@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003,
+@c 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@node Registers, Display, Rectangles, Top
@chapter Registers
register once, or many times.
@findex view-register
- Each register has a name, which consists of a single character.
-A register can
-store a piece of text, a rectangle, a position, a window configuration,
-or a file name, but only one thing at any given time. Whatever you
-store in a register remains there until you store something else in that
-register. To see what a register @var{r} contains, use @kbd{M-x
-view-register}.
+ Each register has a name, which consists of a single character. A
+register can store a number, a piece of text, a rectangle, a position,
+a window configuration, or a file name, but only one thing at any
+given time. Whatever you store in a register remains there until you
+store something else in that register. To see what a register @var{r}
+contains, use @kbd{M-x view-register}.
@table @kbd
@item M-x view-register @key{RET} @var{r}
* Text: RegText. Saving text in registers.
* Rectangle: RegRect. Saving rectangles in registers.
* Configurations: RegConfig. Saving window configurations in registers.
-* Files: RegFiles. File names in registers.
* Numbers: RegNumbers. Numbers in registers.
+* Files: RegFiles. File names in registers.
* Bookmarks:: Bookmarks are like registers, but persistent.
@end menu
@findex increment-register
Increment the number in register @var{r} by @var{number}
(@code{increment-register}).
-@item C-x r g @var{r}
+@item C-x r i @var{r}
Insert the number from register @var{r} into the buffer.
@end table
- @kbd{C-x r g} is the same command used to insert any other sort of
+ @kbd{C-x r i} is the same command used to insert any other sort of
register contents into the buffer. @kbd{C-x r +} with no numeric
argument increments the register value by 1; @kbd{C-x r n} with no
numeric argument stores zero in the register.
Insert in the buffer the @emph{contents} of the file that bookmark
@var{bookmark} points to.
@end table
+
+@ignore
+ arch-tag: b00af991-ebc3-4b3a-8e82-a3ac81ff2e64
+@end ignore