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The Emacs Editor
Distribution
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- Preamble
- How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License
- ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
Introduction
2 The Organization of the Screen
- 2.1 Point
- 2.2 The Echo Area
- 2.3 The Mode Line
- 2.4 The Menu Bar
- 2.5 Kinds of User Input
- 2.6 Keys
- 2.7 Keys and Commands
- 2.8 Character Set for Text
3 Entering and Exiting Emacs
- 3.1 Exiting Emacs
4 Basic Editing Commands
- 4.1 Inserting Text
- 4.2 Changing the Location of Point
- 4.3 Erasing Text
- 4.4 Undoing Changes
- 4.5 Files
- 4.6 Help
- 4.7 Blank Lines
- 4.8 Continuation Lines
- 4.9 Cursor Position Information
- 4.10 Numeric Arguments
- 4.11 Repeating a Command
5 The Minibuffer
- 5.1 Minibuffers for File Names
- 5.2 Editing in the Minibuffer
- 5.3 Completion
- 5.4 Minibuffer History
- 5.5 Repeating Minibuffer Commands
6 Running Commands by Name
7 Help
- 7.1 Documentation for a Key
- 7.2 Help by Command or Variable Name
- 7.3 Apropos
- 7.4 Keyword Search for Lisp Libraries
- 7.5 Help for International Language Support
- 7.6 Help Mode Commands
- 7.7 Other Help Commands
- 7.8 Help on Active Text and Tooltips
8 The Mark and the Region
- 8.1 Setting the Mark
- 8.2 Transient Mark Mode
- 8.3 Operating on the Region
- 8.4 Commands to Mark Textual Objects
- 8.5 The Mark Ring
- 8.6 The Global Mark Ring
- 8.7 Deletion and Killing
- 8.8 Yanking
- 8.9 Accumulating Text
- 8.10 Rectangles
9 Registers
- 9.1 Saving Positions in Registers
- 9.2 Saving Text in Registers
- 9.3 Saving Rectangles in Registers
- 9.4 Saving Window Configurations in Registers
- 9.5 Keeping Numbers in Registers
- 9.6 Keeping File Names in Registers
- 9.7 Bookmarks
10 Controlling the Display
- 10.1 Using Multiple Typefaces
- 10.2 Font Lock mode
- 10.3 Highlight Changes Mode
- 10.4 Interactive Highlighting by Matching
- 10.5 Trailing Whitespace
- 10.6 Scrolling
- 10.7 Horizontal Scrolling
- 10.8 Follow Mode
- 10.9 Selective Display
- 10.10 Optional Mode Line Features
- 10.11 How Text Is Displayed
- 10.12 Customization of Display
- 10.13 Displaying the Cursor
11 Searching and Replacement
- 11.1 Incremental Search
  - 11.1.1 Slow Terminal Incremental Search
- 11.2 Nonincremental Search
- 11.3 Word Search
- 11.4 Regular Expression Search
- 11.5 Syntax of Regular Expressions
- 11.6 Searching and Case
- 11.7 Replacement Commands
- 11.8 Other Search-and-Loop Commands
12 Commands for Fixing Typos
- 12.1 Killing Your Mistakes
- 12.2 Transposing Text
- 12.3 Case Conversion
- 12.4 Checking and Correcting Spelling
13 File Handling
- 13.1 File Names
- 13.2 Visiting Files
- 13.3 Saving Files
- 13.4 Reverting a Buffer
- 13.5 Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters
- 13.6 File Name Aliases
- 13.7 Version Control
- 13.8 File Directories
- 13.9 Comparing Files
- 13.10 Miscellaneous File Operations
- 13.11 Accessing Compressed Files
- 13.12 File Archives
- 13.13 Remote Files
- 13.14 Quoted File Names
- 13.15 File Name Cache
- 13.16 Convenience Features for Finding Files
14 Using Multiple Buffers
- 14.1 Creating and Selecting Buffers
- 14.2 Listing Existing Buffers
- 14.3 Miscellaneous Buffer Operations
- 14.4 Killing Buffers
- 14.5 Operating on Several Buffers
- 14.6 Indirect Buffers
- 14.7 Convenience Features and Customization of Buffer Handling
15 Multiple Windows
- 15.1 Concepts of Emacs Windows
- 15.2 Splitting Windows
- 15.3 Using Other Windows
- 15.4 Displaying in Another Window
- 15.5 Forcing Display in the Same Window
- 15.6 Deleting and Rearranging Windows
- 15.7 Window Handling Convenience Features and Customization
16 Frames and X Windows
- 16.1 Mouse Commands for Editing
- 16.2 Secondary Selection
- 16.3 Using the Clipboard
- 16.4 Following References with the Mouse
- 16.5 Mouse Clicks for Menus
- 16.6 Mode Line Mouse Commands
