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are in Emacs. The meanings of `C-z' and `C-x C-c' as keys in Emacs were
inspired by the standard Berkeley Unix meanings of `C-z' and `C-c', but
that is their only relationship with Unix. You could customize these
-keys to do anything (*note Keymaps::.).
+keys to do anything (*note Keymaps::).
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`-debug-paths'
Displays information on how XEmacs constructs the various paths
- into its hierarchy on startup. (See also *note Startup Paths::..)
+ into its hierarchy on startup. (See also *note Startup Paths::.)
`-unmapped'
Do not map the initial frame. This is useful if you want to start
xemacs *.c
passes each `.c' file as a separate argument to Emacs, so that Emacs
-visits each file (*note Visiting::.).
+visits each file (*note Visiting::).
Here is an advanced example that assumes you have a Lisp program file
called `hack-c-program.el' which, when loaded, performs some useful
tarball.
If XEmacs runs with the `-debug-paths' option (*note Command
-Switches::.), it will print the values of these variables, hopefully
+Switches::), it will print the values of these variables, hopefully
aiding in debugging any problems which come up.
`lisp-directory'
To insert printing characters into the text you are editing, just
type them. This inserts the characters into the buffer at the cursor
-(that is, at "point"; *note Point::.). The cursor moves forward. Any
+(that is, at "point"; *note Point::). The cursor moves forward. Any
characters after the cursor move forward too. If the text in the buffer
is `FOOBAR', with the cursor before the `B', and you type `XX', the
result is `FOOXXBAR', with the cursor still before the `B'.
with the specified character code.
A numeric argument to `C-q' specifies how many copies of the quoted
-character should be inserted (*note Arguments::.).
+character should be inserted (*note Arguments::).
If you prefer to have text characters replace (overwrite) existing
text instead of moving it to the right, you can enable Overwrite mode, a
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To do more than insert characters, you have to know how to move point
-(*note Point::.). Here are a few of the available commands.
+(*note Point::). Here are a few of the available commands.
NOTE: Many of the following commands have two versions, one that uses
the function keys (e.g. <LEFT> or <END>) and one that doesn't. The
The file name is given as an "argument" to the command `C-x C-f'
(`find-file'). The command uses the "minibuffer" to read the argument.
-You have to type <RET> to terminate the argument (*note Minibuffer::.).
+You have to type <RET> to terminate the argument (*note Minibuffer::).
You can also use the Open... menu item from the File menu, then type
the name of the file to the prompt.
save the buffer with `C-x C-s', or by choosing Save Buffer from the
File menu, the file is created.
- To learn more about using files, *note Files::..
+ To learn more about using files, *note Files::.
Help
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curved arrow at the extreme right margin of all but the last line. The
curved arrow indicates that the following screen line is not really a
distinct line in the text, but just the "continuation" of a line too
-long to fit the frame. You can use Auto Fill mode (*note Filling::.)
-to have Emacs insert newlines automatically when a line gets too long.
+long to fit the frame. You can use Auto Fill mode (*note Filling::) to
+have Emacs insert newlines automatically when a line gets too long.
Instead of continuation, long lines can be displayed by "truncation".
This means that all the characters that do not fit in the width of the
To turn off continuation for a particular buffer, set the variable
`truncate-lines' to non-`nil' in that buffer. Truncation instead of
continuation also happens whenever horizontal scrolling is in use, and
-optionally whenever side-by-side windows are in use (*note Windows::.).
+optionally whenever side-by-side windows are in use (*note Windows::).
Altering the value of `truncate-lines' makes it local to the current
buffer; until that time, the default value is in effect. The default
is initially `nil'. *Note Locals::.
current page.
* `M-=' (`count-lines-region') prints the number of lines in the
- region (*note Mark::.).
+ region (*note Mark::).
The command `C-x =' (`what-cursor-position') provides information
about point and about the column the cursor is in. It prints a line in
`..'; thus, if you type `../lisp/simple.el', the file that you visit
will be the one named
`/u2/emacs/lisp/simple.el'. Alternatively, you can use `M-<DEL>' to
-kill directory names you don't want (*note Words::.).
+kill directory names you don't want (*note Words::).
You can also type an absolute file name, one starting with a slash
or a tilde, ignoring the default directory. For example, to find the
projects / chise / xemacs-chise.git.1 / blobdiff