Improve documentation of <Delete> in user manual
* doc/emacs/basic.texi (Erasing): Document that <Delete> deletes entire grapheme clusters.
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@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ Delete the character before point, or the region if it is active
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(@code{delete-backward-char}).
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@item @key{Delete}
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Delete the character after point, or the region if it is active
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(@code{delete-forward-char}).
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Delete the character or grapheme cluster after point, or the region if
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it is active (@code{delete-forward-char}).
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@item C-d
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Delete the character after point (@code{delete-char}).
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@ -438,11 +438,18 @@ with the @key{Delete} key; we will discuss @key{Delete} momentarily.)
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On some text terminals, Emacs may not recognize the @key{DEL} key
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properly. @xref{DEL Does Not Delete}, if you encounter this problem.
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@cindex grapheme cluster, deletion
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@cindex delete entire grapheme cluster
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The @key{Delete} (@code{delete-forward-char}) command deletes in the
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opposite direction: it deletes the character after point, i.e., the
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character under the cursor. If point was at the end of a line, this
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joins the following line onto this one. Like @kbd{@key{DEL}}, it
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deletes the text in the region if the region is active (@pxref{Mark}).
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If the character after point is composed with following characters and
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displayed as a single display unit, a so-called @dfn{grapheme cluster}
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representing the entire sequence, @key{Delete} deletes the entire
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sequence in one go. This is in contrast to @key{DEL} which always
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deletes a single character, even if the character is composed.
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@kbd{C-d} (@code{delete-char}) deletes the character after point,
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similar to @key{Delete}, but regardless of whether the region is
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