AW: newbie question

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thanks for the info. the tutorial is excellent but now i've got to the stage
where i can find the help i need, if it's there. 

for instance, i wish to set the highlighting to come on when i do C-space
and then move down a few lines.

plus i haven't figured out how to get emacs to restore the settings i made
in the last session - there is some help there, but it doesn't help enough
<-:

adam

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:  Daniel Wetterbro [SMTP:christlife@home.se]
> Gesendet am:  Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2001 19:41
> An:   Online-CSG
> Cc:   help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Betreff:      Re: newbie question
> 
> Emacs contains an embedded documentationsystem (reached through C-h).
> I suggest you start by reading the tutorial by doing "C-h t". This
> means you shall hold down the control key and press h, release both
> keys and type t. Here's some commands to get you going:
> 
> Open file:                                                   C-x C-f 
> file_name <ret>
> Open empty buffer:                                    C-x b buffer_name 
> <ret>
> Save buffer to file:                                      C-x C-s
> Save buffer to another file ("save as"):         C-x C-w
> Switch to buffer:                                        C-x b 
> buffer_name <ret>
> Show all open buffers:                               C-x C-b
> Kill buffer:                                                 C-x k
> 
> Switch to next window:                              C-x o
> Close all windows except the "active":        C-x 1
> 
> If you don't like that Emacs, as default,
> makes a line longer than the window width
> continue on the next physical row, type:      M-x hscroll-mode <ret>
> And for all open buffers:                             M-x 
> hscroll-global-mode <ret>
> 
> Remember that you can often use tab to show all available options when
> you're in the mini-buffer (for explanation of "mini-buffer", see the
> tutorial).
> 
> You might not like the way to move the cursor, which is described in
> the tutorial, especially if you're used to Microsoft Windows
> programs. Below is an example of what you can put in a ".emacs" file
> if you want to use the "MS Windows way" instead. When running Unix you
> shall put your .emacs file in your home directory.  But in Microsoft
> Windows I'm not sure. Maybe it shall be placed in:
> installation_dir_of_emacs\bin
> 
> The key combinations that require the control-key to be pressed first
> doesn't work for me in Gnome or under an ordinary shell in Linux (in
> KDE it works though). I've realized that the environment doesn't
> recognize those key combinations and therefor doesn't give Emacs the
> right information. Can anyone help me with this problem?  My
> assumptions is based on the results from the view-lossage
> function. It's called by typeing M-x view-lossage in Emacs and shows
> what keys has recently been pressed.
> 
> .emacs:
> 
> (global-set-key [delete] 'delete-char)
> (global-set-key [kp-delete] 'delete-char)
> (global-set-key [\C-delete] 'kill-word)
> (global-set-key [\C-backspace] 'backward-kill-word)
> (global-set-key [home] 'beginning-of-line)
> (global-set-key [end] 'end-of-line)
> (global-set-key [\C-home] 'beginning-of-buffer)
> (global-set-key [\C-end] 'end-of-buffer)
> 
> ;; If you want to have hscroll mode as default:
> (hscroll-global-mode 1)
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Daniel Wetterbro
> 
> 
> Online-CSG wrote:
> 
> >sorry for being off-topic but i haven't been able to find anywhere for
> what
> >i need - can anybody tell me where to go to get help on learning emacs? a
> >mailing list like this or a newsgroup?
> >
> >thanks
> >adam
> >
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