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- From: Reuven M. Lerner <reuven@netvision.net.il>
- Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs,comp.answers,news.answers
- Subject: GNU Emacs Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), part diffs/5
- Supersedes: <GNU-Emacs-FAQ-diff_892408398@news.netvision.net.il>
- Followup-To: gnu.emacs.help
- Date: 18 Sep 1998 15:34:38 +0200
- Organization: GNU Emacs FAQ Central
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- Summary: Questions and answers having to do with GNU Emacs
- Keywords: GNU Emacs editors questions
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- Archive-name: GNU-Emacs-FAQ/diffs
-
- --- /home/reuven/Text/GNU-Emacs/Finals/final:98-07-16 Thu Jul 16 15:49:36 1998
- +++ /home/reuven/Text/GNU-Emacs/Finals/final:98-09-18 Fri Sep 18 14:44:26 1998
- @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
- ftp://the-tech.mit.edu/pub/GNU-Emacs/faq-diffs
-
- Please suggest new questions, answers, wording changes, and deletions by
- -sending mail to reuven@netvision.net.il. The most helpful form for
- +sending mail to emacs-faq@lerner.co.il. The most helpful form for
- suggestions is a context diff (i.e., the output of `diff -c'). Include
- "FAQ" in the subject of messages about the FAQ list.
-
- @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
- time to answer questions individually. :-(
-
- --
- -Reuven M. Lerner <reuven@netvision.net.il> and the FAQ team (a full list is
- +Reuven M. Lerner <reuven@lerner.co.il> and the FAQ team (a full list is
- at the bottom of the FAQ).
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- @@ -187,73 +187,72 @@
- 106: Calc -- poor man's Mathematica within Emacs
- 107: VIPER -- vi emulation for Emacs
- 108: AUC TeX -- enhanced LaTeX mode with debugging facilities
- -109: Hyperbole -- extensible hypertext management system within Emacs
- -110: BBDB -- personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news readers
- -111: Ispell -- spell checker in C with interface for Emacs
- -112: W3-mode -- A World Wide Web browser inside of Emacs
- -113: EDB -- Database program for Emacs; replaces forms editing modes
- -114: Mailcrypt -- PGP interface within Emacs mail and news
- -115: Patch -- program to apply "diffs" for updating files
- +109: BBDB -- personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news readers
- +110: Ispell -- spell checker in C with interface for Emacs
- +111: W3-mode -- A World Wide Web browser inside of Emacs
- +112: EDB -- Database program for Emacs; replaces forms editing modes
- +113: Mailcrypt -- PGP interface within Emacs mail and news
- +114: Patch -- program to apply "diffs" for updating files
-
- Changing Key Bindings and Handling Key Binding Problems
-
- -116: How do I bind keys (including function keys) to commands?
- -117: Why does Emacs say "Key sequence XXX uses invalid prefix characters"?
- -118: Why doesn't this [terminal or window-system setup] code work in my
- +115: How do I bind keys (including function keys) to commands?
- +116: Why does Emacs say "Key sequence XXX uses invalid prefix characters"?
- +117: Why doesn't this [terminal or window-system setup] code work in my
- .emacs file, but it works just fine after Emacs starts up?
- -119: How do I use function keys under X Windows?
- -120: How do I tell what characters or symbols my function or arrow keys
- +118: How do I use function keys under X Windows?
- +119: How do I tell what characters or symbols my function or arrow keys
- emit?
- -121: How do I set the X key "translations" for Emacs?
- -122: How do I handle C-s and C-q being used for flow control?
- -123: How do I bind `C-s' and `C-q' (or any key) if these keys are filtered
- +120: How do I set the X key "translations" for Emacs?
- +121: How do I handle C-s and C-q being used for flow control?
- +122: How do I bind `C-s' and `C-q' (or any key) if these keys are filtered
- out?
- -124: Why does the "Backspace" key invoke help?
- -125: Why doesn't Emacs look at the stty settings for Backspace vs. Delete?
- -126: How do I "swap" two keys?
- -127: How do I produce C-XXX with my keyboard?
- -128: What if I don't have a Meta key?
- -129: What if I don't have an Escape key?