- 16.7 Creating Frames
- 16.8 Frame Commands
- 16.9 Making and Using a Speedbar Frame
- 16.10 Multiple Displays
- 16.11 Special Buffer Frames
- 16.12 Setting Frame Parameters
- 16.13 Scroll Bars
- 16.14 Scrolling With “Wheeled” Mice
- 16.15 Menu Bars
- 16.16 Tool Bars
- 16.17 Using Dialog Boxes
- 16.18 Tooltips (or “Balloon Help”)
- 16.19 Mouse Avoidance
- 16.20 Non-Window Terminals
- 16.21 Using a Mouse in Terminal Emulators
17 International Character Set Support
- 17.1 Introduction to International Character Sets
- 17.2 Enabling Multibyte Characters
- 17.3 Language Environments
- 17.4 Input Methods
- 17.5 Selecting an Input Method
- 17.6 Unibyte and Multibyte Non-ASCII characters
- 17.7 Coding Systems
- 17.8 Recognizing Coding Systems
- 17.9 Specifying a Coding System
- 17.10 Fontsets
- 17.11 Defining fontsets
- 17.12 Undisplayable Characters
- 17.13 Single-byte Character Set Support
18 Major Modes
- 18.1 How Major Modes are Chosen
19 Indentation
- 19.1 Indentation Commands and Techniques
- 19.2 Tab Stops
- 19.3 Tabs vs. Spaces
20 Commands for Human Languages
- 20.1 Words
- 20.2 Sentences
- 20.3 Paragraphs
- 20.4 Pages
- 20.5 Filling Text
- 20.6 Case Conversion Commands
- 20.7 Text Mode
- 20.8 Outline Mode
- 20.9 TeX Mode
- 20.10 Nroff Mode
- 20.11 Editing Formatted Text
21 Editing Programs
- 21.1 Major Modes for Programming Languages
- 21.2 Top-Level Definitions, or Defuns
- 21.3 Indentation for Programs
- 21.4 Commands for Editing with Parentheses
- 21.5 Manipulating Comments
- 21.6 Documentation Lookup
- 21.7 Hideshow minor mode
- 21.8 Completion for Symbol Names
- 21.9 Glasses minor mode
- 21.10 Other Features Useful for Editing Programs
- 21.11 C and Related Modes
- 21.12 Fortran Mode
- 21.13 Asm Mode
22 Compiling and Testing Programs
- 22.1 Running Compilations under Emacs
- 22.2 Searching with Grep under Emacs
- 22.3 Compilation Mode
- 22.4 Subshells for Compilation
- 22.5 Running Debuggers Under Emacs
- 22.6 Executing Lisp Expressions
- 22.7 Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs
- 22.8 Evaluating Emacs-Lisp Expressions
- 22.9 Lisp Interaction Buffers
- 22.10 Running an External Lisp
23 Maintaining Programs
- 23.1 Change Logs
- 23.2 Tags Tables
- 23.3 Merging Files with Emerge
24 Abbrevs
- 24.1 Abbrev Concepts
- 24.2 Defining Abbrevs
- 24.3 Controlling Abbrev Expansion
- 24.4 Examining and Editing Abbrevs
- 24.5 Saving Abbrevs
- 24.6 Dynamic Abbrev Expansion
- 24.7 Customizing Dynamic Abbreviation
25 Editing Pictures
- 25.1 Basic Editing in Picture Mode
- 25.2 Controlling Motion after Insert
- 25.3 Picture Mode Tabs
- 25.4 Picture Mode Rectangle Commands
26 Sending Mail
- 26.1 The Format of the Mail Buffer
- 26.2 Mail Header Fields
- 26.3 Mail Aliases
- 26.4 Mail Mode
- 26.5 Mail Amusements
- 26.6 Mail-Composition Methods
27 Reading Mail with Rmail
- 27.1 Basic Concepts of Rmail
- 27.2 Scrolling Within a Message
- 27.3 Moving Among Messages
- 27.4 Deleting Messages
- 27.5 Rmail Files and Inboxes
- 27.6 Multiple Rmail Files
- 27.7 Copying Messages Out to Files
- 27.8 Labels
- 27.9 Rmail Attributes
- 27.10 Sending Replies
- 27.11 Summaries
  - 27.11.1 Making Summaries
  - 27.11.2 Editing in Summaries
- 27.12 Sorting the Rmail File
- 27.13 Display of Messages
- 27.14 Rmail and Coding Systems
- 27.15 Editing Within a Message
- 27.16 Digest Messages
- 27.17 Converting an Rmail File to Inbox Format
- 27.18 Reading Rot13 Messages
- 27.19 movemail and POP
28 Dired, the Directory Editor
- 28.1 Entering Dired
- 28.2 Navigation in the Dired Buffer
- 28.3 Deleting Files with Dired
- 28.4 Flagging Many Files at Once
- 28.5 Visiting Files in Dired
- 28.6 Dired Marks vs. Flags
- 28.7 Operating on Files
- 28.8 Shell Commands in Dired
- 28.9 Transforming File Names in Dired
- 28.10 File Comparison with Dired
- 28.11 Subdirectories in Dired
- 28.12 Moving Over Subdirectories
- 28.13 Hiding Subdirectories
