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authorStefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>2024-07-03 02:02:31 +0200
committerStefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>2024-07-03 02:08:19 +0200
commitf39cf0beb74c092f8b6095f620ce8ea0680c5432 (patch)
treecadd0fdd0fad5b811aa4259691134292fa6d9bec
parentd64396b8e427e883c47754b133d56cace1219f97 (diff)
Focus more on MS-Windows than MS-DOS in FAQ
* doc/misc/efaq.texi (Editing Windows files): Rename section from "Editing MS-DOS files", and update the text to focus on Windows. * doc/misc/efaq.texi (Colors on a TTY) (Emacs does not display 8-bit characters): Mention MS-Windows before MS-DOS.
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/efaq.texi b/doc/misc/efaq.texi
index 93b3d48f6f1..f56888aac3f 100644
--- a/doc/misc/efaq.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/efaq.texi
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ is better to write ``Emacs and XEmacs.''
* Deleting menus and menu options::
* Turning on syntax highlighting::
* Scrolling only one line::
-* Editing MS-DOS files::
+* Editing Windows files::
* Filling paragraphs with a single space::
* Escape sequences in shell output::
* Start Emacs maximized::
@@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ customize, with completion.
Colors and faces are supported in non-windowed mode, i.e., on Unix and
GNU/Linux text-only terminals and consoles, and when invoked as
-@samp{emacs -nw} on X, MS-DOS and MS-Windows. Emacs automatically
+@samp{emacs -nw} on X, MS-Windows and MS-DOS. Emacs automatically
detects color support at startup and uses it if available. If you
think that your terminal supports colors, but Emacs won't use them,
check the @code{termcap} entry for your display type for color-related
@@ -3162,22 +3162,22 @@ Alternatively, use the following Lisp form in your init file
(setq scroll-conservatively most-positive-fixnum)
@end lisp
-@node Editing MS-DOS files
-@section How can I edit MS-DOS files using Emacs?
-@cindex Editing MS-DOS files
-@cindex MS-DOS files, editing
+@node Editing Windows files
+@section How can I edit Windows files using Emacs?
@cindex Microsoft files, editing
@cindex Windows files, editing
+@cindex Editing MS-DOS files
+@cindex MS-DOS files, editing
-Detection and handling of MS-DOS (and Windows) files is performed
-transparently. You can open MS-DOS files on a Unix system, edit it,
+Detection and handling of Windows (and MS-DOS) files is performed
+transparently. You can open Windows files on a Unix system, edit it,
and save it without having to worry about the file format.
-When editing an MS-DOS style file, the mode line will indicate that it
-is a DOS file. On Unix and GNU/Linux systems, and also on a Macintosh,
-the string @samp{(DOS)} will appear near the left edge of the mode line;
-on DOS and Windows, where the DOS end-of-line (EOL) format is the
-default, a backslash (@samp{\}) will appear in the mode line.
+When editing a Windows style file, the mode line will indicate that it
+is a Windows file. On GNU/Linux, Unix and macOS systems, the string
+@samp{(DOS)} will appear near the left edge of the mode line; on Windows
+and MS-DOS, where the DOS end-of-line (EOL) format is the default, a
+backslash (@samp{\}) will appear in the mode line.
@node Filling paragraphs with a single space
@section How can I tell Emacs to fill paragraphs with a single space after each period?
@@ -4540,7 +4540,7 @@ 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-@acronym{ASCII} characters will display as @samp{?}. On other operating
-systems, such as MS-DOS and MS-Windows, Emacs queries the OS about the
+systems, such as MS-Windows and MS-DOS, Emacs queries the OS about the
character set supported by the display, and sets up the required
terminal coding system automatically.