# HG changeset patch
# User stephent
# Date 1153321492 0
# Node ID e43d0da85762a398f17b4c3e3b4922892f9276bd
# Parent  3cd9485272bdead2a87abc6065afd85aff8b0b50
[xemacs-hg @ 2006-07-19 15:04:46 by stephent]
Improve description and eg of editing keystrokes.  Thx M C Wescott.
<87u05d63vk.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>

diff -r 3cd9485272bd -r e43d0da85762 man/ChangeLog
--- a/man/ChangeLog	Tue Jul 18 21:51:03 2006 +0000
+++ b/man/ChangeLog	Wed Jul 19 15:04:52 2006 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-07-19  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>
+
+	* new-users-guide/edit.texi (Insert): Document bogosity in
+	vendor labeling of DEL key.
+	(Numeric Argument): Remove spurious RETs from keystroke examples.
+	Thanks to Michael C. Wescott <wescott@sc.rr.com>.
+
 2006-07-16  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>
 
 	* xemacs/custom.texi (File Variables):
diff -r 3cd9485272bd -r e43d0da85762 man/new-users-guide/edit.texi
--- a/man/new-users-guide/edit.texi	Tue Jul 18 21:51:03 2006 +0000
+++ b/man/new-users-guide/edit.texi	Wed Jul 19 15:04:52 2006 +0000
@@ -71,10 +71,20 @@
 Therefore, if you type a printing character and then type @key{DEL},
 they cancel out.
 
+  Unfortunately, computer and keyboard manufacturers differ over the
+name of the @key{DEL} key.  This is the key at the far right of the row
+of keys containing the digits, usually immediately above the @kbd{RET}
+key.  It is usually labelled ``Backspace'' or ``Delete'' or some
+abbreviation.  Modern keyboards will often have another key labelled
+``Del'' in the @emph{edit keypad} (along with an ``Ins'' key and perhaps
+some others).  This is not the @kbd{DEL} key referred to here.  It
+usually deletes @emph{forward} in Emacs.
+
 @kindex RET
 @cindex newline
 @findex auto-fill-mode
-   To end a line and start typing a new one, type @key{RET}.  This
+   To end a line and start typing a new one, type @key{RET}.  On some
+keyboards, this key is labelled ``Enter''.  This
 inserts a newline character in the buffer.  If point is in the middle of
 a line, @key{RET} splits the line.  Typing @key{DEL} when the cursor is
 at the beginning of a line rubs out the newline before the line, thus
@@ -241,24 +251,24 @@
 a command to move or act backwards. For example, if you want to move
 down ten lines, type the following:
 @example
-C-u 10 C-n RET
+C-u 10 C-n
 @end example
 @noindent
-After you press @key{RET} key, the cursor will move ten lines
+After you press the @kbd{C-n} key, the cursor will move ten lines
 downward. You can also type:
 @example
-M-10 C-n RET
+M-10 C-n
 @end example
 @noindent
 Both @kbd{C-u} and @kbd{M-} allow you to give numeric arguments. If you
 want to move ten lines backward, you can also give negative arguments, like:
 @example
-C-u -10 C-n RET
+C-u -10 C-n
 @end example
 @noindent
 OR you could also type:
 @example
-M--10 C-n RET
+M--10 C-n
 @end example
 @noindent
 You can obviously use @kbd{C-b} to move backward rather than giving