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Re: Emacs help from terminal


From: tomas
Subject: Re: Emacs help from terminal
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:57:09 +0200

On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 03:38:34PM +0200, carlmarcos@tutanota.com wrote:
> 
> 
> Jun 14, 2022, 04:51 by tomas@tuxteam.de:
> 
> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 12:43:43AM +0200, carlmarcos--- via Users list for 
> > the GNU Emacs text editor wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> How can I use emacs help from a terminal rather than from the gui?
> >>
> >
> > I assume that you are running Emacs in a terminal, want to
> > access help from there and are missing the GUI menu.
> >
> > Then just type C-h C-h (that is, holding the CONTROL key,
> > type twice "h".
> >
> > You will get a menu whose entries you can activate with
> > key presses.
> >
> I use 
> 
> emacs -nw
> 
> Thanks, can access the help now.

\o/

> Would you know how to quit later, and get back to the terminal?

Try "q". I'm not 100% sure it'll help in all situations, but it'll
do in most.

Cheers
-- 
t

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