names a file directly within a particular
@item Frame
A frame is a rectangular cluster of Emacs windows. Emacs starts out
with one frame, but you can create more. You can subdivide each frame
-into Emacs windows (q.v.@:). When you are using a window system
-(q.v.@:), more than one frame can be visible at the same time.
+into Emacs windows (q.v.). When you are using a window system
+(q.v.), more than one frame can be visible at the same time.
@xref{Frames}. Some other editors use the term ``window'' for this,
but in Emacs a window means something else.
@item Free Software
Free software is software that gives you the freedom to share, study
and modify it. Emacs is free software, part of the GNU project
-(q.v.@:), and distributed under a copyleft (q.v.@:) license called the
+(q.v.), and distributed under a copyleft (q.v.@:) license called the
GNU General Public License. @xref{Copying}.
@anchor{Glossary - Free Software Foundation}
@item Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a charitable foundation
-dedicated to promoting the development of free software (q.v.@:).
+dedicated to promoting the development of free software (q.v.).
For more information, see @uref{http://fsf.org/, the FSF website}.
@item Fringe
-On a graphical display (q.v.@:), there's a narrow portion of the frame
+On a graphical display (q.v.), there's a narrow portion of the frame
(q.v.@:) between the text area and the window's border. These
``fringes'' are used to display symbols that provide information about
the buffer text (@pxref{Fringes}). Emacs displays the fringe using a
@item FTP
FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. This is one standard
-method for retrieving remote files (q.v.@:).
+method for retrieving remote files (q.v.).
@item Function Key
A function key is a key on the keyboard that sends input but does not
@item Global
Global means ``independent of the current environment; in effect
-throughout Emacs''. It is the opposite of local (q.v.@:). Particular
+throughout Emacs''. It is the opposite of local (q.v.). Particular
examples of the use of `global' appear below.
@item Global Abbrev
@item Global Keymap
The global keymap (q.v.@:) contains key bindings that are in effect
everywhere, except when overridden by local key bindings in a major
-mode's local keymap (q.v.@:). @xref{Keymaps}.
+mode's local keymap (q.v.). @xref{Keymaps}.
@item Global Mark Ring
The global mark ring records the series of buffers you have recently
@item GNU
GNU is a recursive acronym for GNU's Not Unix, and it refers to a
-Unix-compatible operating system which is free software (q.v.@:).
+Unix-compatible operating system which is free software (q.v.).
@xref{Manifesto}. GNU is normally used with Linux as the kernel since
Linux works better than the GNU kernel. For more information, see
@uref{http://www.gnu.org/, the GNU website}.
@item Graphical Display
A graphical display is one that can display images and multiple fonts.
-Usually it also has a window system (q.v.@:).
+Usually it also has a window system (q.v.).
@item Highlighting
Highlighting text means displaying it with a different foreground and/or
the mouse pointer is located on portions of display that require some
explanations. Emacs displays help echo for menu items, parts of the
mode line, tool-bar buttons, etc. On graphical displays, the messages
-can be displayed as tooltips (q.v.@:). @xref{Tooltips}.
+can be displayed as tooltips (q.v.). @xref{Tooltips}.
@item Home Directory
Your home directory contains your personal files. On a multi-user GNU
@item Indirect Buffer
An indirect buffer is a buffer that shares the text of another buffer,
-called its base buffer (q.v.@:). @xref{Indirect Buffers}.
+called its base buffer (q.v.). @xref{Indirect Buffers}.
@item Info
Info is the hypertext format used by the GNU project for writing
@item Input Method
An input method is a system for entering non-@acronym{ASCII} text characters by
-typing sequences of @acronym{ASCII} characters (q.v.@:). @xref{Input Methods}.
+typing sequences of @acronym{ASCII} characters (q.v.). @xref{Input Methods}.
@item Insertion
Insertion means adding text into the buffer, either from the keyboard
@item Key Sequence
A key sequence (key, for short) is a sequence of input events (q.v.@:)
that are meaningful as a single unit. If the key sequence is enough to
-specify one action, it is a complete key (q.v.@:); if it is not enough,
-it is a prefix key (q.v.@:). @xref{Keys}.
+specify one action, it is a complete key (q.v.); if it is not enough,
+it is a prefix key (q.v.). @xref{Keys}.
@item Keymap
The keymap is the data structure that records the bindings (q.v.@:) of
@item Kill Ring
The kill ring is where all text you have killed (@pxref{Glossary - Killing})
recently is saved. You can reinsert any of the killed text still in
-the ring; this is called yanking (q.v.@:). @xref{Yanking}.
+the ring; this is called yanking (q.v.). @xref{Yanking}.
@anchor{Glossary - Killing}
@item Killing
Killing means erasing text and saving it on the kill ring so it can be
yanked (q.v.@:) later. Some other systems call this ``cutting''.
Most Emacs commands that erase text perform killing, as opposed to
-deletion (q.v.@:). @xref{Killing}.
+deletion (q.v.). @xref{Killing}.
@item Killing a Job
Killing a job (such as, an invocation of Emacs) means making it cease
@item Language Environment
Your choice of language environment specifies defaults for the input
-method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.@:). @xref{Language
+method (q.v.@:) and coding system (q.v.). @xref{Language
Environments}. These defaults are relevant if you edit
non-@acronym{ASCII} text (@pxref{International}).
Local means ``in effect only in a particular context''; the relevant
kind of context is a particular function execution, a particular
buffer, or a particular major mode. It is the opposite of `global'
-(q.v.@:). Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below.
+(q.v.). Specific uses of `local' in Emacs terminology appear below.
@item Local Abbrev
A local abbrev definition is effective only if a particular major mode
@item @kbd{M-C-}
@kbd{M-C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for
-Control-Meta; it means the same thing as `@kbd{C-M-}' (q.v.@:).
+Control-Meta; it means the same thing as `@kbd{C-M-}' (q.v.).
@item @kbd{M-x}
@kbd{M-x} is the key sequence that is used to call an Emacs command by
@item Mark
The mark points to a position in the text. It specifies one end of the
-region (q.v.@:), point being the other end. Many commands operate on
+region (q.v.), point being the other end. Many commands operate on
all the text from point to the mark. Each buffer has its own mark.
@xref{Mark}.
@item Mark Ring
The mark ring is used to hold several recent previous locations of the
mark, in case you want to move back to them. Each buffer has its
-own mark ring; in addition, there is a single global mark ring (q.v.@:).
+own mark ring; in addition, there is a single global mark ring (q.v.).
@xref{Mark Ring}.
@item Menu Bar
@item Minibuffer
The minibuffer is the window that appears when necessary inside the
-echo area (q.v.@:), used for reading arguments to commands.
+echo area (q.v.), used for reading arguments to commands.
@xref{Minibuffer}.
@anchor{Glossary - Minibuffer History}
@item Minor Mode
A minor mode is an optional feature of Emacs, which can be switched on
or off independently of all other features. Each minor mode has a
-command to turn it on or off. Some minor modes are global (q.v.@:),
-and some are local (q.v.@:). @xref{Minor Modes}.
+command to turn it on or off. Some minor modes are global (q.v.),
+and some are local (q.v.). @xref{Minor Modes}.
@item Minor Mode Keymap
A minor mode keymap is a keymap that belongs to a minor mode and is
precedence over the global keymap. @xref{Keymaps}.
@item Mode Line
-The mode line is the line at the bottom of each window (q.v.@:), giving
+The mode line is the line at the bottom of each window (q.v.), giving
status information on the buffer displayed in that window. @xref{Mode
Line}.
@item MULE
MULE refers to the Emacs features for editing multilingual
-non-@acronym{ASCII} text using multibyte characters (q.v.@:).
+non-@acronym{ASCII} text using multibyte characters (q.v.).
@xref{International}.
@item Multibyte Character
@xref{International Chars, International Characters}.
@item Named Mark
-A named mark is a register (q.v.@:), in its role of recording a
+A named mark is a register (q.v.), in its role of recording a
location in text so that you can move point to that location.
@xref{Registers}.
@end ignore
@item Primary Selection
-The primary selection is one particular X selection (q.v.@:); it is the
+The primary selection is one particular X selection (q.v.); it is the
selection that most X applications use for transferring text to and from
other applications.
@item Prompt
A prompt is text used to ask you for input. Displaying a prompt
is called prompting. Emacs prompts always appear in the echo area
-(q.v.@:). One kind of prompting happens when the minibuffer is used to
+(q.v.). One kind of prompting happens when the minibuffer is used to
read an argument (@pxref{Minibuffer}); the echoing that happens when
you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also
a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}).
@xref{Glossary - Regular Expression}.
@item Region
-The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.@:).
+The region is the text between point (q.v.@:) and the mark (q.v.).
Many commands operate on the text of the region. @xref{Mark,Region}.
@item Register
Registers are named slots in which text, buffer positions, or
rectangles can be saved for later use. @xref{Registers}. A related
-Emacs feature is `bookmarks' (q.v.@:).