- -130: Can I make my "Compose Character" key behave like a Meta key?
- -131: How do I bind a combination of modifier key and function key?
- -132: Why doesn't my Meta key work in an xterm window?
- -133: Why doesn't my ExtendChar key work as a Meta key under HP-UX 8.0
- +123: Why does the "Backspace" key invoke help?
- +124: Why doesn't Emacs look at the stty settings for Backspace vs. Delete?
- +125: How do I "swap" two keys?
- +126: How do I produce C-XXX with my keyboard?
- +127: What if I don't have a Meta key?
- +128: What if I don't have an Escape key?
- +129: Can I make my "Compose Character" key behave like a Meta key?
- +130: How do I bind a combination of modifier key and function key?
- +131: Why doesn't my Meta key work in an xterm window?
- +132: Why doesn't my ExtendChar key work as a Meta key under HP-UX 8.0
- and 9.x?
-
- Using Emacs with Alternate Character Sets
-
- -134: How do I make Emacs display 8-bit characters?
- -135: How do I input 8-bit characters?
- -136: Where can I get an Emacs that handles kanji, Chinese, or other
- +133: How do I make Emacs display 8-bit characters?
- +134: How do I input 8-bit characters?
- +135: Where can I get an Emacs that handles kanji, Chinese, or other
- character sets?
- -137: Where is an Emacs that can handle Semitic (right-to-left) alphabets?
- +136: Where is an Emacs that can handle Semitic (right-to-left) alphabets?
-
- Mail and News
-
- -138: How do I change the included text prefix in mail/news followups?
- -139: How do I save a copy of outgoing mail?
- -140: Why doesn't Emacs expand my aliases when sending mail?
- -141: Why does Rmail think all my saved messages are one big message?
- -142: How can I sort the messages in my Rmail folder?
- -143: Why does Rmail need to write to /usr/spool/mail?
- -144: How do I recover my mail files after Rmail munges their format?
- -145: How can I force Rmail to reply to the sender of a message, but not the
- +137: How do I change the included text prefix in mail/news followups?
- +138: How do I save a copy of outgoing mail?
- +139: Why doesn't Emacs expand my aliases when sending mail?
- +140: Why does Rmail think all my saved messages are one big message?
- +141: How can I sort the messages in my Rmail folder?
- +142: Why does Rmail need to write to /usr/spool/mail?
- +143: How do I recover my mail files after Rmail munges their format?
- +144: How can I force Rmail to reply to the sender of a message, but not the
- other recipients?
- -146: How can I get my favorite Emacs mail package to support MIME?
- -147: How do I make Emacs automatically start my mail/news reader?
- -148: How do I read news under Emacs?
- -149: Why doesn't Gnus work via NNTP?
- -150: How do I view news articles with embedded underlining (e.g.,
- +145: How can I get my favorite Emacs mail package to support MIME?
- +146: How do I make Emacs automatically start my mail/news reader?
- +147: How do I read news under Emacs?
- +148: Why doesn't Gnus work via NNTP?
- +149: How do I view news articles with embedded underlining (e.g.,
- ClariNews)?
- -151: How do I save all the items of a multi-part posting in Gnus?
- -152: How do I make Gnus start up faster?
- -153: How do I catch up all newsgroups in Gnus?
- -154: Why can't I kill in Gnus based on the Newsgroups/Keywords/Control
- +150: How do I save all the items of a multi-part posting in Gnus?
- +151: How do I make Gnus start up faster?
- +152: How do I catch up all newsgroups in Gnus?
- +153: Why can't I kill in Gnus based on the Newsgroups/Keywords/Control
- headers?
- -155: How do I get rid of flashing messages in Gnus for slow connections?
- -156: Why is catch up slow in Gnus?
- -157: Why does Gnus hang for a long time when posting?
- -158: Where can I find out more about Gnus?
- +154: How do I get rid of flashing messages in Gnus for slow connections?
- +155: Why is catch up slow in Gnus?
- +156: Why does Gnus hang for a long time when posting?
- +157: Where can I find out more about Gnus?
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- @@ -264,7 +263,7 @@
- To search for a question numbered XXX, type "M-C-s ^XXX:", followed by a
- C-r if that doesn't work. Type RET to end the search.
