XEmacs Manual

• Preface
• GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  • Preamble
  • TERMS AND CONDITIONS
  • Appendix: How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
• Distribution
  • Getting Earlier Versions of GNU Emacs
• Introduction
• The Emacs Screen
  • Point
  • The Echo Area
  • The Mode Line
  • Using Emacs Under the X Window System
• Keystrokes, Key Sequences, and Key Bindings
  • Keystrokes as Building Blocks of Key Sequences
    • Representing Keystrokes
    • Representing Key Sequences
    • String Key Sequences
    • Assignment of the META Key
    • Assignment of the SUPER and HYPER Keys
  • Representation of Characters
  • Keys and Commands
  • XEmacs Pull-down Menus
    • The File Menu
    • The Edit Menu
    • The Options Menu
    • The Buffers Menu
    • The Help Menu
    • Customizing XEmacs Menus
• Entering and Exiting Emacs
  • Exiting Emacs
  • Command Line Switches and Arguments
    • Command Line Arguments for Any Position
    • Command Line Arguments (Beginning of Line Only)
    • Command Line Arguments (for XEmacs Under X)
• Basic Editing Commands
  • Inserting Text
  • Changing the Location of Point
  • Erasing Text
  • Files
  • Help
  • Blank Lines
  • Continuation Lines
  • Cursor Position Information
  • Numeric Arguments
• Undoing Changes
• The Minibuffer
  • Minibuffers for File Names
  • Editing in the Minibuffer
  • Completion
    • A Completion Example
    • Completion Commands
  • Repeating Minibuffer Commands
• Running Commands by Name
• Help
  • Documentation for a Key
  • Help by Command or Variable Name
  • Apropos
  • Other Help Commands
• Selecting Text
  • The Mark and the Region
    • Setting the Mark
    • Operating on the Region
    • Commands to Mark Textual Objects
    • The Mark Ring
  • Selecting Text with the Mouse
  • Additional Mouse Operations
• Killing and Moving Text
  • Deletion and Killing
    • Deletion
    • Killing by Lines
    • Other Kill Commands
  • Yanking
    • The Kill Ring
    • Appending Kills
    • Yanking Earlier Kills
  • Using X Selections
    • The Clipboard Selection
    • Miscellaneous X Selection Commands
    • X Cut Buffers
    • Active Regions
  • Accumulating Text
  • Rectangles
• Registers
  • Saving Positions in Registers
  • Saving Text in Registers
  • Saving Rectangles in Registers
• Controlling the Display
  • Scrolling
  • Horizontal Scrolling
  • Selective Display
  • Variables Controlling Display
• Searching and Replacement
  • Incremental Search
    • Slow Terminal Incremental Search
  • Non-Incremental Search
  • Word Search
  • Regular Expression Search
  • Syntax of Regular Expressions
  • Searching and Case
  • Replacement Commands
    • Unconditional Replacement
    • Regexp Replacement
    • Replace Commands and Case
    • Query Replace
  • Other Search-and-Loop Commands
• Commands for Fixing Typos
  • Killing Your Mistakes
  • Transposing Text
  • Case Conversion
  • Checking and Correcting Spelling
• File Handling
  • File Names
  • Visiting Files
  • Saving Files
    • Backup Files
      • Single or Numbered Backups
      • Automatic Deletion of Backups
      • Copying vs. Renaming
    • Protection Against Simultaneous Editing
  • Reverting a Buffer
  • Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters
    • Auto-Save Files
    • Controlling Auto-Saving
    • Recovering Data from Auto-Saves
  • Version Control
    • Concepts of Version Control
    • Editing with Version Control
    • Variables Affecting Check-in and Check-out
    • Log Entries
    • Change Logs and VC
    • Examining And Comparing Old Versions
    • VC Status Commands
    • Renaming VC Work Files and Master Files
    • Snapshots
      • Making and Using Snapshots
      • Snapshot Caveats
    • Inserting Version Control Headers
  • Listing a File Directory
  • Comparing Files
  • Dired, the Directory Editor
    • Entering Dired
    • Editing in Dired
    • Deleting Files With Dired
    • Immediate File Operations in Dired
  • Miscellaneous File Operations
• Using Multiple Buffers
  • Creating and Selecting Buffers
  • Listing Existing Buffers
  • Miscellaneous Buffer Operations
  • Killing Buffers
  • Operating on Several Buffers
• Multiple Windows
  • Concepts of Emacs Windows
  • Splitting Windows
  • Using Other Windows
  • Displaying in Another Window
