From 66e9527b9a8c66bc3c5a4e5c3e68777d93310be1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 13:23:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Another minor change in the manual * doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): Add popular Latin abbreviations, such as "e.g.". --- doc/emacs/glossary.texi | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi index 7a0dd6db750..7a34692dc53 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/glossary.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/glossary.texi @@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ right away when you press down on a mouse button. @xref{Mouse Buttons}. @item Byte Compilation @xref{Glossary---Compilation}. +@item c.f. +@itemx cf. +Short for ``confer'' in Latin, which means ``compare with'' or +``compare to''. + @anchor{Glossary---C-} @item @kbd{C-} @kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control. @@ -440,6 +445,9 @@ tell it to. @xref{Bugs}. @c TODO? Not really appropriate for the user manual I think. @c Dynamic Binding +@item e.g. +Short for ``exempli gratia'' in Latin, which means ``for example''. + @item Echo Area The echo area is the bottom line of the screen, used for echoing the arguments to commands, for asking questions, and showing brief messages @@ -499,6 +507,9 @@ like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another character is typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and it applies to the next character you type. +@item etc. +Short for ``et cetera'' in Latin, which means ``and so on''. + @item Expression @xref{Glossary---Balanced Expression}. @@ -709,6 +720,9 @@ have. To make a character Hyper, type it while holding down the @key{Hyper} key. Such characters are given names that start with @kbd{Hyper-} (usually written @kbd{H-} for short). @xref{User Input}. +@item i.e. +Short for ``id est'' in Latin, which means ``that is''. + @item Iff ``Iff'' means ``if and only if''. This terminology comes from mathematics. Try to avoid using this term in documentation, since @@ -1082,6 +1096,9 @@ 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}). +@item q.v. +Short for ``quod vide'' in Latin, which means ``which see''. + @item Query-Replace Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by Emacs. @xref{Query Replace}. -- 2.11.4.GIT