X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=mudman.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=md%2Flanguage.md;h=78c594c2c5724e9253b7d51cecd81b98a64777d6;hp=e0aa736ead31cbae029c8919bcd5436fee49506d;hb=0e52860b05932590b9ed5f5b5b19061b8058a110;hpb=7c05a5cbcf82208e7144f27a8b72e5cd6177d7bd diff --git a/md/language.md b/md/language.md index e0aa736..78c594c 100644 --- a/md/language.md +++ b/md/language.md @@ -231,9 +231,8 @@ except that, if your terminal is a "display" terminal (for example, IMLAC, ARDS, Datapoint), it firsts clears the screen. Typing `^G` (`CTRL`+`G`) causes Muddle to stop whatever it is doing -and act as if an error had occurred ([section -1.4](#14-errors-simple-considerations-1)). `^G` is generally most -useful for temporary interruptions to check the progress of a +and act as if an error had occurred (section 1.4). `^G` is generally +most useful for temporary interruptions to check the progress of a computation. `^G` is "reversible" -- that is, it does not destroy any of the "state" of the computation it interrupts. To "undo" a `^G`, type the characters @@ -243,11 +242,11 @@ type the characters (This is discussed more fully far below, in section 16.4.) Typing `^S` (`CTRL`+`S`) causes Muddle to **throw away** what it is -currently doing and return a normal "listening" state. (In the Tenex -and Tops-20 versions, `^O` also should have the same effect.) `^S` is -generally most useful for aborting infinite loops and similar terrible -things. `^S` **destroys** whatever is going on, and so it is **not** -reversible. +currently doing and return to a normal "listening" state. (In the +Tenex and Tops-20 versions, `^O` also should have the same effect.) +`^S` is generally most useful for aborting infinite loops and similar +terrible things. `^S` **destroys** whatever is going on, and so it is +**not** reversible. Most expressions in Muddle include "brackets" (generically meant) that must be correctly paired and nested. If you end your typing with the