annotate man/xemacs/basic.texi @ 1204:e22b0213b713

[xemacs-hg @ 2003-01-12 11:07:58 by michaels] modules/ChangeLog: 2002-12-16 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> * postgresql/postgresql.c: remove ifdef USE_KKCC. src/ChangeLog: 2003-01-08 Mike Sperber <mike@xemacs.org> * console.h (CDFW_CONSOLE): Don't lead to a crash if we're dealing with a dead window/frame/device/console. 2002-12-20 Mike Sperber <mike@xemacs.org> * ui-gtk.c: Fix typo from Ben's patch: emacs_ffi_data is a typedef, not a struct. emacs_gtk_object_data is a typedef, not a struct. * gtk-glue.c (gdk_event_to_emacs_event): Fix typos from Ben's patch: le -> emacs_event + rearrange the code. * event-gtk.c (gtk_event_to_emacs_event): Fix typos from Ben's patch: ..._UNDERLYING_GDK_EVENT -> ..._GDK_EVENT, ev -> key_event. * device-gtk.c: Fix typo from Ben's patch: x_keysym_map_hash_table -> x_keysym_map_hashtable. 2002-12-19 Mike Sperber <mike@xemacs.org> * menubar-x.c (set_frame_menubar): Initialize protect_me field of popup_data. 2002-12-16 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> Major cleanup of KKCC, etc. KKCC, pdump-related: -- descriptions are written for all objects. this required some changes in the format of some objects, e.g. extents, popup-data, coding system, lstream, lcrecord-list. -- KKCC now handles weakness in markers, hash tables, elsewhere correctly (formerly, you'd eventually get a stack overflow due to endlessly expanding markers). -- textual changes: lrecord_description -> memory_description, struct_description -> sized_memory_description. -- extensive comment describing descriptions and pdump. -- redo XD_UNION so it works inline and change its format to provide sufficient info for pdump. implement XD_UNION in pdump. also add XD_UNION_DYNAMIC_SIZE, which works like XD_UNION except for when auto-computing structure sizes. -- add support for XD_INDIRECT in description offsets (used by extents). -- add support for "description maps", allowing for indirect descriptions that are retrieved from an object at run-time. this generalizes XD_CODING_SYSTEM_END, XD_SPECIFIER_END, etc., which have now been eliminated. -- add a fifth field "flags" to memory_description, to support flags that can be specified for this particular line. Currently defined flags are XD_FLAG_NO_KKCC (KKCC should ignore this entry; useful for the weakness above in markers, etc.), XD_FLAG_NO_PDUMP (pdump should ignore this entry), XD_FLAG_UNION_DEFAULT_ENTRY (in union maps, this specifies a "default" entry for all remaining values), and XD_FLAG_FREE_LISP_OBJECT (for use with lcrecord-lists). -- clean up the kkcc-itis in events, so that the differences between event data as separate objects and as a union are now minimized to a small number of places. with the new XD_UNION, we no longer need event data as separate objects, so this code is no longer ifdef USE_KKCC, but instead ifdef EVENT_DATA_AS_OBJECTS, not used by default. make sure that we explicitly free the separate event data objects when no longer in use, to maintain the invariant the event processing causes no consing. -- also remove other USE_KKCC ifdefs when not necessary. -- allow for KKCC compilation under MS Windows. -- fix README.kkcc. -- dump_add_root_object -> dump_add_root_lisp_object. -- implement dump_add_root_block and use this to handle dump_add_opaque. -- factor out some code duplicated in kkcc and pdump. Other allocation/object-related: -- change various *slots.h so MARKED_SLOT() call no longer includes semicolon. -- free_marker() takes a Lisp_Object not a direct pointer. -- make bit vectors lcrecords, like vectors, and eliminate code that essentially duplicated the lcrecord handling. -- additional asserts in FREE_FIXED_TYPE, formerly duplicated in the various callers of this. -- all lcrecord allocation functions now zero out the returned lcrecords. unnecessary calls to zero_lcrecord removed. add long comment describing these functions. -- extract out process and coding system slots, like for buffers, frames, etc. -- lcrecords now set the type of items sitting on the free list to lcrecord_type_free. -- changes to the way that gap arrays are allocated, for kkcc's benefit -- now, one single memory block with a stretchy array on the end, instead of a separate block holding the array. Error-checking-related: -- now can compile with C++ under MS Windows. clean up compile errors discovered that way. (a few were real problems) -- add C++ error-checking code to verify problems with mismatched GCPRO/UNGCPRO. (there were a few in the kkcc code.) add long comment about how to catch insufficient GCPRO (yes, it's possible using C++). -- add debug_p4(), a simple object printer, when debug_print() doesn't work. -- add dp() and db() as short synonyms of debug_print(), debug_backtrace(). -- `print' tries EXTREMELY hard to avoid core dumping when printing when crashing or from debug_print(), and tries as hard as it reasonably can in other situations. -- Correct the message output upon crashing to be more up-to-date. Event-related: -- document event-matches-key-specifier-p better. -- generalize the dispatch queues formerly duplicated in the various event implementations. add event methods to drain pending events. generalize and clean up QUIT handling, removing event-specific quit processing. allow arbitrary keystrokes, not just ASCII, to be the QUIT char. among other things, this should fix some longstanding bugs in X quit handling. long comment describing the various event queues. -- implement delaying of XFlush() if there are pending expose events. SOMEONE PLEASE TRY THIS OUT. -- Fix `xemacs -batch -l dunnet' under Cygwin. Try to fix under MS Windows but not quite there yet. Other: -- class -> class_ and no more C++ games with this item. new -> new_ in the lwlib code, so far not elsewhere. -- use `struct htentry' not `struct hentry' in elhash.c to avoid debugger confusion with hash.c. -- new macros ALIST_LOOP_3, ALIST_LOOP_4. * README.kkcc: * alloc.c: * alloc.c (deadbeef_memory): * alloc.c (allocate_lisp_storage): * alloc.c (copy_lisp_object): * alloc.c (ALLOCATE_FIXED_TYPE_1): * alloc.c (FREE_FIXED_TYPE): * alloc.c (make_vector_internal): * alloc.c (make_bit_vector_internal): * alloc.c (make_key_data): * alloc.c (make_button_data): * alloc.c (make_motion_data): * alloc.c (make_process_data): * alloc.c (make_timeout_data): * alloc.c (make_magic_data): * alloc.c (make_magic_eval_data): * alloc.c (make_eval_data): * alloc.c (make_misc_user_data): * alloc.c (struct string_chars_block): * alloc.c (mark_lcrecord_list): * alloc.c (make_lcrecord_list): * alloc.c (alloc_managed_lcrecord): * alloc.c (free_managed_lcrecord): * alloc.c (alloc_automanaged_lcrecord): * alloc.c (staticpro_1): * alloc.c (staticpro): * alloc.c (lispdesc_indirect_count_1): * alloc.c (lispdesc_indirect_description_1): * alloc.c (lispdesc_one_description_line_size): * alloc.c (lispdesc_structure_size): * alloc.c (mark_object_maybe_checking_free): * alloc.c (mark_with_description): * alloc.c (mark_struct_contents): * alloc.c (mark_object): * alloc.c (tick_lcrecord_stats): * alloc.c (free_cons): * alloc.c (free_key_data): * alloc.c (free_button_data): * alloc.c (free_motion_data): * alloc.c (free_process_data): * alloc.c (free_timeout_data): * alloc.c (free_magic_data): * alloc.c (free_magic_eval_data): * alloc.c (free_eval_data): * alloc.c (free_misc_user_data): * alloc.c (free_marker): * alloc.c (compact_string_chars): * alloc.c (gc_sweep): * alloc.c (garbage_collect_1): * alloc.c (Fgarbage_collect): * alloc.c (common_init_alloc_early): * alloc.c (init_alloc_early): * alloc.c (init_alloc_once_early): * buffer.c: * buffer.c (mark_buffer): * buffer.c (MARKED_SLOT): * buffer.c (cleanup_buffer_undo_lists): * buffer.c (Fget_file_buffer): * buffer.h (MARKED_SLOT): * bufslots.h: * bytecode.c: * callint.c: * casetab.c: * chartab.c: * chartab.c (symbol_to_char_table_type): * cmdloop.c: * cmdloop.c (Fcommand_loop_1): * config.h.in (new): * conslots.h: * console-gtk-impl.h (struct gtk_frame): * console-impl.h: * console-impl.h (struct console): * console-impl.h (MARKED_SLOT): * console-impl.h (CONSOLE_QUIT_EVENT): * console-msw-impl.h (XM_BUMPQUEUE): * console-msw.c (write_string_to_mswindows_debugging_output): * console-msw.h: * console-stream-impl.h: * console-stream-impl.h (struct stream_console): * console-stream.c: * console-stream.c (stream_init_console): * console-stream.h: * console-tty.c: * console-tty.h: * console-x.h: * console.c: * console.c (mark_console): * console.c (MARKED_SLOT): * console.c (allocate_console): * console.c (get_console_variant): * console.c (create_console): * console.c (delete_console_internal): * console.c (Fset_input_mode): * console.c (Fcurrent_input_mode): * console.c (common_init_complex_vars_of_console): * console.h: * console.h (console_variant): * console.h (device_metrics): * data.c: * data.c (Faref): * data.c (Faset): * data.c (decode_weak_list_type): * database.c: * debug.c (xemacs_debug_loop): * debug.c (FROB): * debug.c (Fadd_debug_class_to_check): * debug.c (Fdelete_debug_class_to_check): * debug.c (Fset_debug_classes_to_check): * debug.c (Fset_debug_class_types_to_check): * debug.c (Fdebug_types_being_checked): * debug.h (DASSERT): * device-gtk.c: * device-impl.h (struct device): * device-impl.h (MARKED_SLOT): * device-msw.c: * device-x.c: * device-x.c (x_init_device_class): * device-x.c (x_comp_visual_info): * device-x.c (x_try_best_visual_class): * device-x.c (x_init_device): * device-x.c (construct_name_list): * device-x.c (x_get_resource_prefix): * device-x.c (Fx_get_resource): * device-x.c (Fx_display_visual_class): * device.c: * device.c (MARKED_SLOT): * device.c (allocate_device): * device.c (Fmake_device): * device.c (delete_device_internal): * device.c (Fset_device_class): * device.h: * devslots.h: * devslots.h (MARKED_SLOT): * dialog-msw.c: * dired-msw.c (mswindows_ls_sort_fcn): * dired-msw.c (mswindows_get_files): * dired-msw.c (mswindows_format_file): * doprnt.c (parse_doprnt_spec): * dumper.c: * dumper.c (struct): * dumper.c (dump_add_root_block): * dumper.c (dump_add_root_struct_ptr): * dumper.c (dump_add_root_lisp_object): * dumper.c (pdump_struct_list_elt): * dumper.c (pdump_get_entry_list): * dumper.c (pdump_backtrace): * dumper.c (pdump_bump_depth): * dumper.c (pdump_register_sub): * dumper.c (pdump_register_object): * dumper.c (pdump_register_struct_contents): * dumper.c (pdump_register_struct): * dumper.c (pdump_store_new_pointer_offsets): * dumper.c (pdump_dump_data): * dumper.c (pdump_reloc_one): * dumper.c (pdump_allocate_offset): * dumper.c (pdump_scan_by_alignment): * dumper.c (pdump_dump_root_blocks): * dumper.c (pdump_dump_rtables): * dumper.c (pdump_dump_root_lisp_objects): * dumper.c (pdump): * dumper.c (pdump_load_finish): * dumper.c (pdump_file_get): * dumper.c (pdump_resource_get): * dumper.c (pdump_load): * editfns.c (save_excursion_restore): * editfns.c (user_login_name): * editfns.c (save_restriction_restore): * elhash.c: * elhash.c (htentry): * elhash.c (struct Lisp_Hash_Table): * elhash.c (HTENTRY_CLEAR_P): * elhash.c (LINEAR_PROBING_LOOP): * elhash.c (check_hash_table_invariants): * elhash.c (mark_hash_table): * elhash.c (hash_table_equal): * elhash.c (print_hash_table_data): * elhash.c (free_hentries): * elhash.c (make_general_lisp_hash_table): * elhash.c (decode_hash_table_weakness): * elhash.c (decode_hash_table_test): * elhash.c (Fcopy_hash_table): * elhash.c (resize_hash_table): * elhash.c (pdump_reorganize_hash_table): * elhash.c (find_htentry): * elhash.c (Fgethash): * elhash.c (Fputhash): * elhash.c (remhash_1): * elhash.c (Fremhash): * elhash.c (Fclrhash): * elhash.c (copy_compress_hentries): * elhash.c (elisp_maphash_unsafe): * elhash.c (finish_marking_weak_hash_tables): * elhash.c (prune_weak_hash_tables): * elhash.h: * emacs.c: * emacs.c (main_1): * emacs.c (main): * emacs.c (shut_down_emacs): * emodules.h (dump_add_root_lisp_object): * eval.c: * eval.c (unwind_to_catch): * eval.c (maybe_signal_error_1): * eval.c (maybe_signal_continuable_error_1): * eval.c (maybe_signal_error): * eval.c (maybe_signal_continuable_error): * eval.c (maybe_signal_error_2): * eval.c (maybe_signal_continuable_error_2): * eval.c (maybe_signal_ferror): * eval.c (maybe_signal_continuable_ferror): * eval.c (maybe_signal_ferror_with_frob): * eval.c (maybe_signal_continuable_ferror_with_frob): * eval.c (maybe_syntax_error): * eval.c (maybe_sferror): * eval.c (maybe_invalid_argument): * eval.c (maybe_invalid_constant): * eval.c (maybe_invalid_operation): * eval.c (maybe_invalid_change): * eval.c (maybe_invalid_state): * eval.c (Feval): * eval.c (call_trapping_problems): * eval.c (call_with_suspended_errors): * eval.c (warn_when_safe_lispobj): * eval.c (warn_when_safe): * eval.c (vars_of_eval): * event-Xt.c: * event-Xt.c (maybe_define_x_key_as_self_inserting_character): * event-Xt.c (x_to_emacs_keysym): * event-Xt.c (x_event_to_emacs_event): * event-Xt.c (emacs_Xt_enqueue_focus_event): * event-Xt.c (emacs_Xt_format_magic_event): * event-Xt.c (emacs_Xt_compare_magic_event): * event-Xt.c (emacs_Xt_hash_magic_event): * event-Xt.c (emacs_Xt_handle_magic_event): * event-Xt.c (Xt_timeout_to_emacs_event): * event-Xt.c (Xt_process_to_emacs_event): * event-Xt.c (signal_special_Xt_user_event): * event-Xt.c (emacs_Xt_next_event): * event-Xt.c (emacs_Xt_event_handler): * event-Xt.c (emacs_Xt_drain_queue): * event-Xt.c (emacs_Xt_event_pending_p): * event-Xt.c (check_if_pending_expose_event): * event-Xt.c (reinit_vars_of_event_Xt): * event-Xt.c (vars_of_event_Xt): * event-gtk.c: * event-gtk.c (IS_MODIFIER_KEY): * event-gtk.c (emacs_gtk_format_magic_event): * event-gtk.c (emacs_gtk_compare_magic_event): * event-gtk.c (emacs_gtk_hash_magic_event): * event-gtk.c (emacs_gtk_handle_magic_event): * event-gtk.c (gtk_to_emacs_keysym): * event-gtk.c (gtk_timeout_to_emacs_event): * event-gtk.c (gtk_process_to_emacs_event): * event-gtk.c (dragndrop_data_received): * event-gtk.c (signal_special_gtk_user_event): * event-gtk.c (emacs_gtk_next_event): * event-gtk.c (gtk_event_to_emacs_event): * event-gtk.c (generic_event_handler): * event-gtk.c (emacs_shell_event_handler): * event-gtk.c (emacs_gtk_drain_queue): * event-gtk.c (emacs_gtk_event_pending_p): * event-gtk.c (reinit_vars_of_event_gtk): * event-gtk.c (vars_of_event_gtk): * event-msw.c: * event-msw.c (struct winsock_stream): * event-msw.c (winsock_reader): * event-msw.c (winsock_writer): * event-msw.c (mswindows_enqueue_dispatch_event): * event-msw.c (mswindows_enqueue_misc_user_event): * event-msw.c (mswindows_enqueue_magic_event): * event-msw.c (mswindows_enqueue_process_event): * event-msw.c (mswindows_enqueue_mouse_button_event): * event-msw.c (mswindows_enqueue_keypress_event): * event-msw.c (mswindows_dequeue_dispatch_event): * event-msw.c (emacs_mswindows_drain_queue): * event-msw.c (mswindows_need_event_in_modal_loop): * event-msw.c (mswindows_need_event): * event-msw.c (mswindows_wm_timer_callback): * event-msw.c (dde_eval_string): * event-msw.c (Fdde_alloc_advise_item): * event-msw.c (mswindows_dde_callback): * event-msw.c (mswindows_wnd_proc): * event-msw.c (remove_timeout_mapper): * event-msw.c (emacs_mswindows_remove_timeout): * event-msw.c (emacs_mswindows_event_pending_p): * event-msw.c (emacs_mswindows_format_magic_event): * event-msw.c (emacs_mswindows_compare_magic_event): * event-msw.c (emacs_mswindows_hash_magic_event): * event-msw.c (emacs_mswindows_handle_magic_event): * event-msw.c (emacs_mswindows_select_console): * event-msw.c (emacs_mswindows_unselect_console): * event-msw.c (reinit_vars_of_event_mswindows): * event-msw.c (vars_of_event_mswindows): * event-stream.c: * event-stream.c (mark_command_builder): * event-stream.c (reset_command_builder_event_chain): * event-stream.c (allocate_command_builder): * event-stream.c (copy_command_builder): * event-stream.c (command_builder_append_event): * event-stream.c (event_stream_event_pending_p): * event-stream.c (event_stream_force_event_pending): * event-stream.c (maybe_read_quit_event): * event-stream.c (event_stream_drain_queue): * event-stream.c (remove_quit_p_event): * event-stream.c (event_stream_quit_p): * event-stream.c (echo_key_event): * event-stream.c (maybe_kbd_translate): * event-stream.c (execute_help_form): * event-stream.c (event_stream_generate_wakeup): * event-stream.c (enqueue_dispatch_event): * event-stream.c (enqueue_magic_eval_event): * event-stream.c (Fenqueue_eval_event): * event-stream.c (enqueue_misc_user_event): * event-stream.c (enqueue_misc_user_event_pos): * event-stream.c (next_event_internal): * event-stream.c (Fnext_event): * event-stream.c (Faccept_process_output): * event-stream.c (execute_internal_event): * event-stream.c (munge_keymap_translate): * event-stream.c (command_builder_find_leaf_no_mule_processing): * event-stream.c (command_builder_find_leaf): * event-stream.c (lookup_command_event): * event-stream.c (is_scrollbar_event): * event-stream.c (execute_command_event): * event-stream.c (Fdispatch_event): * event-stream.c (Fread_key_sequence): * event-stream.c (dribble_out_event): * event-stream.c (vars_of_event_stream): * event-tty.c (tty_timeout_to_emacs_event): * event-tty.c (emacs_tty_next_event): * event-tty.c (emacs_tty_drain_queue): * event-tty.c (reinit_vars_of_event_tty): * event-unixoid.c: * event-unixoid.c (find_tty_or_stream_console_from_fd): * event-unixoid.c (read_event_from_tty_or_stream_desc): * event-unixoid.c (drain_tty_devices): * event-unixoid.c (poll_fds_for_input): * events.c: * events.c (deinitialize_event): * events.c (zero_event): * events.c (mark_event): * events.c (print_event_1): * 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1 @c This is part of the XEmacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 @c See file xemacs.texi for copying conditions.
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4 @node Basic, Undo, Packages, Top
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5 @chapter Basic Editing Commands
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8 @findex help-with-tutorial
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9 We now give the basics of how to enter text, make corrections, and
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10 save the text in a file. If this material is new to you, you might
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11 learn it more easily by running the Emacs learn-by-doing tutorial. To
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12 use the tutorial, run Emacs and type @kbd{Control-h t}
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13 (@code{help-with-tutorial}). You can also use @b{Tutorials} item from
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14 the @b{Help} menu.
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16 XEmacs comes with many translations of tutorial. If your XEmacs is with
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17 MULE and you set up language environment correctly, XEmacs chooses right
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18 tutorial when available (@pxref{Language Environments}). If you want
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19 specific translation, give @kbd{C-h t} a prefix argument, like @kbd{C-u
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20 C-h t}.
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22 To clear the screen and redisplay, type @kbd{C-l} (@code{recenter}).
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24 @menu
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26 * Inserting Text:: Inserting text by simply typing it.
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27 * Moving Point:: How to move the cursor to the place where you want to
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29 * Erasing:: Deleting and killing text.
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30 * Files: Basic Files. Visiting, creating, and saving files.
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31 * Help: Basic Help. Asking what a character does.
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32 * Blank Lines:: Commands to make or delete blank lines.
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33 * Continuation Lines:: Lines too wide for the screen.
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34 * Position Info:: What page, line, row, or column is point on?
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35 * Arguments:: Numeric arguments for repeating a command.
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36 @c * Repeating:: A short-cut for repeating the previous command.
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37 @end menu
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39 @node Inserting Text, Moving Point, , Basic
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40 @section Inserting Text
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47 them. This inserts the characters you type into the buffer at the
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48 cursor (that is, at @dfn{point}; @pxref{Point}). The cursor moves
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49 forward, and any text after the cursor moves forward too. If the text
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50 in the buffer is @samp{FOOBAR}, with the cursor before the @samp{B},
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51 then if you type @kbd{XX}, you get @samp{FOOXXBAR}, with the cursor
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56 To @dfn{delete} text you have just inserted, use @key{BS}. @key{BS}
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58 cursor is on top of or under; that is the character @var{after} the
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59 cursor). The cursor and all characters after it move backwards.
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60 Therefore, if you type a printing character and then type @key{BS}, they
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94 @item
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95 @kbd{C-q} followed by a sequence of octal digits inserts the character
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96 with the specified octal character code. You can use any number of
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97 octal digits; any non-digit terminates the sequence. If the terminating
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98 character is @key{RET}, it serves only to terminate the sequence; any
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99 other non-digit is itself used as input after terminating the sequence.
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100 (The use of octal sequences is disabled in ordinary non-binary Overwrite
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101 mode, to give you a convenient way to insert a digit instead of
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102 overwriting with it.)
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103 @end itemize
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105 @noindent
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106 A numeric argument to @kbd{C-q} specifies how many copies of the quoted
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107 character should be inserted (@pxref{Arguments}).
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108
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109 @findex backward-or-forward-delete-char
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110 @findex newline
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111 @findex self-insert
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112 Customization information: @key{DEL}, in most modes, runs the command
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113 @code{backward-or-forward-delete-char}; @key{RET} runs the command
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114 @code{newline}, and self-inserting printing characters run the command
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115 @code{self-insert}, which inserts whatever character was typed to invoke
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116 it. Some major modes rebind @key{DEL} to other commands.
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118 @node Moving Point, Erasing, Inserting Text, Basic
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119 @section Changing the Location of Point
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120
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121 @cindex arrow keys
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122 @kindex LEFT
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123 @kindex RIGHT
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124 @kindex UP
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125 @kindex DOWN
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126 @cindex moving point
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127 @cindex movement
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128 @cindex cursor motion
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129 @cindex moving the cursor
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130 To do more than insert characters, you have to know how to move point
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131 (@pxref{Point}). The simplest way to do this is with arrow keys, or by
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132 clicking the left mouse button where you want to move to.
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134 NOTE: Many of the following commands have two versions, one that uses
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135 the function keys (e.g. @key{LEFT} or @key{END}) and one that doesn't.
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136 The former versions may only be available on X terminals (i.e. not on
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138
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139 @kindex C-a
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140 @kindex C-e
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141 @kindex C-f
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142 @kindex C-b
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143 @kindex C-n
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144 @kindex C-p
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145 @kindex C-l
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146 @kindex C-t
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147 @kindex C-v
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148 @kindex M-v
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149 @kindex M->
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150 @kindex M-<
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151 @kindex M-r
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152 @kindex LEFT
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153 @kindex RIGHT
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154 @kindex UP
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155 @kindex DOWN
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156 @kindex HOME
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157 @kindex END
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158 @kindex PGUP
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159 @kindex PGDN
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160 @kindex C-LEFT
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161 @kindex C-RIGHT
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162 @kindex C-HOME
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163 @kindex C-END
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164 @findex beginning-of-line
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165 @findex end-of-line
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166 @findex forward-char
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167 @findex backward-char
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168 @findex next-line
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169 @findex previous-line
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170 @findex recenter
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171 @findex transpose-chars
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172 @findex beginning-of-buffer
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173 @findex end-of-buffer
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174 @findex goto-char
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175 @findex goto-line
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176 @findex move-to-window-line
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177 @table @kbd
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178 @item C-a
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179 @itemx HOME
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180 Move to the beginning of the line (@code{beginning-of-line}).
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181 @item C-e
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182 @itemx END
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183 Move to the end of the line (@code{end-of-line}).
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184 @item C-f
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185 @itemx RIGHT
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186 Move forward one character (@code{forward-char}).
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187 @item C-b
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188 @itemx LEFT
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189 Move backward one character (@code{backward-char}).
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190 @item M-f
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191 @itemx C-RIGHT
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192 Move forward one word (@code{forward-word}).
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193 @item M-b
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194 @itemx C-LEFT
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195 Move backward one word (@code{backward-word}).
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196 @item C-n
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197 @itemx DOWN
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198 Move down one line, vertically (@code{next-line}). This command
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199 attempts to keep the horizontal position unchanged, so if you start in
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200 the middle of one line, you end in the middle of the next. When on the
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201 last line of text, @kbd{C-n} creates a new line and moves onto it.
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202 @item C-p
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203 @itemx UP
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204 Move up one line, vertically (@code{previous-line}).
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205 @item C-v
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206 @itemx PGDN
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207 Move down one page, vertically (@code{scroll-up}).
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208 @item M-v
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209 @itemx PGUP
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210 Move up one page, vertically (@code{scroll-down}).
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211 @item C-l
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212 Clear the frame and reprint everything (@code{recenter}). Text moves
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213 on the frame to bring point to the center of the window.
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214 @item M-r
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215 Move point to left margin, vertically centered in the window
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216 (@code{move-to-window-line}). Text does not move on the screen.
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217
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218 A numeric argument says which screen line to place point on. It counts
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219 screen lines down from the top of the window (zero for the top line). A
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220 negative argument counts lines from the bottom (@minus{}1 for the bottom
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221 line).
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222 @item C-t
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223 Transpose two characters, the ones before and after the cursor
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224 (@code{transpose-chars}).
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225 @item M-<
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226 @itemx C-HOME
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227 Move to the top of the buffer (@code{beginning-of-buffer}). With
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228 numeric argument @var{n}, move to @var{n}/10 of the way from the top.
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229 @xref{Arguments}, for more information on numeric arguments.@refill
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230 @item M->
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231 @itemx C-END
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232 Move to the end of the buffer (@code{end-of-buffer}).
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233 @item M-x goto-char
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234 Read a number @var{n} and move point to buffer position @var{n}.
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235 Position 1 is the beginning of the buffer.
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236 @item M-g
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237 Read a number @var{n} and move point to line number @var{n}
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238 (@code{goto-line}). Line 1 is the beginning of the buffer.
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239 @c @item C-x C-n
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240 @item M-x set-goal-column
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241 @findex set-goal-column
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242 Use the current column of point as the @dfn{semi-permanent goal column} for
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243 @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p} (@code{set-goal-column}). Henceforth, those
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244 commands always move to this column in each line moved into, or as
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245 close as possible given the contents of the line. This goal column remains
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246 in effect until canceled.
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247 @c @item C-u C-x C-n
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248 @item C-u M-x set-goal-column
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249 Cancel the goal column. Henceforth, @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p} once
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250 again try to avoid changing the horizontal position, as usual.
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251 @end table
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253 @vindex track-eol
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254 If you set the variable @code{track-eol} to a non-@code{nil} value,
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255 then @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p} when at the end of the starting line move
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256 to the end of another line. Normally, @code{track-eol} is @code{nil}.
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257 @xref{Variables}, for how to set variables such as @code{track-eol}.
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258
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259 @vindex next-line-add-newlines
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260 Normally, @kbd{C-n} on the last line of a buffer appends a newline to
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261 it. If the variable @code{next-line-add-newlines} is @code{nil}, then
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262 @kbd{C-n} gets an error instead (like @kbd{C-p} on the first line).
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264 @node Erasing, Basic Files, Moving Point, Basic
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267 @table @kbd
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269 Delete the character before or after point
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270 (@code{backward-or-forward-delete-char}). You can customize
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271 this behavior by setting the variable @code{delete-key-deletes-forward}.
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273 Delete the character after point (@code{delete-char}).
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274 @item C-k
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275 Kill to the end of the line (@code{kill-line}).
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276 @item M-d
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277 Kill forward to the end of the next word (@code{kill-word}).
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278 @item M-@key{DEL}
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279 Kill back to the beginning of the previous word
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280 (@code{backward-kill-word}).
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281 @end table
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283 @cindex killing characters and lines
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284 @cindex deleting characters and lines
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285 @cindex erasing characters and lines
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286 You already know about the @key{DEL} key which deletes the character
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287 before point (that is, before the cursor). Another key, @kbd{Control-d}
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288 (@kbd{C-d} for short), deletes the character after point (that is, the
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289 character that the cursor is on). This shifts the rest of the text on
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290 the line to the left. If you type @kbd{C-d} at the end of a line, it
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291 joins together that line and the next line.
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293 To erase a larger amount of text, use the @kbd{C-k} key, which kills a
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294 line at a time. If you type @kbd{C-k} at the beginning or middle of a
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295 line, it kills all the text up to the end of the line. If you type
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296 @kbd{C-k} at the end of a line, it joins that line and the next line.
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298 @xref{Killing}, for more flexible ways of killing text.
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300 @node Basic Files, Basic Help, Erasing, Basic
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301 @section Files
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303 @cindex files
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304 The commands described above are sufficient for creating and altering
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305 text in an Emacs buffer; the more advanced Emacs commands just make
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306 things easier. But to keep any text permanently you must put it in a
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307 @dfn{file}. Files are named units of text which are stored by the
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308 operating system for you to retrieve later by name. To look at or use
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309 the contents of a file in any way, including editing the file with
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310 Emacs, you must specify the file name.
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312 Consider a file named @file{/usr/rms/foo.c}. To begin editing
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315 @example
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316 C-x C-f /usr/rms/foo.c @key{RET}
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317 @end example
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319 @noindent
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320 Here the file name is given as an @dfn{argument} to the command @kbd{C-x
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321 C-f} (@code{find-file}). That command uses the @dfn{minibuffer} to
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322 read the argument, and you type @key{RET} to terminate the argument
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323 (@pxref{Minibuffer}).
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325 You can also use the @b{Open...} menu item from the @b{File} menu, then
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326 type the name of the file to the prompt.
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328 Emacs obeys the command by @dfn{visiting} the file: creating a buffer,
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329 copying the contents of the file into the buffer, and then displaying
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330 the buffer for you to edit. If you alter the text, you can @dfn{save}
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331 the new text in the file by typing @kbd{C-x C-s} (@code{save-buffer}) or
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332 choosing @b{Save Buffer} from the @b{File} menu. This makes the changes
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333 permanent by copying the altered buffer contents back into the file
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334 @file{/usr/rms/foo.c}. Until you save, the changes exist only inside
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335 Emacs, and the file @file{foo.c} is unaltered.
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337 To create a file, visit the file with @kbd{C-x C-f} as if it already
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338 existed or choose @b{Open...} from the @b{File} menu and provide the
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339 name for the new file. Emacs will create an empty buffer in which you
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340 can insert the text you want to put in the file. When you save the
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341 buffer with @kbd{C-x C-s}, or by choosing @b{Save Buffer} from the
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342 @b{File} menu, the file is created.
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344 To learn more about using files, @xref{Files}.
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346 @node Basic Help, Blank Lines, Basic Files, Basic
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347 @section Help
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349 @cindex getting help with keys
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350 If you forget what a key does, you can find out with the Help
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351 character, which is @kbd{C-h} (or @key{F1}, which is an alias for
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352 @kbd{C-h}). Type @kbd{C-h k} followed by the key you want to know
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353 about; for example, @kbd{C-h k C-n} tells you all about what @kbd{C-n}
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355 subcommands (the command @code{describe-key}). The other subcommands of
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356 @kbd{C-h} provide different kinds of help. Type @kbd{C-h} twice to get
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357 a description of all the help facilities. @xref{Help}.
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360 @section Blank Lines
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362 @cindex inserting blank lines
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363 @cindex deleting blank lines
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364 Here are special commands and techniques for putting in and taking out
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365 blank lines.
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367 @c widecommands
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368 @table @kbd
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369 @item C-o
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370 Insert one or more blank lines after the cursor (@code{open-line}).
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371 @item C-x C-o
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372 Delete all but one of many consecutive blank lines
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373 (@code{delete-blank-lines}).
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374 @end table
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376 @kindex C-o
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377 @kindex C-x C-o
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378 @cindex blank lines
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379 @findex open-line
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380 @findex delete-blank-lines
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381 When you want to insert a new line of text before an existing line, you
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382 can do it by typing the new line of text, followed by @key{RET}.
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383 However, it may be easier to see what you are doing if you first make a
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384 blank line and then insert the desired text into it. This is easy to do
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385 using the key @kbd{C-o} (@code{open-line}), which inserts a newline
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386 after point but leaves point in front of the newline. After @kbd{C-o},
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387 type the text for the new line. @kbd{C-o F O O} has the same effect as
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388 @w{@kbd{F O O @key{RET}}}, except for the final location of point.
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390 You can make several blank lines by typing @kbd{C-o} several times, or
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391 by giving it a numeric argument to tell it how many blank lines to make.
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392 @xref{Arguments}, for how. If you have a fill prefix, then @kbd{C-o}
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393 command inserts the fill prefix on the new line, when you use it at the
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394 beginning of a line. @xref{Fill Prefix}.
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396 The easy way to get rid of extra blank lines is with the command
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397 @kbd{C-x C-o} (@code{delete-blank-lines}). @kbd{C-x C-o} in a run of
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398 several blank lines deletes all but one of them. @kbd{C-x C-o} on a
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399 solitary blank line deletes that blank line. When point is on a
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400 nonblank line, @kbd{C-x C-o} deletes any blank lines following that
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404 @section Continuation Lines
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407 @cindex wrapping
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408 @cindex line wrapping
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409 If you add too many characters to one line without breaking it with
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410 @key{RET}, the line will grow to occupy two (or more) lines on the
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411 screen, with a curved arrow at the extreme right margin of all but the
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412 last of them. The curved arrow says that the following screen line is
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413 not really a distinct line in the text, but just the @dfn{continuation}
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414 of a line too long to fit the screen. Continuation is also called
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415 @dfn{line wrapping}.
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417 Sometimes it is nice to have Emacs insert newlines automatically when
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418 a line gets too long. Continuation on the screen does not do that. Use
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419 Auto Fill mode (@pxref{Filling}) if that's what you want.
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421 @vindex truncate-lines
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422 @cindex truncation
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423 Instead of continuation, long lines can be displayed by @dfn{truncation}.
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424 This means that all the characters that do not fit in the width of the
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425 frame or window do not appear at all. They remain in the buffer,
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426 temporarily invisible. Right arrow in the last column (instead of the
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427 curved arrow) inform you that truncation is in effect.
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429 Truncation instead of continuation happens whenever horizontal
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430 scrolling is in use, and optionally in all side-by-side windows
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431 (@pxref{Windows}). You can enable truncation for a particular buffer by
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432 setting the variable @code{truncate-lines} to non-@code{nil} in that
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433 buffer. (@xref{Variables}.) Altering the value of
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434 @code{truncate-lines} makes it local to the current buffer; until that
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435 time, the default value is in effect. The default is initially
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436 @code{nil}. @xref{Locals}.
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437
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438 @xref{Display Vars}, for additional variables that affect how text is
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439 displayed.
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441 @node Position Info, Arguments, Continuation Lines, Basic
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442 @section Cursor Position Information
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443
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444 If you are accustomed to other display editors, you may be surprised
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445 that Emacs does not always display the page number or line number of
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446 point in the mode line. In Emacs, this information is only rarely
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447 needed, and a number of commands are available to compute and print it.
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448 Since text is stored in a way that makes it difficult to compute the
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449 information, it is not displayed all the time.
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450
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451 @table @kbd
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452 @item M-x what-page
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453 Print page number of point, and line number within page.
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454 @item M-x what-line
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455 Print line number of point in the buffer.
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456 @item M-x line-number-mode
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457 Toggle automatic display of current line number.
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458 @item M-=
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459 Print number of lines and characters in the current region
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460 (@code{count-lines-region}). @xref{Mark}, for information about the
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461 region.
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462 @item C-x =
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463 Print character code of character after point, character position of
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464 point, and column of point (@code{what-cursor-position}).
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465 @end table
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466
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467 @findex what-page
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468 @findex what-line
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469 @cindex line number
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470 @cindex page number
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471 @kindex M-=
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472 @findex count-lines-region
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473
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474 There are several commands for printing line numbers:
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476 @itemize @bullet
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477 @item
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478 @kbd{M-x what-line} counts lines from the beginning of the file and
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479 prints the line number point is on. The first line of the file is line
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480 number 1. You can use these numbers as arguments to @kbd{M-x
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481 goto-line}.
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482 @item
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483 @kbd{M-x what-page} counts pages from the beginning of the file, and
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484 counts lines within the page, printing both of them. @xref{Pages}, for
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485 the command @kbd{C-x l}, which counts the lines in the current page.
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486 @item
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487 @kbd{M-=} (@code{count-lines-region}) prints the number of lines in the
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488 region (@pxref{Mark}). @xref{Pages}, for the command @kbd{C-x l} which
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489 counts the lines in the
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490 @end itemize
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491
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492 @kindex C-x =
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493 @findex what-cursor-position
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494 The command @kbd{C-x =} (@code{what-cursor-position}) can be used to find out
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495 the column that the cursor is in, and other miscellaneous information about
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496 point. It prints a line in the echo area that looks like this:
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497
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498 @example
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499 Char: c (0143, 99, 0x63) point=18862 of 24800(76%) column 53
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500 @end example
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501
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502 @noindent
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503 (In fact, this is the output produced when point is before @samp{column
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504 53} in the example.)
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505
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506 The four values after @samp{Char:} describe the character that follows
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507 point, first by showing it and then by giving its character code in
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508 octal, decimal and hex.
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509
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510 @samp{point=} is followed by the position of point expressed as a character
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511 count. The front of the buffer counts as position 1, one character later
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512 as 2, and so on. The next, larger number is the total number of characters
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513 in the buffer. Afterward in parentheses comes the position expressed as a
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514 percentage of the total size.
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515
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516 @samp{column} is followed by the horizontal position of point, in
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517 columns from the left edge of the window.
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518
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519 If the buffer has been narrowed, making some of the text at the
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520 beginning and the end temporarily invisible, @kbd{C-x =} prints
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521 additional text describing the current visible range. For example, it
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522 might say:
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523
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524 @smallexample
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525 Char: c (0143, 99, 0x63) point=19674 of 24575(80%) <19591 - 19703> column 69
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526 @end smallexample
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527
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528 @noindent
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529 where the two extra numbers give the smallest and largest character position
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530 that point is allowed to assume. The characters between those two positions
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531 are the visible ones. @xref{Narrowing}.
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532
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533 If point is at the end of the buffer (or the end of the visible part),
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534 @kbd{C-x =} omits any description of the character after point.
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535 The output looks like
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536
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537 @smallexample
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538 point=563026 of 563025(100%) column 0
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539 @end smallexample
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540
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541 @node Arguments,, Position Info, Basic
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542 @section Numeric Arguments
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543 @cindex numeric arguments
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544
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545 In mathematics and computer usage, the word @dfn{argument} means
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546 ``data provided to a function or operation.'' Any Emacs command can be
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547 given a @dfn{numeric argument} (also called a @dfn{prefix argument}).
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548 Some commands interpret the argument as a repetition count. For
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549 example, giving an argument of ten to the key @kbd{C-f} (the command
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550 @code{forward-char}, move forward one character) moves forward ten
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551 characters. With these commands, no argument is equivalent to an
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552 argument of one. Negative arguments are allowed. Often they tell a
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553 command to move or act in the opposite direction.
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554
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555 @kindex M-1
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556 @kindex M-@t{-}
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557 @findex digit-argument
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558 @findex negative-argument
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559 If your keyboard has a @key{META} key (labelled with a diamond on
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560 Sun-type keyboards and labelled @samp{Alt} on some other keyboards), the
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561 easiest way to specify a numeric argument is to type digits and/or a
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562 minus sign while holding down the @key{META} key. For example,
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563 @example
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564 M-5 C-n
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565 @end example
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566 @noindent
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567 would move down five lines. The characters @kbd{Meta-1}, @kbd{Meta-2},
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568 and so on, as well as @kbd{Meta--}, do this because they are keys bound
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569 to commands (@code{digit-argument} and @code{negative-argument}) that
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570 are defined to contribute to an argument for the next command. Digits
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571 and @kbd{-} modified with Control, or Control and Meta, also specify
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572 numeric arguments.
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573
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574 @kindex C-u
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575 @findex universal-argument
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576 Another way of specifying an argument is to use the @kbd{C-u}
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577 (@code{universal-argument}) command followed by the digits of the
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578 argument. With @kbd{C-u}, you can type the argument digits without
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579 holding down modifier keys; @kbd{C-u} works on all terminals. To type a
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580 negative argument, type a minus sign after @kbd{C-u}. Just a minus sign
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581 without digits normally means @minus{}1.
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582
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583 @kbd{C-u} followed by a character which is neither a digit nor a minus
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584 sign has the special meaning of ``multiply by four''. It multiplies the
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585 argument for the next command by four. @kbd{C-u} twice multiplies it by
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586 sixteen. Thus, @kbd{C-u C-u C-f} moves forward sixteen characters. This
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587 is a good way to move forward ``fast'', since it moves about 1/5 of a line
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588 in the usual size frame. Other useful combinations are @kbd{C-u C-n},
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589 @kbd{C-u C-u C-n} (move down a good fraction of a frame), @kbd{C-u C-u
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590 C-o} (make ``a lot'' of blank lines), and @kbd{C-u C-k} (kill four
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591 lines).
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592
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593 Some commands care only about whether there is an argument and not about
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594 its value. For example, the command @kbd{M-q} (@code{fill-paragraph}) with
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595 no argument fills text; with an argument, it justifies the text as well.
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596 (@xref{Filling}, for more information on @kbd{M-q}.) Just @kbd{C-u} is a
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597 handy way of providing an argument for such commands.
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599 Some commands use the value of the argument as a repeat count, but do
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600 something peculiar when there is no argument. For example, the command
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601 @kbd{C-k} (@code{kill-line}) with argument @var{n} kills @var{n} lines,
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602 including their terminating newlines. But @kbd{C-k} with no argument is
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603 special: it kills the text up to the next newline, or, if point is right at
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604 the end of the line, it kills the newline itself. Thus, two @kbd{C-k}
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605 commands with no arguments can kill a non-blank line, just like @kbd{C-k}
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606 with an argument of one. (@xref{Killing}, for more information on
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607 @kbd{C-k}.)
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609 A few commands treat a plain @kbd{C-u} differently from an ordinary
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610 argument. A few others may treat an argument of just a minus sign
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611 differently from an argument of @minus{}1. These unusual cases are
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612 described when they come up; they are always for reasons of convenience
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613 of use of the individual command.
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615 You can use a numeric argument to insert multiple copies of a
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616 character. This is straightforward unless the character is a digit; for
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617 example, @kbd{C-u 6 4 a} inserts 64 copies of the character @samp{a}.
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618 But this does not work for inserting digits; @kbd{C-u 6 4 1} specifies
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619 an argument of 641, rather than inserting anything. To separate the
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620 digit to insert from the argument, type another @kbd{C-u}; for example,
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621 @kbd{C-u 6 4 C-u 1} does insert 64 copies of the character @samp{1}.
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623 We use the term ``prefix argument'' as well as ``numeric argument'' to
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624 emphasize that you type the argument before the command, and to
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625 distinguish these arguments from minibuffer arguments that come after
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626 the command.
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628 @ignore
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629 @node Repeating
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630 @section Repeating a Command
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631 @cindex repeating a command
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633 @kindex C-x z
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634 @findex repeat
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635 The command @kbd{C-x z} (@code{repeat}) provides another way to repeat
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636 an Emacs command many times. This command repeats the previous Emacs
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637 command, whatever that was. Repeating a command uses the same arguments
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638 that were used before; it does not read new arguments each time.
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640 To repeat the command more than once, type additional @kbd{z}'s: each
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641 @kbd{z} repeats the command one more time. Repetition ends when you
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642 type a character other than @kbd{z}, or press a mouse button.
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644 For example, suppose you type @kbd{C-u 2 0 C-d} to delete 20
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645 characters. You can repeat that command (including its argument) three
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646 additional times, to delete a total of 80 characters, by typing @kbd{C-x
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647 z z z}. The first @kbd{C-x z} repeats the command once, and each
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648 subsequent @kbd{z} repeats it once again.
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650 @end ignore