-
- -If you have w3-mode installed (see question 112), you can visit ftp and
- +If you have w3-mode installed (see question 111), you can visit ftp and
- HTTP uniform resource locators (URLs) by placing the cursor on the URL and
- typing M-x w3-follow-url-at-point.
-
- @@ -272,7 +271,7 @@
- prefer to read the FAQ in a single file, see question 22.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- - Time-stamp: <1998-07-16 13:41:50 reuven>
- + Time-stamp: <1998-09-18 14:41:10 reuven>
-
-
- Notation Used in FAQ
- @@ -285,7 +284,7 @@
- C-x: press the `x' key while holding down the Control key
-
- M-x: press the `x' key while holding down the Meta key (if your computer
- - doesn't have a Meta key, see question 128)
- + doesn't have a Meta key, see question 127)
-
- M-C-x: press the `x' key while holding down both Control and Meta
- C-M-x: a synonym for the above
- @@ -293,7 +292,7 @@
- LFD: Linefeed or Newline; same as C-j
- RET: Return, sometimes marked Enter; same as C-m
- DEL: Delete, usually not the same as Backspace; same as C-? (See
- - question 124 if deleting invokes Emacs help)
- + question 123 if deleting invokes Emacs help)
- ESC: Escape; same as C-[
- TAB: Tab; same as C-i
- SPC: Space bar
- @@ -473,6 +472,11 @@
-
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/MailingListArchives/current
-
- + Web-based Usenet search services, such as DejaNews, also archive the
- + gnu.* groups. You can reach DejaNews at
- +
- + http://www.dejanews.com
- +
- 10: Where should I report bugs and other problems with Emacs?
-
- The correct way to report Emacs bugs is by e-mail to
- @@ -624,7 +628,7 @@
- format. Texinfo source for the manual (along with pregenerated Info
- files) is available at
-
- - ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/elisp-manual-19-2.4.tar.gz
- + ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/elisp-manual-20-2.5.tar.gz
-
- and all mirrors of ftp.gnu.org (See question 92 for a list). See
- question 17 if you want to install the Info files, or question 18 if you
- @@ -766,7 +770,7 @@
-
- More GNU information, including back issues of the "GNU's Bulletin", are at
-
- - http://www.fsf.org/
- + http://www.gnu.org/bulletins/bulletins.html
- http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/gnu/gnu.html
-
- 21: Where can I get help in installing Emacs?
- @@ -808,14 +812,15 @@
-
- * Via anonymous FTP. You can always fetch the latest FAQ at
-
- - ftp://the-tech.mit.edu/pub/GNU-Emacs/faq
- + ftp://ftp.lerner.co.il/pub/emacs/faq.txt
- + ftp://ftp.lerner.co.il/pub/emacs/faq.gz
-
- - This ftp site has been flaky as of late, so you might want to try
- - another source, such as rtfm.mit.edu (described below).
- + http://ftp.lerner.co.il/emacs/faq.txt
- + http://ftp.lerner.co.il/emacs/faq.gz
-
- - * In the Emacs distribution. Since Emacs 18.56, the latest available
- - version of the FAQ at the time of release has been part of the Emacs
- - distribution as file etc/FAQ (see question 4).
- + * In the Emacs distribution. Since Emacs 18.56, the FAQ at the time of
- + release has been part of the Emacs distribution as etc/FAQ (see
- + question 4).
-
- * Via the World Wide Web. Point your favorite Web browser at:
-
- @@ -846,9 +851,8 @@
- "help" and "index" in the body on separate lines.
-
- * As the very last resort, you can e-mail a request to
- - gnu-emacs-faq-maintainers@bigbird.bu.edu. Don't do this unless you
- - have made a serious effort to obtain the FAQ list via one of the
- - methods listed above.
- + emacs-faq@lerner.co.il. Don't do this unless you have made a serious
- + effort to obtain the FAQ list via one of the methods listed above.
-
-
- Status of Emacs
- @@ -875,7 +879,7 @@
-
- 24: What is the latest version of Emacs?
-
- - Emacs 20.2 is the current version as of this writing.
