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Improve documentation of case-conversion commands

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* doc/emacs/text.texi (Case): Include the commands with negative
arguments.  (Bug#71220)
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Eli Zaretskii 2024-05-28 15:39:13 +03:00
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@ -839,10 +839,17 @@ range of text to upper case or to lower case.
@table @kbd @table @kbd
@item M-l @item M-l
Convert following word to lower case (@code{downcase-word}). Convert following word to lower case (@code{downcase-word}).
@item M-- M-l
Convert previous/last word to lower case. Note: @kbd{Meta--} is
Meta-minus.
@item M-u @item M-u
Convert following word to upper case (@code{upcase-word}). Convert following word to upper case (@code{upcase-word}).
@item M-- M-u
Convert previous/last last word to all upper case.
@item M-c @item M-c
Capitalize the following word (@code{capitalize-word}). Capitalize the following word (@code{capitalize-word}).
@item M-- M-c
Convert previous/last last word to lower case with capital initial.
@item C-x C-l @item C-x C-l
Convert region to lower case (@code{downcase-region}). Convert region to lower case (@code{downcase-region}).
@item C-x C-u @item C-x C-u
@ -869,10 +876,11 @@ from all upper case to mixed case, because you can move through the
text using @kbd{M-l}, @kbd{M-u} or @kbd{M-c} on each word as text using @kbd{M-l}, @kbd{M-u} or @kbd{M-c} on each word as
appropriate, occasionally using @kbd{M-f} instead to skip a word. appropriate, occasionally using @kbd{M-f} instead to skip a word.
When given a negative argument, the word case conversion commands apply When given a negative argument, as in @w{@kbd{C-u - 5 M-c}}, the
to the appropriate number of words before point, but do not move point. word case-conversion commands apply to the appropriate number of words
This is convenient when you have just typed a word in the wrong case: you before point, but do not move point. This is convenient when you have
can give the case conversion command and continue typing. just typed a word in the wrong case: you can give the case conversion
command, like @kbd{M-- M-u}, and continue typing.
If a word case conversion command is given in the middle of a word, If a word case conversion command is given in the middle of a word,
it applies only to the part of the word which follows point. (This is it applies only to the part of the word which follows point. (This is