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+ − 1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
+ − 2 @setfilename ../../info/new-users-guide.info
+ − 3 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
+ − 4
+ − 5
+ − 6 @ifinfo
+ − 7 @dircategory XEmacs Editor
+ − 8 @direntry
+ − 9 * Intro: (new-users-guide). Introduction to the XEmacs Editor.
+ − 10 @end direntry
+ − 11
+ − 12 This manual serves as an introduction to the XEmacs editor.
+ − 13
+ − 14 Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1988 Richard M. Stallman.
+ − 15 Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Lucid, Inc.
+ − 16 Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ − 17
+ − 18 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
+ − 19 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
+ − 20 are preserved on all copies.
+ − 21
+ − 22 @ignore
+ − 23 Permission is granted to process this file through TeX and print the
+ − 24 results, provided the printed document carries copying permission
+ − 25 notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
+ − 26 (this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
+ − 27
+ − 28 @end ignore
+ − 29 @end ifinfo
+ − 30 @c
+ − 31 @setchapternewpage odd
+ − 32 @settitle Getting Started With XEmacs
+ − 33 @c
+ − 34 @titlepage
+ − 35 @sp 6
+ − 36 @center @titlefont{Getting Started With XEmacs}
+ − 37 @sp 4
+ − 38 @sp 1
+ − 39 @sp 1
+ − 40 @center July 1994
+ − 41 @center (General Public License upgraded, January 1991)
+ − 42 @sp 5
+ − 43 @center Richard Stallman
+ − 44 @sp 1
+ − 45 @center and
+ − 46 @sp 1
+ − 47 @center Rashmi Goyal
+ − 48 @page
+ − 49 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
+ − 50 Copyright @copyright{} 1985, 1986, 1988 Richard M. Stallman.
+ − 51
+ − 52 Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Lucid, Inc.
+ − 53
+ − 54 Copyright @copyright{} 1993, 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ − 55
+ − 56 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
+ − 57 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
+ − 58 are preserved on all copies.
+ − 59 @end titlepage
+ − 60 @page
+ − 61 @ifinfo
+ − 62 @node Top, Intro, (dir), (dir)
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+ − 63 @top The Emacs Editor
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+ − 64
+ − 65
+ − 66 Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time
+ − 67 display editor. This Info file will help you get started on using
+ − 68 XEmacs. It corresponds to XEmacs version 19.13.
+ − 69
+ − 70 @end ifinfo
+ − 71
+ − 72 @iftex
+ − 73 @unnumbered Preface
+ − 74
+ − 75 This guide is intended to help you get started on using the
+ − 76 Emacs editor. It will show you some examples of simple customizations.
+ − 77
+ − 78 For detailed information on any topic, refer to the @b{XEmacs
+ − 79 User's Manual}. This document will also refer the reader to the
+ − 80 @b{XEmacs User's Manual} for more information on corresponding
+ − 81 topics. You can also use the on-line, learn-by-doing tutorial, which you
+ − 82 get by running Emacs and typing @kbd{C-h t} OR you can choose the
+ − 83 @b{Emacs Tutorial} from the @b{Help} menu on the menu bar (which is
+ − 84 located on the extreme right of the frame). With it, you learn Emacs by
+ − 85 using Emacs on a specially designed file which describes commands, tells
+ − 86 you when to try them, and then explains the results you see.
+ − 87
+ − 88 The first few chapters will introduce you to some basic Emacs commands.
+ − 89 Later on, some examples of simple customizations will be shown.
+ − 90
+ − 91 To find the documentation on a particular command, look in the index.
+ − 92 Keys (character commands) and command names have separate indexes. There
+ − 93 is also a glossary, with a cross reference for each term.
+ − 94
+ − 95 This manual comes in two forms: the published form and the Info form.
+ − 96 The Info form is for on-line perusal with the INFO program; it is
+ − 97 distributed along with XEmacs. Both forms contain substantially the
+ − 98 same text and are generated from a common source file, which is also
+ − 99 distributed along with XEmacs.
+ − 100
+ − 101 @end iftex
+ − 102
+ − 103
+ − 104 @c node
+ − 105
+ − 106 @menu
+ − 107 * Intro:: Introduction to XEmacs editor
+ − 108
+ − 109 Indices, nodes containing large menus
+ − 110 * Key Index:: An item for each standard Emacs key sequence.
+ − 111 * Command Index:: An item for each command and function name
+ − 112 * Variable Index:: An item for each variable in User-Guide
+ − 113 * Concept Index:: An item for the concepts introduced
+ − 114
+ − 115 Entering, Exiting and Editing Emacs
+ − 116 * Entering:: Starting Emacs from the shell and Exiting
+ − 117 * Windows and Menus:: Description of Pull-down menus
+ − 118 * Edit:: Basic Editing commands
+ − 119
+ − 120 Other Features of XEmacs
+ − 121 * Customization Basics:: Customize Emacs menus and keybindings
+ − 122 * Help:: Help menu and other help commands
+ − 123 * Modes:: Major and Minor modes in XEmacs
+ − 124 * Files:: Visiting, Saving and Listing Files
+ − 125 * Other Customizations:: Customizing Variables, Modes, etc
+ − 126 * Select and Move:: Selecting text and moving text
+ − 127 * Search and Replace:: Searching and Replacing text
+ − 128
+ − 129
+ − 130
+ − 131 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
+ − 132
+ − 133 Entering and Exiting Emacs
+ − 134
+ − 135 * Enter:: Entering Emacs from the shell
+ − 136 * Frame:: Basic information about the XEmacs Frame
+ − 137 * Exiting:: Exiting Emacs
+ − 138 * Mode Line:: Interpreting the mode line.
+ − 139 * Echo Area:: Bottom of the frame where you interact
+ − 140 with Emacs.
+ − 141
+ − 142 XEmacs Windows and Menus
+ − 143
+ − 144 * XEmacs Window:: Manipulating XEmacs Windows
+ − 145 * Pull-down Menus:: Description of XEmacs Pull-down Menus
+ − 146
+ − 147 Pull-down menus
+ − 148
+ − 149 * File menu:: Items on the File Menu
+ − 150 * Edit menu:: Items on the Edit Menu
+ − 151 * Options Menu:: Items on the Options Menu
+ − 152 * Buffers Menu:: Items on the Buffers Menu
+ − 153 * Help menu:: The Help Menu at the extreme right on
+ − 154 the frame
+ − 155
+ − 156 Basic Editing Commands
+ − 157
+ − 158 * Insert:: Insert text in Emacs by simply typing at
+ − 159 the cursor position.
+ − 160 * Cursor Position:: Moving Around the cursor in the buffer,
+ − 161 * Erase:: Different commands for erasing text
+ − 162 * Numeric Argument:: Giving Numeric Arguments to commands
+ − 163 * Undo:: Undoing Changes made by mistake
+ − 164
+ − 165 Customize key bindings and menus
+ − 166
+ − 167 * Customizing key Bindings:: Changing Key Bindings
+ − 168 * Customizing Menus:: Adding, Deleting, Enabling and Disabling Menus
+ − 169
+ − 170 Help
+ − 171
+ − 172 * The Help Menu:: Items on the Help Menu
+ − 173
+ − 174 Major and Minor Modes
+ − 175
+ − 176 * Major Modes:: Choosing Major Modes
+ − 177 * Minor Modes:: Auto-Fill, Abbrev and other minor modes
+ − 178
+ − 179 Emacs Files
+ − 180
+ − 181 * File Names:: How to type and edit file name arguments.
+ − 182 * Visiting:: Visiting a file prepares Emacs to edit the file.
+ − 183 * Saving Files:: How to save Emacs files.
+ − 184
+ − 185 Other Customizations
+ − 186
+ − 187 * Setting Variables:: Customizing Emacs variables
+ − 188 * Init File:: Some examples of Lisp expressions in
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+ − 189 init.el file
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+ − 190
+ − 191 Selecting and Moving Text
+ − 192
+ − 193 * Selecting Text:: Select a region of text by setting the Mark
+ − 194 * Mouse:: Selecting Text with Mouse
+ − 195 * Region Operation:: Various ways to operate on a selected text
+ − 196 * Moving Text:: Moving Text
+ − 197 * Accumulating text:: Accumulating Text from several buffers
+ − 198
+ − 199 No sub menu for the node search and replace
+ − 200 @end menu
+ − 201
+ − 202 @node Intro,Key Index ,Top , Top
+ − 203 @unnumbered Introduction
+ − 204
+ − 205 You are reading about XEmacs which is a self-documenting, customizable, extensible real-time display editor.
+ − 206
+ − 207 XEmacs is a @dfn{display} editor because normally the text
+ − 208 being edited is visible on the screen and is updated automatically as you
+ − 209 type. @xref{Frame,Display,,xemacs,XEmacs User's Manual}.
+ − 210
+ − 211 It is a @dfn{real-time} editor because the display is updated very
+ − 212 frequently, usually after each character or pair of characters you type.
+ − 213 This minimizes the amount of information you must keep in your head as
+ − 214 you edit. @xref{Basic,Real-time,Basic Editing,xemacs,XEmacs User's
+ − 215 Manual}.
+ − 216
+ − 217 It is advanced because it provides facilities that go beyond
+ − 218 simple insertion and deletion: filling of text; automatic indentation of
+ − 219 programs; viewing two or more files at once; and dealing in terms of
+ − 220 characters, words, lines, sentences, paragraphs, and pages, as well as
+ − 221 expressions and comments in several different programming languages. It is
+ − 222 much easier to type one command meaning ``go to the end of the paragraph''
+ − 223 than to find that spot with simple cursor keys.
+ − 224
+ − 225 @dfn{Self-documenting} means that at any time you can type a special
+ − 226 character, @kbd{Control-h}, to find out what your options are. You can
+ − 227 also use @kbd{C-h} to find out what a command does, or to find all the
+ − 228 commands relevant to a topic. @xref{Help,,,xemacs,XEmacs User's Manual}.
+ − 229
+ − 230 @dfn{Customizable} means you can change the definitions of Emacs
+ − 231 commands. For example, if you use a programming language in which
+ − 232 comments start with @samp{<**} and end with @samp{**>}, you can tell the
+ − 233 Emacs comment manipulation commands to use those strings
+ − 234 (@pxref{Comments,,,xemacs,XEmacs User's Manual}). Another sort of
+ − 235 customization is rearrangement of the command set. For example, you can
+ − 236 set up the four basic cursor motion commands (up, down, left and right)
+ − 237 on keys in a diamond pattern on the keyboard if you prefer.
+ − 238 @xref{Customization,,,xemacs,XEmacs User's Manual}.
+ − 239
+ − 240 @dfn{Extensible} means you can go beyond simple customization and
+ − 241 write entirely new commands, programs in the Lisp language to be run by
+ − 242 Emacs's own Lisp interpreter. Emacs is an ``on-line extensible''
+ − 243 system: it is divided into many functions that call each other. You can
+ − 244 redefine any function in the middle of an editing session and replace
+ − 245 any part of Emacs without making a separate copy of all of Emacs. Most
+ − 246 of the editing commands of Emacs are written in Lisp; the few
+ − 247 exceptions could have been written in Lisp but are written in C for
+ − 248 efficiency. Only a programmer can write an extension to Emacs, but anybody
+ − 249 can use it afterward.
+ − 250
+ − 251 @include enter.texi
+ − 252 @include xmenu.texi
+ − 253 @include edit.texi
+ − 254 @include custom1.texi
+ − 255 @include help.texi
+ − 256 @include modes.texi
+ − 257 @include files.texi
+ − 258 @include custom2.texi
+ − 259 @include region.texi
+ − 260 @include search.texi
+ − 261
+ − 262 @node Key Index, Command Index, Intro, Top
+ − 263 @unnumbered Key (Character) Index
+ − 264 @printindex ky
+ − 265
+ − 266 @node Command Index, Variable Index, Key Index, Top
+ − 267 @unnumbered Command and Function Index
+ − 268 @printindex fn
+ − 269
+ − 270 @node Variable Index, Concept Index, Command Index, Top
+ − 271 @unnumbered Variable Index
+ − 272 @printindex vr
+ − 273
+ − 274 @node Concept Index, Entering, Variable Index, Top
+ − 275 @unnumbered Concept Index
+ − 276 @printindex cp
+ − 277
+ − 278 @summarycontents
+ − 279 @contents
+ − 280 @bye
+ − 281
+ − 282 @c Remember to delete these lines before creating the info file.
+ − 283 @iftex
+ − 284 @lucidbook
+ − 285 @bindingoffset = 0.5in
+ − 286 @parindent = 0pt
+ − 287 @end iftex
+ − 288
