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INFO-DIR-SECTION XEmacs Editor
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
kill-backwards <RET>' doesn't reveal any commands, don't give up. Try
just `kill', or just `backwards', or just `back'. Be persistent.
Pretend you are playing Adventure. Also note that you can use a
-regular expression as the argument (*note Regexps::.).
+regular expression as the argument (*note Regexps::).
Here is a set of arguments to give to `C-h a' that covers many
classes of Emacs commands, since there are strong conventions for naming
present information about the current Emacs mode that is not covered by
`C-h m'. `C-h b' displays a list of all key bindings currently in
effect, with the local bindings of the current major mode first,
-followed by the global bindings (*note Key Bindings::.). `C-h s'
+followed by the global bindings (*note Key Bindings::). `C-h s'
displays the contents of the syntax table with explanations of each
-character's syntax (*note Syntax::.).
+character's syntax (*note Syntax::).
The other `C-h' options display various files of useful information.
`C-h C-w' (`describe-no-warranty') displays details on the complete
Once you have created an active region, you can do many things to
the text in it:
- * Kill it with `C-w' (*note Killing::.).
+ * Kill it with `C-w' (*note Killing::).
- * Save it in a register with `C-x r s' (*note Registers::.).
+ * Save it in a register with `C-x r s' (*note Registers::).
- * Save it in a buffer or a file (*note Accumulating Text::.).
+ * Save it in a buffer or a file (*note Accumulating Text::).
* Convert case with `C-x C-l' or `C-x C-u'
- (*note Case::.).
+ (*note Case::).
* Evaluate it as Lisp code with `M-x eval-region' (*note Lisp
- Eval::.).
+ Eval::).
- * Fill it as text with `M-q' (*note Filling::.).
+ * Fill it as text with `M-q' (*note Filling::).
- * Print hardcopy with `M-x print-region' (*note Hardcopy::.).
+ * Print hardcopy with `M-x print-region' (*note Hardcopy::).
- * Indent it with `C-x <TAB>' or `C-M-\' (*note Indentation::.).
+ * Indent it with `C-x <TAB>' or `C-M-\' (*note Indentation::).
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thus delimit an object in the buffer. `M-h' (`mark-paragraph') moves
point to the beginning of the paragraph that surrounds or follows
point, and puts the mark at the end of that paragraph (*note
-Paragraphs::.). You can then indent, case-convert, or kill the whole
+Paragraphs::). You can then indent, case-convert, or kill the whole
paragraph. In the same fashion, `C-M-h' (`mark-defun') puts point
before and the mark after the current or following defun (*note
-Defuns::.). `C-x C-p' (`mark-page') puts point before the current page
+Defuns::). `C-x C-p' (`mark-page') puts point before the current page
(or the next or previous, depending on the argument), and mark at the
-end (*note Pages::.). The mark goes after the terminating page
+end (*note Pages::). The mark goes after the terminating page
delimiter (to include it), while point goes after the preceding page
delimiter (to exclude it). Finally, `C-x h' (`mark-whole-buffer') sets
up the entire buffer as the region by putting point at the beginning
The selected region of text is highlighted.
Once a region of text is selected, it becomes the primary X selection
-(*note Using X Selections::.) as well as the Emacs selected region. You
+(*note Using X Selections::) as well as the Emacs selected region. You
can paste it into other X applications and use the options from the
Edit pull-down menu on it. Since it is also the Emacs region, you can
use Emacs region commands on it.
The commands' names and individual descriptions use the words `kill'
and `delete' to indicate what they do. If you perform a kill or delete
command by mistake, use the `C-x u' (`undo') command to undo it (*note
-Undo::.). The delete commands include `C-d' (`delete-char') and <DEL>
+Undo::). The delete commands include `C-d' (`delete-char') and <DEL>
(`delete-backward-char'), which delete only one character at a time,
and those commands that delete only spaces or newlines. Commands that
can destroy significant amounts of nontrivial data usually kill.
search backward and kill text before point.
Other syntactic units can be killed: words, with `M-<DEL>' and `M-d'
-(*note Words::.); sexps, with `C-M-k' (*note Lists::.); and sentences,
-with `C-x <DEL>' and `M-k' (*note Sentences::.).
+(*note Words::); sexps, with `C-M-k' (*note Lists::); and sentences,
+with `C-x <DEL>' and `M-k' (*note Sentences::).
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