  • Deleting and Rearranging Windows
• Major Modes
  • Choosing Major Modes
• Indentation
  • Indentation Commands and Techniques
  • Tab Stops
  • Tabs vs. Spaces
• Commands for Human Languages
  • Text Mode
    • Nroff Mode
    • TeX Mode
      • TeX Editing Commands
      • TeX Printing Commands
    • Outline Mode
      • Format of Outlines
      • Outline Motion Commands
      • Outline Visibility Commands
  • Words
  • Sentences
  • Paragraphs
  • Pages
  • Filling Text
    • Auto Fill Mode
    • Explicit Fill Commands
    • The Fill Prefix
  • Case Conversion Commands
• Editing Programs
  • Major Modes for Programming Languages
  • Lists and Sexps
  • Defuns
  • Indentation for Programs
    • Basic Program Indentation Commands
    • Indenting Several Lines
    • Customizing Lisp Indentation
    • Customizing C Indentation
  • Automatic Display of Matching Parentheses
  • Manipulating Comments
    • Multiple Lines of Comments
    • Options Controlling Comments
  • Editing Without Unbalanced Parentheses
  • Completion for Lisp Symbols
  • Documentation Commands
  • Change Logs
  • Tag Tables
    • Source File Tag Syntax
    • Creating Tag Tables
    • Selecting a Tag Table
    • Finding a Tag
    • Searching and Replacing with Tag Tables
    • Stepping Through a Tag Table
    • Tag Table Inquiries
  • Fortran Mode
    • Motion Commands
    • Fortran Indentation
      • Fortran Indentation Commands
      • Line Numbers and Continuation
      • Syntactic Conventions
      • Variables for Fortran Indentation
    • Comments
    • Columns
    • Fortran Keyword Abbrevs
• Compiling and Testing Programs
  • Running `make', or Compilers Generally
  • Major Modes for Lisp
  • Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs
    • Loading Libraries
    • Compiling Libraries
    • Converting Mocklisp to Lisp
  • Evaluating Emacs-Lisp Expressions
  • The Emacs-Lisp Debugger
  • Lisp Interaction Buffers
  • Running an External Lisp
• Abbrevs
  • Defining Abbrevs
  • Controlling Abbrev Expansion
  • Examining and Editing Abbrevs
  • Saving Abbrevs
  • Dynamic Abbrev Expansion
• Editing Pictures
  • Basic Editing in Picture Mode
  • Controlling Motion After Insert
  • Picture Mode Tabs
  • Picture Mode Rectangle Commands
• Sending Mail
  • The Format of the Mail Buffer
  • Mail Header Fields
  • Mail Mode
• Reading Mail With Rmail
  • Scrolling Within a Message
  • Moving Among Messages
  • Deleting Messages
  • Rmail Files and Inboxes
  • Multiple Mail Files
  • Copying Messages Out to Files
  • Labels
  • Summaries
    • Making Summaries
    • Editing in Summaries
  • Sending Replies
  • Editing Within a Message
  • Digest Messages
• Miscellaneous Commands
  • Sorting Text
  • Running Shell Commands from Emacs
    • Single Shell Commands
    • Interactive Inferior Shell
    • Shell Mode
  • Narrowing
  • Hardcopy Output
  • Recursive Editing Levels
  • Dissociated Press
  • CONX
  • Other Amusements
  • Emulation
    • Using evi Mode
• Customization
  • Minor Modes
  • Variables
    • Examining and Setting Variables
    • Editing Variable Values
    • Local Variables
    • Local Variables in Files
  • Keyboard Macros
    • Basic Use
    • Naming and Saving Keyboard Macros
    • Executing Macros With Variations
  • Customizing Key Bindings
    • Keymaps
    • Changing Key Bindings Interactively
    • Changing Key Bindings Programmatically
    • Disabling Commands
  • The Syntax Table
    • Information About Each Character
    • Altering Syntax Information
  • The Init File, .emacs
    • Init File Syntax
    • Init File Examples
    • Terminal-Specific Initialization
  • Changing the Bell Sound
  • Faces
    • Customizing Faces
  • X Resources
• Correcting Mistakes (Yours or Emacs's)
  • Quitting and Aborting
  • Dealing With Emacs Trouble
    • Recursive Editing Levels
    • Garbage on the Screen
    • Garbage in the Text
    • Spontaneous Entry to Incremental Search
    • Emergency Escape
    • Help for Total Frustration
  • Reporting Bugs
    • When Is There a Bug
    • How to Report a Bug
• XEmacs Features
  • General Changes
  • New Commands and Variables
  • Changes in Key Bindings
• Glossary
• 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
• Key (Character) Index
• Command and Function Index
• Variable Index
• Concept Index