- + Emacs 20.3 is the current version as of this writing.
-
- 25: What is different about Emacs 20?
-
- @@ -1109,11 +1113,11 @@
-
- 37: Where can I get a better spelling checker for Emacs?
-
- - Use Ispell. See question 111.
- + Use Ispell. See question 110.
-
- 38: How can I spell-check TeX or *roff documents?
-
- - Use Ispell. See question 111. Ispell can handle TeX and *roff
- + Use Ispell. See question 110. Ispell can handle TeX and *roff
- documents.
-
- 39: How do I change load-path?
- @@ -1895,7 +1899,7 @@
- sending C-s and C-q for flow control, and Emacs is receiving these
- characters and interpreting them as commands. (The C-s character
- normally invokes the isearch-forward command.) For possible solutions,
- - see question 122.
- + see question 121.
-
- 76: Why can't Emacs talk to certain hosts (or certain hostnames)?
-
- @@ -1936,7 +1940,7 @@
-
- It may be the case that you need to load some package first, or use a
- hook that will be evaluated after the package is loaded. A common case
- - of this is explained in question 118.
- + of this is explained in question 117.
-
- 78: Why does Emacs ignore my X resources (my .Xdefaults file)?
-
- @@ -2119,13 +2123,13 @@
- available. On ftp.gnu.org, the main GNU distribution site, sources are
- available at
-
- - ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs-20.2.tar.gz
- + ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs-20.3.tar.gz
-
- The above will obviously change as new versions of Emacs come out. For
- - instance, when Emacs 20.3 is released, it will most probably be
- + instance, when Emacs 20.4 is released, it will most probably be
- available at
-
- - ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs-20.3.tar.gz
- + ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs-20.4.tar.gz
-
- Again, you should use one of the mirror sites in question 92 (and
- adjust the URL accordingly) so as to reduce load on ftp.gnu.org.
- @@ -2369,8 +2373,6 @@
-
- AFRICA: ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/pub/gnu
-
- - MIDDLE-EAST: ftp://ftp.technion.ac.il/pub/unsupported/gnu
- -
- EUROPE: ftp://ftp.denet.dk/pub/gnu,
- ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu,
- ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu,
- @@ -2442,7 +2444,7 @@
-
- Many XEmacs features have found their way into recent versions of Emacs,
- and more features can be expected in the future, but there are still many
- - differences between the two packages.
- + differences between the two.
-
- The latest version of XEmacs as of this writing is 20.4; you can get it
- at
- @@ -2463,10 +2465,13 @@
-
- ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/emacs.README
-
- - And the binary itself is available at:
- + And the binary itself is available in the files
-
- ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/em1934*.zip
-
- + where * indicates that you should retrieve all of the files beginning
- + with "em1934" and ending with "zip".
- +
- If you prefer to compile Emacs for yourself, you will need a 386 (or
- better) processor, and are running MS-DOS 3.0 or later. According to Eli
- Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> and Darrel Hankerson
- @@ -2561,9 +2566,8 @@
- To the best of our knowledge, Emacs 19 has not been ported to the
- Macintosh.
-
- - The forthcoming "Rhapsody" operating system is based largely on
- - NeXTSTEP and OpenStep. See question 99 for more details about that
- - version.
- + Apple's forthcoming "OS X" is based largely on NeXTSTEP and OpenStep.
- + See question 99 for more details about that version.
-
- 101: Where do I get Emacs that runs on VMS under DECwindows?
-
- @@ -2617,7 +2621,7 @@
- 104: VM (View Mail) -- another mail reader within Emacs, with MIME support
-
- Author: Kyle Jones <kyle@uunet.uu.net>
- - Latest version: 6.56
- + Latest version: 6.62
- Anonymous FTP:
- ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/mail/vm/vm.tar.gz
- Newsgroups and mailing lists:
- @@ -2684,28 +2688,7 @@
- World Wide Web:
- http://www.iesd.auc.dk/~amanda/auctex/
-
- -109: Hyperbole -- extensible hypertext management system within Emacs
- -
- - Author: Bob Weiner <rsw@cs.brown.edu>
- - Latest version: 3.16
- - Anonymous FTP:
- - ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/infodock/hyperbole-4.01.tar.gz
- - Mailing lists:
- - hyperbole-announce -- Hyperbole release announcements only.
