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Another minor change in the manual

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* doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): Add popular Latin
abbreviations, such as "e.g.".
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@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ right away when you press down on a mouse button. @xref{Mouse Buttons}.
@item Byte Compilation
@xref{Glossary---Compilation}.
@item c.f.
@itemx cf.
Short for ``confer'' in Latin, which means ``compare with'' or
``compare to''.
@anchor{Glossary---C-}
@item @kbd{C-}
@kbd{C-} in the name of a character is an abbreviation for Control.
@ -440,6 +445,9 @@ tell it to. @xref{Bugs}.
@c TODO? Not really appropriate for the user manual I think.
@c Dynamic Binding
@item e.g.
Short for ``exempli gratia'' in Latin, which means ``for example''.
@item Echo Area
The echo area is the bottom line of the screen, used for echoing the
arguments to commands, for asking questions, and showing brief messages
@ -499,6 +507,9 @@ like the @key{SHIFT} key, is held down while another character is
typed), you press the @key{ESC} key as you would press a letter key, and
it applies to the next character you type.
@item etc.
Short for ``et cetera'' in Latin, which means ``and so on''.
@item Expression
@xref{Glossary---Balanced Expression}.
@ -709,6 +720,9 @@ have. To make a character Hyper, type it while holding down the
@key{Hyper} key. Such characters are given names that start with
@kbd{Hyper-} (usually written @kbd{H-} for short). @xref{User Input}.
@item i.e.
Short for ``id est'' in Latin, which means ``that is''.
@item Iff
``Iff'' means ``if and only if''. This terminology comes from
mathematics. Try to avoid using this term in documentation, since
@ -1082,6 +1096,9 @@ read an argument (@pxref{Minibuffer}); the echoing that happens when
you pause in the middle of typing a multi-character key sequence is also
a kind of prompting (@pxref{Echo Area}).
@item q.v.
Short for ``quod vide'' in Latin, which means ``which see''.
@item Query-Replace
Query-replace is an interactive string replacement feature provided by
Emacs. @xref{Query Replace}.