+Emacs feature is `bookmarks' (q.v.).
@anchor{Glossary - Regular Expression}
@item Regular Expression
@item Restriction
A buffer's restriction is the amount of text, at the beginning or the
end of the buffer, that is temporarily inaccessible. Giving a buffer a
-nonzero amount of restriction is called narrowing (q.v.@:); removing
-a restriction is called widening (q.v.@:). @xref{Narrowing}.
+nonzero amount of restriction is called narrowing (q.v.); removing
+a restriction is called widening (q.v.). @xref{Narrowing}.
@item @key{RET}
@key{RET} is a character that in Emacs runs the command to insert a
newline into the text. It is also used to terminate most arguments
-read in the minibuffer (q.v.@:). @xref{User Input,Return}.
+read in the minibuffer (q.v.). @xref{User Input,Return}.
@item Reverting
Reverting means returning to the original state. Emacs lets you
holds a search path for finding Lisp library files. @xref{Lisp Libraries}.
@item Secondary Selection
-The secondary selection is one particular X selection (q.v.@:); some X
+The secondary selection is one particular X selection (q.v.); some X
applications can use it for transferring text to and from other
applications. Emacs has special mouse commands for transferring text
using the secondary selection. @xref{Secondary Selection}.
selections that other programs have set up. This is the principal way
of transferring text between window applications. Emacs has commands to
work with the primary (q.v.@:) selection and the secondary (q.v.@:)
-selection, and also with the clipboard (q.v.@:).
+selection, and also with the clipboard (q.v.).
@item Self-Documentation
Self-documentation is the feature of Emacs that can tell you what any
@item Suspending
Suspending Emacs means stopping it temporarily and returning control
to its parent process, which is usually a shell. Unlike killing a job
-(q.v.@:), you can later resume the suspended Emacs job without losing
+(q.v.), you can later resume the suspended Emacs job without losing
your buffers, unsaved edits, undo history, etc. @xref{Exiting}.
@item @key{TAB}
@item Theme
A theme is a set of customizations (q.v.@:) that give Emacs a
particular appearance or behavior. For example, you might use a theme
-for your favorite set of faces (q.v.@:).
+for your favorite set of faces (q.v.).
@item Tool Bar
The tool bar is a line (sometimes multiple lines) of icons at the top
of an Emacs frame. Clicking on one of these icons executes a command.
-You can think of this as a graphical relative of the menu bar (q.v.@:).
+You can think of this as a graphical relative of the menu bar (q.v.).
@xref{Tool Bars}.
@anchor{Glossary - Tooltips}
Top level is the normal state of Emacs, in which you are editing the
text of the file you have visited. You are at top level whenever you
are not in a recursive editing level (q.v.@:) or the minibuffer
-(q.v.@:), and not in the middle of a command. You can get back to top
-level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.@:). @xref{Quitting}.
+(q.v.), and not in the middle of a command. You can get back to top
+level by aborting (q.v.@:) and quitting (q.v.). @xref{Quitting}.
@c FIXME? Transient Mark Mode
Unix is a class of multi-user computer operating systems with a long
history. There are several implementations today. The GNU project
(q.v.@:) aims to develop a complete Unix-like operating system that
-is free software (q.v.@:).
+is free software (q.v.).
@item User Option
A user option is a face (q.v.@:) or a variable (q.v.@:) that exists so
@item Version Control
Version control systems keep track of multiple versions of a source file.
-They provide a more powerful alternative to keeping backup files (q.v.@:).
+They provide a more powerful alternative to keeping backup files (q.v.).
@xref{Version Control}.
@item Visiting
@item Widening
Widening is removing any restriction (q.v.@:) on the current buffer;
-it is the opposite of narrowing (q.v.@:). @xref{Narrowing}.
+it is the opposite of narrowing (q.v.). @xref{Narrowing}.
@item Window
Emacs divides a frame (q.v.@:) into one or more windows, each of which
@item Window System
A window system is software that operates on a graphical display
-(q.v.@:), to subdivide the screen so that multiple applications can
+(q.v.), to subdivide the screen so that multiple applications can
have their] own windows at the same time. All modern operating systems
include a window system.
@anchor{Glossary - Yanking}
@item Yanking
-Yanking means reinserting text previously killed (q.v.@:). It can be
+Yanking means reinserting text previously killed (q.v.). It can be
used to undo a mistaken kill, or for copying or moving text. Some
other systems call this ``pasting''. @xref{Yanking}.
@end table
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