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 Notation            Means
 ========            =====
 BS                  Backspace key
 CTL or C- or ^      Control key
 DEL                 Delete key
 ESC                 Escape key
 LFD                 Linefeed
 META or M-          Meta key
 RET                 Return or Enter key
 SFT                 Shift key
 SPC                 Space key
 TAB                 Tab key
 ^X                  Press CTL and then, while holding down CTL, press
                     the X key.  Often the the lower case letter will
                     also work so you can use either ^x and ^X.
 TextDescription     appropriate text
 <Text Description>  appropriate text (without the angle brackets)
 <Mode Description>  mode you should be in
 `text' or ``text''  text (without the smart quotes)
 "text"              "text" (including the double quotes)
 'text'              'text' (including the single quotes)
 `text`              `text` (including the back quotes)
 #                   What follows is a comment
 ###                 What follows is commented out code you might want
                     to use by removing the three pound signs
 ~ or $HOME          Your home directory


SEE ALSO: Section 9.0 "Glossary"



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