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@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990-1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2015 Free Software
+@c Copyright (C) 1990-1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2016 Free Software
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@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@node Command Loop
of @code{describe-function} will include similar information.
The value of the property can be: a string, which the byte-compiler
will use directly in its warning (it should end with a period, and not
-start with a capital, e.g., ``use @dots{} instead.''); @code{t}; any
+start with a capital, e.g., @code{"use (system-name) instead."}); @code{t}; any
other symbol, which should be an alternative function to use in Lisp
code.
The prompt string can use @samp{%} to include previous argument values
(starting with the first argument) in the prompt. This is done using
-@code{format} (@pxref{Formatting Strings}). For example, here is how
+@code{format-message} (@pxref{Formatting Strings}). For example, here is how
you could read the name of an existing buffer followed by a new name to
give to that buffer:
single-click command has already run. It must produce the desired
results of a double click, starting from the results of a single click.
-This is convenient, if the meaning of a double click somehow ``builds
-on'' the meaning of a single click---which is recommended user interface
+This is convenient, if the meaning of a double click somehow builds
+on the meaning of a single click---which is recommended user interface
design practice for double clicks.
If you click a button, then press it down again and start moving the
button and modifier keys. The information about the window part is kept
elsewhere in the event---in the coordinates. But
@code{read-key-sequence} translates this information into imaginary
-``prefix keys'', all of which are symbols: @code{header-line},
+prefix keys, all of which are symbols: @code{header-line},
@code{horizontal-scroll-bar}, @code{menu-bar}, @code{mode-line},
@code{vertical-line}, and @code{vertical-scroll-bar}. You can define
meanings for mouse clicks in special window parts by defining key
account, use the function @code{read-key}:
@defun read-key &optional prompt
-This function reads a single key. It is ``intermediate'' between
+This function reads a single key. It is intermediate between
@code{read-key-sequence} and @code{read-event}. Unlike the former, it
reads a single key, not a key sequence. Unlike the latter, it does
not return a raw event, but decodes and translates the user input
Thus, setting @code{extra-keyboard-modifiers} to zero cancels any
modification.
-When using a window system, the program can ``press'' any of the
+When using a window system, the program can press any of the
modifier keys in this way. Otherwise, only the @key{CTL} and @key{META}
keys can be virtually pressed.
@node Event Input Misc
@subsection Miscellaneous Event Input Features
-This section describes how to ``peek ahead'' at events without using
+This section describes how to peek ahead at events without using
them up, how to check for pending input, and how to discard pending
input. See also the function @code{read-passwd} (@pxref{Reading a
Password}).
binding is unwound at the end of a @code{let} form. At that time, if
@code{quit-flag} is still non-@code{nil}, the requested quit happens
immediately. This behavior is ideal when you wish to make sure that
-quitting does not happen within a ``critical section'' of the program.
+quitting does not happen within a critical section of the program.
@cindex @code{read-quoted-char} quitting
In some functions (such as @code{read-quoted-char}), @kbd{C-g} is
change the major mode of the current buffer temporarily to a special
major mode, which should have a command to go back to the previous mode.
(The @kbd{e} command in Rmail uses this technique.) Or, if you wish to
-give the user different text to edit ``recursively'', create and select
+give the user different text to edit recursively, create and select
a new buffer in a special mode. In this mode, define a command to
complete the processing and go back to the previous buffer. (The
@kbd{m} command in Rmail does this.)