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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2007-01-02 21:00:44 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2007-01-02 21:00:44 +0000
commit668ef058b81aea2d1dd12f428a83078268240d67 (patch)
tree6f37a2918c781d13332b3467a595d0c5ca036031
parent3a8d6df34603848d7e55ed1834ea508ca40d26df (diff)
(Windows Keyboard): Explain that Windows was incompatible
with Emacs, not vice versa.
-rw-r--r--man/msdog.texi13
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diff --git a/man/msdog.texi b/man/msdog.texi
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--- a/man/msdog.texi
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@@ -334,11 +334,14 @@ directory, whereas @file{.emacs} does not.
keyboard input in Emacs.
@cindex MS-Windows keyboard shortcuts
- Many key combinations (known as ``keyboard shortcuts'') that are in
-widespread use in MS-Windows programs are taken by various Emacs
-features. Examples include @kbd{C-C}, @kbd{C-X}, @kbd{C-Z},
-@kbd{C-A}, and @kbd{W-SPC}. You can get some of them back by turning
-on CUA Mode (@pxref{CUA Bindings}).
+ Many key combinations (known as ``keyboard shortcuts'') that have
+conventional uses in MS-Windows programs conflict with traditional
+Emacs commands. This conflict arose because the designers of Windows
+did not concern themselves with how Emacs used these characters.
+Examples include @kbd{C-c}, @kbd{C-x}, @kbd{C-z}, @kbd{C-a}, and
+@kbd{W-@key{SPC}}. You can redefine some of them with meanings more
+like the MS-Windows meanings by enabling CUA Mode (@pxref{CUA
+Bindings}).
@kindex F10 @r{(MS-Windows)}
@cindex menu bar access using keyboard @r{(MS-Windows)}