- - Subscriptions:
- - To: hyperbole-request@cs.brown.edu
- - Subject: Add <mailbox@domain.name> to hyperbole-announce
- - hyperbole -- Hyperbole discussion.
- - Subscriptions:
- - To: hyperbole-request@cs.brown.edu
- - Subject: Add <mailbox@domain.name> to hyperbole
- - Submissions:
- - hyperbole@cs.brown.edu
- - NOTE: Any member of the hyperbole mailing list is automatically a
- - member of the hyperbole-announce mailing list.
- - NOTE: No .UUCP or ! addresses are allowed on these mailing lists.
- -
- -110: BBDB -- personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news readers
- +109: BBDB -- personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news readers
-
- Maintainer: Matt Simmons <simmonmt@acm.org>
- Latest released version: 2.00
- @@ -2716,7 +2699,7 @@
- info-bbdb@xemacs.org (for submissions)
- bbdb-announce-request@xemacs.org (to be informed of new releases)
-
- -111: Ispell -- spell checker in C with interface for Emacs
- +110: Ispell -- spell checker in C with interface for Emacs
-
- Author: Geoff Kuenning <geoff@itcorp.com>
- Latest released version: 3.1.20
- @@ -2735,7 +2718,7 @@
- * This Ispell program is distinct from GNU Ispell 4.0. GNU
- Ispell 4.0 is no longer a supported product.
-
- -112: W3-mode -- A World Wide Web browser inside of Emacs
- +111: W3-mode -- A World Wide Web browser inside of Emacs
-
- Author: Bill Perry <wmperry@spry.com>
- Latest version: 4.0pre.23
- @@ -2746,24 +2729,25 @@
- w3-beta-request@indiana.edu (for beta-testers of new versions)
- w3-dev@indiana.edu (for developers of W3)
-
- -113: EDB -- Database program for Emacs; replaces forms editing modes
- +112: EDB -- Database program for Emacs; replaces forms editing modes
-
- Author: Michael Ernst <mernst@theory.lcs.mit.edu>
- Latest version: 1.21
- Anonymous FTP:
- ftp://theory.lcs.mit.edu/pub/emacs/edb
-
- -114: Mailcrypt -- PGP interface within Emacs mail and news
- +113: Mailcrypt -- PGP interface within Emacs mail and news
-
- - Authors: Patrick J. LoPresti (patl@lcs.mit.edu) and
- - Jin S. Choi (jin@atype.com)
- + Authors: Patrick J. LoPresti <patl@lcs.mit.edu> and
- + Jin S. Choi <jin@atype.com>
- + Maintainer: Len Budney <lbudney@pobox.com>
- Latest version: 3.4
- Anonymous FTP:
- - ftp://cag.lcs.mit.edu/pub/patl/mailcrypt-3.4.tar.gz
- + http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/mailcrypt/mailcrypt-3.5b6.tar.gz
- World Wide Web:
- - http://cag-www.lcs.mit.edu/mailcrypt/
- + http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/mailcrypt.html
-
- -115: Patch -- program to apply "diffs" for updating files
- +114: Patch -- program to apply "diffs" for updating files
-
- Author: Larry Wall <lwall@wall.org> (with GNU modifications)
- Latest version: 2.5
- @@ -2772,7 +2756,7 @@
-
- Changing Key Bindings and Handling Key Binding Problems
-
- -116: How do I bind keys (including function keys) to commands?
- +115: How do I bind keys (including function keys) to commands?
-
- Keys can be bound to commands either interactively or in your .emacs
- file. To interactively bind keys for all modes, type
- @@ -2819,7 +2803,7 @@
- (global-set-key [f10] [?\C-x?\e?\e?\C-a?\C-k?\C-g]) ;; or
- (global-set-key [f10] "\C-x\e\e\C-a\C-k\C-g")
-
- -117: Why does Emacs say "Key sequence XXX uses invalid prefix characters"?
- +116: Why does Emacs say "Key sequence XXX uses invalid prefix characters"?
