[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 333d6f4: More changes in the Emacs manual

[Eli Zaretskii]

branch: emacs-26
commit 333d6f4d99a80f30ae6cd3880b9d9ec38a85691b
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>

    More changes in the Emacs manual
    
    * doc/emacs/search.texi (Regexp Backslash): Say that
    symbol-constituent characters are determined by the syntax table.
    (Lax Search): Fix example of case-insensitive search.  Fix a
    typo.
    (Unconditional Replace): Improve wording.
    (Regexp Replace): More consistent wording.  Reported by Michael
    Albinus <address@hidden> in address@hidden
    
    * doc/emacs/msdos.texi (Windows HOME): Avoid enumerating all the
    Windows versions.  Reported by Isaac Carter
    <address@hidden> in address@hidden
---
 doc/emacs/msdos.texi  |  6 +++---
 doc/emacs/search.texi | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi
index 032e82e..dd368ad 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/msdos.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/msdos.texi
@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@ names, which might cause misalignment of columns in Dired 
display.
   The Windows equivalent of @code{HOME} is the @dfn{user-specific
 application data directory}.  The actual location depends on the
 Windows version; typical values are @file{C:\Documents and
address@hidden Data} on Windows 2000/XP/2K3,
address@hidden:address@hidden on Windows
-Vista/7/2008, and either @file{C:\WINDOWS\Application Data} or
address@hidden Data} on Windows 2000 up to XP,
address@hidden:address@hidden on Windows Vista and
+later, and either @file{C:\WINDOWS\Application Data} or
 @file{C:address@hidden Data} on Windows
 9X/address@hidden  If this directory does not exist or cannot be accessed, 
Emacs
 falls back to @file{C:\} as the default value of @code{HOME}.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/search.texi b/doc/emacs/search.texi
index c0adab4..51a0685 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/search.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/search.texi
@@ -1114,7 +1114,8 @@ matches the empty string, but only at the beginning of a 
symbol.
 A symbol is a sequence of one or more symbol-constituent characters.
 A symbol-constituent character is a character whose syntax is either
 @samp{w} or @samp{_}.  @samp{\_<} matches at the beginning of the
-buffer only if a symbol-constituent character follows.
+buffer only if a symbol-constituent character follows.  As with words,
+the syntax table determines which characters are symbol-constituent.
 
 @item \_>
 matches the empty string, but only at the end of a symbol.  @samp{\_>}
@@ -1214,7 +1215,7 @@ search string matches exactly one space.
   Searches in Emacs by default ignore the case of the text they are
 searching through, if you specify the search string in lower case.
 Thus, if you specify searching for @samp{foo}, then @samp{Foo} and
address@hidden also match.  Regexps, and in particular character sets,
address@hidden also match.  Regexps, and in particular character sets,
 behave likewise: @samp{[ab]} matches @samp{a} or @samp{A} or @samp{b}
 or @samp{B}.  This feature is known as @dfn{case folding}, and it is
 supported in both incremental and non-incremental search modes.
@@ -1226,9 +1227,9 @@ case-sensitive.  Thus, searching for @samp{Foo} does not 
find
 as well as to literal string search.  The effect ceases if you delete
 the upper-case letter from the search string.  The variable
 @code{search-upper-case} controls this: if it is address@hidden (the
-default), an upper-case character in the search string make the search
-case-sensitive; setting it to @code{nil} disables this effect of
-upper-case characters.
+default), an upper-case character in the search string makes the
+search case-sensitive; setting it to @code{nil} disables this effect
+of upper-case characters.
 
 @vindex case-fold-search
   If you set the variable @code{case-fold-search} to @code{nil}, then
@@ -1349,7 +1350,7 @@ activating the mark; use @kbd{C-u address@hidden to move 
back there.
 surrounded by word boundaries.
 
   @xref{Replacement and Lax Matches}, for details about
-case-sensitivity in replace commands.
+case-sensitivity and character folding in replace commands.
 
 @node Regexp Replace
 @subsection Regexp Replacement
@@ -1411,13 +1412,14 @@ symbol name goes with the symbol name, so the value 
replaces them
 both.
 
   Inside such an expression, you can use some special sequences.
address@hidden&} and @address@hidden refer here, as usual, to the entire
-match as a string, and to a submatch as a string.  @var{n} may be
-multiple digits, and the value of @address@hidden is @code{nil} if
-subexpression @var{n} did not match.  You can also use @samp{\#&} and
address@hidden@var{n}} to refer to those matches as numbers (this is valid
-when the match or submatch has the form of a numeral).  @samp{\#} here
-too stands for the number of already-completed replacements.
address@hidden&} and @address@hidden refer here, as usual, to the entire
+match as a string, and to a submatch as a string.  @var{d} may be
+multiple digits, and the value of @address@hidden is @code{nil} if the
address@hidden'th parenthesized grouping did not match.  You can also use
address@hidden&} and @address@hidden to refer to those matches as numbers
+(this is valid when the match or submatch has the form of a numeral).
address@hidden here too stands for the number of already-completed
+replacements.
 
   Repeating our example to exchange @samp{x} and @samp{y}, we can thus
 do it also this way: