Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor. This Info file will help you get started on using SXEmacs. It corresponds to SXEmacs version 19.13.
• Intro: | Introduction to SXEmacs editor | |
Indices, nodes containing large menus | ||
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• Key Index: | An item for each standard Emacs key sequence. | |
• Command Index: | An item for each command and function name | |
• Variable Index: | An item for each variable in User-Guide | |
• Concept Index: | An item for the concepts introduced | |
Entering, Exiting and Editing Emacs | ||
• Entering: | Starting Emacs from the shell and Exiting | |
• Windows and Menus: | Description of Pull-down menus | |
• Edit: | Basic Editing commands | |
Other Features of SXEmacs | ||
• Customization Basics: | Customize Emacs menus and keybindings | |
• Help: | Help menu and other help commands | |
• Modes: | Major and Minor modes in SXEmacs | |
• Files: | Visiting, Saving and Listing Files | |
• Other Customizations: | Customizing Variables, Modes, etc | |
• Select and Move: | Selecting text and moving text | |
• Search and Replace: | Searching and Replacing text | |
— The Detailed Node Listing — Entering and Exiting Emacs | ||
• Enter: | Entering Emacs from the shell | |
• Frame: | Basic information about the SXEmacs Frame | |
• Exiting: | Exiting Emacs | |
• Mode Line: | Interpreting the mode line. | |
• Echo Area: | Bottom of the frame where you interact with Emacs. | |
SXEmacs Windows and Menus | ||
• SXEmacs Window: | Manipulating SXEmacs Windows | |
• Pull-down Menus: | Description of SXEmacs Pull-down Menus | |
Pull-down menus | ||
• File menu: | Items on the File Menu | |
• Edit menu: | Items on the Edit Menu | |
• Options Menu: | Items on the Options Menu | |
• Buffers Menu: | Items on the Buffers Menu | |
• Help menu: | The Help Menu at the extreme right on the frame | |
Basic Editing Commands | ||
• Insert: | Insert text in Emacs by simply typing at the cursor position. | |
• Cursor Position: | Moving Around the cursor in the buffer, | |
• Erase: | Different commands for erasing text | |
• Numeric Argument: | Giving Numeric Arguments to commands | |
• Undo: | Undoing Changes made by mistake | |
Customize key bindings and menus | ||
• Customizing key Bindings: | Changing Key Bindings | |
• Customizing Menus: | Adding, Deleting, Enabling and Disabling Menus | |
Help | ||
• The Help Menu: | Items on the Help Menu | |
Major and Minor Modes | ||
• Major Modes: | Choosing Major Modes | |
• Minor Modes: | Auto-Fill, Abbrev and other minor modes | |
Emacs Files | ||
• File Names: | How to type and edit file name arguments. | |
• Visiting: | Visiting a file prepares Emacs to edit the file. | |
• Saving Files: | How to save Emacs files. | |
Other Customizations | ||
• Setting Variables: | Customizing Emacs variables | |
• Init File: | Some examples of Lisp expressions in init.el file | |
Selecting and Moving Text | ||
• Selecting Text: | Select a region of text by setting the Mark | |
• Mouse: | Selecting Text with Mouse | |
• Region Operation: | Various ways to operate on a selected text | |
• Moving Text: | Moving Text | |
• Accumulating text: | Accumulating Text from several buffers | |
No sub menu for the node search and replace |