-
- Usually, one of two things has happened. In one case, the control
- character in the key sequence has been misspecified (e.g. "C-f" used
- @@ -2832,7 +2816,7 @@
- (global-unset-key [?\e ?[]) ;; or
- (global-unset-key "\e[")
-
- -118: Why doesn't this [terminal or window-system setup] code work in my
- +117: Why doesn't this [terminal or window-system setup] code work in my
- .emacs file, but it works just fine after Emacs starts up?
-
- During startup, Emacs initializes itself according to a given code/file
- @@ -2857,19 +2841,19 @@
- For information on what Emacs does every time it is started, see the
- lisp/startup.el file.
-
- -119: How do I use function keys under X Windows?
- +118: How do I use function keys under X Windows?
-
- With Emacs 19, functions keys under X are bound like any other key. See
- - question 116 for details.
- + question 115 for details.
-
- -120: How do I tell what characters or symbols my function or arrow keys
- +119: How do I tell what characters or symbols my function or arrow keys
- emit?
-
- Type "C-h c" then the function or arrow keys. The command will return
- either a function key symbol or character sequence (see the Emacs on-line
- documentation for an explanation). This works for other keys as well.
-
- -121: How do I set the X key "translations" for Emacs?
- +120: How do I set the X key "translations" for Emacs?
-
- Emacs is not written using the Xt library by default, so there are no
- "translations" to be set. (We aren't sure how to set such translations
- @@ -2884,7 +2868,7 @@
-
- defines the "M-TAB" key sequence.
-
- -122: How do I handle C-s and C-q being used for flow control?
- +121: How do I handle C-s and C-q being used for flow control?
-
- C-s and C-q are used in the XON/XOFF flow control protocol. This messes
- things up when you're using Emacs, because Emacs binds these keys to
- @@ -2980,23 +2964,23 @@
- For further discussion of this issue, read the file PROBLEMS (in the
- top-level directory when you unpack the Emacs source).
-
- -123: How do I bind `C-s' and `C-q' (or any key) if these keys are filtered
- +122: How do I bind `C-s' and `C-q' (or any key) if these keys are filtered
- out?
-
- To bind `C-s' and `C-q', use either "enable-flow-control" or
- - "enable-flow-control-on". See question 122 for usage and implementation
- + "enable-flow-control-on". See question 121 for usage and implementation
- details.
-
- - To bind other keys, use "keyboard-translate". See question 126 for usage
- + To bind other keys, use "keyboard-translate". See question 125 for usage
- details. To do this for an entire site, you should swap the keys in
- - lisp/site-start.el. See question 122 for an explanation of why
- + lisp/site-start.el. See question 121 for an explanation of why
- lisp/default.el should not be used.
-
- NOTE: * If you do this for an entire site, the users will be confused by
- the disparity between what the documentation says and how Emacs
- actually behaves.
-
- -124: Why does the "Backspace" key invoke help?
- +123: Why does the "Backspace" key invoke help?
-
- The "Backspace" key (on most keyboards) generates ASCII code 8. `C-h'
- sends the same code. In Emacs by default `C-h' invokes help-command.
- @@ -3030,7 +3014,7 @@
-
- (keyboard-translate ?\C-h ?\C-?)
-
- - See question 126 for further details of "keyboard-translate".
- + See question 125 for further details of "keyboard-translate".
-
- * Another approach is to switch key bindings and put help on "C-x h"
- instead:
- @@ -3043,11 +3027,11 @@
- NOTE: * Don't try to bind DEL to help-command, because there are many
- modes that have local bindings of DEL that will interfere.
-
- -125: Why doesn't Emacs look at the stty settings for Backspace vs. Delete?
- +124: Why doesn't Emacs look at the stty settings for Backspace vs. Delete?
-
- Good question!
-
- -126: How do I "swap" two keys?
- +125: How do I "swap" two keys?
-
- In Emacs 19, you can swap two keys (or key sequences) by using the
- "keyboard-translate" function. For example, to turn `C-h' into DEL and
- @@ -3069,7 +3053,7 @@
-
- Also see "Keyboard Translations" in the on-line manual.
-
- -127: How do I produce C-XXX with my keyboard?
