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authorEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2003-11-02 07:01:19 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <[email protected]>2003-11-02 07:01:19 +0000
commit76dd3692111e8affb61f36f7bd00e8c5d41da64a (patch)
treebddc3f79a2ff601e49b0765cecd272dd4fe100fa /man/faq.texi
parentad800164c88de7d29471d1fac5035c23ad82245d (diff)
Replace @sc{ascii} and ASCII with @acronym{ASCII}.
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diff --git a/man/faq.texi b/man/faq.texi
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+++ b/man/faq.texi
@@ -161,19 +161,19 @@ written inside quotes or on lines by themselves, like this:
Any real spaces in such a key sequence should be ignored; only @key{SPC}
really means press the space key.
-The ASCII code sent by @kbd{C-x} (except for @kbd{C-?}) is the value
+The @acronym{ASCII} code sent by @kbd{C-x} (except for @kbd{C-?}) is the value
that would be sent by pressing just @key{x} minus 96 (or 64 for
upper-case @key{X}) and will be from 0 to 31. On Unix and GNU/Linux
-terminals, the ASCII code sent by @kbd{M-x} is the sum of 128 and the
-ASCII code that would be sent by pressing just @key{x}. Essentially,
+terminals, the @acronym{ASCII} code sent by @kbd{M-x} is the sum of 128 and the
+@acronym{ASCII} code that would be sent by pressing just @key{x}. Essentially,
@key{Control} turns off bits 5 and 6 and @key{Meta} turns on bit
7@footnote{
DOS and Windows terminals don't set bit 7 when the @key{Meta} key is
pressed.}.
-@kbd{C-?} (aka @key{DEL}) is ASCII code 127. It is a misnomer to call
+@kbd{C-?} (aka @key{DEL}) is @acronym{ASCII} code 127. It is a misnomer to call
@kbd{C-?} a ``control'' key, since 127 has both bits 5 and 6 turned ON.
-Also, on very few keyboards does @kbd{C-?} generate ASCII code 127.
+Also, on very few keyboards does @kbd{C-?} generate @acronym{ASCII} code 127.
@inforef{Text Characters, Text Characters, emacs}, and @inforef{Keys,
Keys, emacs}, for more information. (@xref{On-line manual}, for more
@@ -4541,7 +4541,7 @@ actually behaves.
@cindex Help invoked by Backspace
@cindex DEL key does not delete
-The @key{Backspace} key (on most keyboards) generates ASCII code 8.
+The @key{Backspace} key (on most keyboards) generates @acronym{ASCII} code 8.
@kbd{C-h} sends the same code. In Emacs by default @kbd{C-h} invokes
help-command. This is intended to be easy to remember since the first
letter of @samp{help} is @samp{h}. The easiest solution to this problem
@@ -4739,7 +4739,7 @@ press @key{Meta} and @key{a} together, but with @key{ESC}, you press
@cindex Lacking an Escape key
@cindex Escape key, lacking
-Type @kbd{C-[} instead. This should send ASCII code 27 just like an
+Type @kbd{C-[} instead. This should send @acronym{ASCII} code 27 just like an
Escape key would. @kbd{C-3} may also work on some terminal (but not
under X). For many terminals (notably DEC terminals) @key{F11}
generates @key{ESC}. If not, the following form can be used to bind it:
@@ -4791,7 +4791,7 @@ is how to make @kbd{H-M-RIGHT} move forward a word:
@item
Not all modifiers are permitted in all situations. @key{Hyper},
@key{Super}, and @key{Alt} are not available on Unix character
-terminals. Non-ASCII keys and mouse events (e.g. @kbd{C-=} and
+terminals. Non-@acronym{ASCII} keys and mouse events (e.g. @kbd{C-=} and
@kbd{Mouse-1}) also fall under this category.
@end itemize
@@ -4821,7 +4821,7 @@ For X11: Make sure it really is a @key{Meta} key. Use @code{xev} to
find out what keysym your @key{Meta} key generates. It should be either
@code{Meta_L} or @code{Meta_R}. If it isn't, use @file{xmodmap} to fix
the situation. If @key{Meta} does generate @code{Meta_L} or
-@code{Meta_R}, but @kbd{M-x} produces a non-ASCII character, put this in
+@code{Meta_R}, but @kbd{M-x} produces a non-@acronym{ASCII} character, put this in
your @file{~/.Xdefaults} file:
@example
@@ -4914,7 +4914,7 @@ Support, emacs}. On a Unix, when Emacs runs on a text-only terminal
display or is invoked with @samp{emacs -nw}, you typically need to use
@code{set-terminal-coding-system} to tell Emacs what the terminal can
display, even after setting the language environment; otherwise
-non-ASCII characters will display as @samp{?}. On other operating
+non-@acronym{ASCII} characters will display as @samp{?}. On other operating
systems, such as MS-DOS and MS-Windows, Emacs queries the OS about the
character set supported by the display, and sets up the required
terminal coding system automatically.