- 28.14 Updating the Dired Buffer
- 28.15 Dired and find
29 The Calendar and the Diary
- 29.1 Movement in the Calendar
  - 29.1.1 Motion by Standard Lengths of Time
  - 29.1.2 Beginning or End of Week, Month or Year
  - 29.1.3 Specified Dates
- 29.2 Scrolling in the Calendar
- 29.3 Counting Days
- 29.4 Miscellaneous Calendar Commands
- 29.5 LaTeX Calendar
- 29.6 Holidays
- 29.7 Times of Sunrise and Sunset
- 29.8 Phases of the Moon
- 29.9 Conversion To and From Other Calendars
  - 29.9.1 Supported Calendar Systems
  - 29.9.2 Converting To Other Calendars
  - 29.9.3 Converting From Other Calendars
  - 29.9.4 Converting from the Mayan Calendar
- 29.10 The Diary
  - 29.10.1 Commands Displaying Diary Entries
  - 29.10.2 The Diary File
  - 29.10.3 Date Formats
  - 29.10.4 Commands to Add to the Diary
  - 29.10.5 Special Diary Entries
- 29.11 Appointments
- 29.12 Daylight Savings Time
- 29.13 Summing Time Intervals
- 29.14 Gnus
  - 29.14.1 Gnus Buffers
  - 29.14.2 When Gnus Starts Up
  - 29.14.3 Summary of Gnus Commands
- 29.15 Running Shell Commands from Emacs
  - 29.15.1 Single Shell Commands
  - 29.15.2 Interactive Inferior Shell
  - 29.15.3 Shell Mode
  - 29.15.4 Shell Command History
  - 29.15.5 Directory Tracking
  - 29.15.6 Shell Mode Options
  - 29.15.7 Emacs Terminal Emulator
  - 29.15.8 Term Mode
  - 29.15.9 Page-At-A-Time Output
  - 29.15.10 Remote Host Shell
- 29.16 Using Emacs as a Server
- 29.17 Invoking emacsclient
- 29.18 Hardcopy Output
- 29.19 PostScript Hardcopy
- 29.20 Variables for PostScript Hardcopy
- 29.21 Sorting Text
- 29.22 Narrowing
- 29.23 Two-Column Editing
- 29.24 Editing Binary Files
- 29.25 Saving Emacs Sessions
- 29.26 Recursive Editing Levels
- 29.27 Emulation
- 29.28 Hyperlinking and Navigation Features
  - 29.28.1 Following URLs
  - 29.28.2 Activating URLs
  - 29.28.3 Finding Files and URLs at Point
  - 29.28.4 Finding Function and Variable Definitions
- 29.29 Dissociated Press
- 29.30 Other Amusements
30 Customization
- 30.1 Minor Modes
- 30.2 Variables
- 30.3 Keyboard Macros
- 30.4 Customizing Key Bindings
- 30.5 Keyboard Translations
- 30.6 The Syntax Table
- 30.7 The Init File, ~/.emacs
- 30.8 Quitting and Aborting
- 30.9 Dealing with Emacs Trouble
- 30.10 Reporting Bugs
- 30.11 Contributing to Emacs Development
- 30.12 How To Get Help with GNU Emacs
Appendix A Command Line Arguments
- A.1 Action Arguments
- A.2 Initial Options
- A.3 Command Argument Example
- A.4 Resuming Emacs with Arguments
- A.5 Environment Variables
  - A.5.1 General Variables
  - A.5.2 Miscellaneous Variables
- A.6 Specifying the Display Name
- A.7 Font Specification Options
- A.8 Window Color Options
- A.9 Options for Window Geometry
- A.10 Internal and External Borders
- A.11 Frame Titles
- A.12 Icons
- A.13 X Resources
- A.14 Lucid Menu X Resources
- A.15 LessTif Menu X Resources
Appendix B Emacs 20 Antinews
Appendix C Emacs and the Mac OS
- C.1 Keyboard Input on the Mac
- C.2 International Character Set Support on the Mac
- C.3 Environment Variables and Command Line Arguments.
- C.4 Volumes and Directories on the Mac
- C.5 Specifying Fonts on the Mac
- C.6 Mac-Specific Lisp Functions
Appendix D Emacs and MS-DOS
- D.1 Keyboard and Mouse on MS-DOS
- D.2 Display on MS-DOS
- D.3 File Names on MS-DOS
- D.4 Text Files and Binary Files
- D.5 Printing and MS-DOS
- D.6 International Support on MS-DOS
- D.7 Subprocesses on MS-DOS
- D.8 Subprocesses on Windows 9X/ME and Windows NT/2K
- D.9 Using the System Menu on Windows
The GNU Manifesto
- What's GNU? Gnu's Not Unix!
- Why I Must Write GNU
- Why GNU Will Be Compatible with Unix
- How GNU Will Be Available
- Why Many Other Programmers Want to Help
- How You Can Contribute
- Why All Computer Users Will Benefit
- Some Easily Rebutted Objections to GNU's Goals
Glossary
Key (Character) Index
Command-Line Options Index
Command and Function Index
Variable Index
Concept Index