- +126: How do I produce C-XXX with my keyboard?
-
- On terminals (but not under X), some common "aliases" are:
-
- @@ -3084,14 +3068,14 @@
- all of the digits on your keyboard to see what gets generated. You can
- also try the "C-h w" command if you know the name of the command.
-
- -128: What if I don't have a Meta key?
- +127: What if I don't have a Meta key?
-
- Instead of typing "M-a", you can type "ESC a". In fact, Emacs converts
- M-a internally into "ESC a" anyway (depending on the value of
- meta-prefix-char). Note that you press "Meta" and `a' together, while
- you press `ESC', release it, and then press `a'.
-
- -129: What if I don't have an Escape key?
- +128: What if I don't have an Escape key?
-
- Type `C-[' instead. This should send ASCII code 27 just like an Escape
- key would. `C-3' may also work on some terminal (but not under X). For
- @@ -3101,13 +3085,13 @@
- (define-key function-key-map [f11] [?\e]) ; F11 is the documented ESC
- ; replacement on DEC terminals.
-
- -130: Can I make my "Compose Character" key behave like a Meta key?
- +129: Can I make my "Compose Character" key behave like a Meta key?
-
- On a dumb terminal such as a VT220, no. It is rumored that certain VT220
- clones could have their Compose key configured this way. If you're using
- X, you might be able to do this with the "xmodmap" program.
-
- -131: How do I bind a combination of modifier key and function key?
- +130: How do I bind a combination of modifier key and function key?
-
- With Emacs 19 you can represent modified function keys in vector format
- by adding prefixes to the function key symbol. For example (from the
- @@ -3129,9 +3113,9 @@
- keys). Non-ASCII keys and mouse events (e.g. "C-=" and
- "mouse-1") also fall under this category.
-
- - See question 116 for general key binding instructions.
- + See question 115 for general key binding instructions.
-
- -132: Why doesn't my Meta key work in an xterm window?
- +131: Why doesn't my Meta key work in an xterm window?
-
- Try all of these methods before asking for further help:
-
- @@ -3170,7 +3154,7 @@
-
- You might have to replace "Meta" with "Alt".
-
- -133: Why doesn't my ExtendChar key work as a Meta key under HP-UX 8.0
- +132: Why doesn't my ExtendChar key work as a Meta key under HP-UX 8.0
- and 9.x?
-
- This is a result of an internationalization extension in X11R4 and the
- @@ -3188,7 +3172,7 @@
-
- Using Emacs with Alternate Character Sets
-
- -134: How do I make Emacs display 8-bit characters?
- +133: How do I make Emacs display 8-bit characters?
-
- Emacs 19 has built-in support for 8-bit characters. Here is an excerpt
- from the "European Display" page of the on-line manual:
- @@ -3209,7 +3193,7 @@
- "88591", Emacs automatically enables European character display mode
- when it starts up.
-
- -135: How do I input 8-bit characters?
- +134: How do I input 8-bit characters?
-
- Again, from the "European Display" page of the on-line manual:
-
- @@ -3227,7 +3211,7 @@
- example, `''' enters the Latin-1 character acute-accent (character code
- 0264).
-
- -136: Where can I get an Emacs that handles kanji, Chinese, or other
- +135: Where can I get an Emacs that handles kanji, Chinese, or other
- character sets?
-
- Emacs 20 now includes many of the features of MULE, the Multilingual
- @@ -3238,7 +3222,7 @@
-
- ftp://sh.wide.ad.jp/JAPAN/mule/mule-19.33-delta.tar.gz
-
- -137: Where is an Emacs that can handle Semitic (right-to-left) alphabets?
- +136: Where is an Emacs that can handle Semitic (right-to-left) alphabets?
-
- Emacs 20 supports Hebrew characters (ISO 8859-8), but does not yet
- support right-to-left character entry.
- @@ -3257,7 +3241,7 @@
-
- Mail and News
-
- -138: How do I change the included text prefix in mail/news followups?
- +137: How do I change the included text prefix in mail/news followups?
-
- If you read mail with Rmail or news with Gnus, set the variable
- mail-yank-prefix. For VM, set vm-included-text-prefix. For mh-e, set
- @@ -3269,7 +3253,7 @@
- message, set the value of mail-yank-ignored-headers to an appropriate
- regexp.
-
- -139: How do I save a copy of outgoing mail?
- +138: How do I save a copy of outgoing mail?
-
- You can either mail yourself a copy by including a "BCC:" header in the
- mail message, or store a copy of the message directly to a file by
- @@ -3286,13 +3270,13 @@
- (setq mail-archive-file-name (expand-file-name "~/outgoing"))
-
- The output file will be in Unix mail format, which can be read directly
- - by VM, but not always by Rmail. See question 141.
- + by VM, but not always by Rmail. See question 140.
-
- If you use mh-e, add an "FCC:" or "BCC:" field to your components file.
-
- It does not work to put "set record filename" in the .mailrc file.
-
- -140: Why doesn't Emacs expand my aliases when sending mail?
- +139: Why doesn't Emacs expand my aliases when sending mail?
-
- * You must separate multiple addresses in the headers of the mail buffer
- with commas. This is because Emacs supports RFC822 standard addresses
- @@ -3319,7 +3303,7 @@
- expansion by moving point to the end of the alias and typing "C-x a e"
- (M-x expand-abbrev).
-
- -141: Why does Rmail think all my saved messages are one big message?
- +140: Why does Rmail think all my saved messages are one big message?
-
- A file created through the FCC: field in a message is in Unix mail
- format, not the format that Rmail uses (BABYL format). Rmail will try to
- @@ -3328,12 +3312,12 @@
- file be an inbox for your Rmail file by using the function
- set-rmail-inbox-list.
-
- -142: How can I sort the messages in my Rmail folder?
- +141: How can I sort the messages in my Rmail folder?
-
- In Rmail, type "C-c C-s C-h" to get a list of sorting functions and their
- key bindings.
-
- -143: Why does Rmail need to write to /usr/spool/mail?
- +142: Why does Rmail need to write to /usr/spool/mail?
-
- This is the behavior of the "movemail" program which Rmail uses. This
- indicates that movemail is configured to use lock files.
- @@ -3347,7 +3331,7 @@
- Other systems use the flock system call to interlock access. On these
- systems, you should configure movemail to use flock.
-
- -144: How do I recover my mail files after Rmail munges their format?
- +143: How do I recover my mail files after Rmail munges their format?
-
- If you have just done rmail-input on a file and you don't want to save it
- in Rmail's format (called BABYL), just kill the buffer (with C-x k).
- @@ -3359,7 +3343,7 @@
- format, use the command M-x unrmail: it will prompt you for the input and
- output file names.
-
- -145: How can I force Rmail to reply to the sender of a message, but not the
- +144: How can I force Rmail to reply to the sender of a message, but not the
- other recipients?
-
- Ron Isaacson <isaacson@seas.upenn.edu> says: When you hit "r" to reply in
- @@ -3379,7 +3363,7 @@
- (define-key rmail-mode-map "r" 'rmail-reply-t)
- (define-key rmail-mode-map "R" 'rmail-reply)))
-
- -146: How can I get my favorite Emacs mail package to support MIME?
- +145: How can I get my favorite Emacs mail package to support MIME?
-
- Look at the Emacs MIME FAQ, maintained by MacDonald Hall Jackson
- <trey@cs.berkeley.edu> at
- @@ -3388,7 +3372,7 @@
-
- Version 6.x of VM supports MIME. See question 104.
-
- -147: How do I make Emacs automatically start my mail/news reader?
- +146: How do I make Emacs automatically start my mail/news reader?
-
- To start Emacs in Gnus:
-
- @@ -3408,11 +3392,11 @@
- two copies of Emacs at one time. Also, this would make it difficult for
- you to start Emacs quickly when you needed to.
-
- -148: How do I read news under Emacs?
- +147: How do I read news under Emacs?
-
- Use M-x gnus. It is documented in Info (see question 14).
-
- -149: Why doesn't Gnus work via NNTP?
- +148: Why doesn't Gnus work via NNTP?
-
- There is a bug in NNTP version 1.5.10, such that when multiple requests
- are sent to the NNTP server, the server only handles the first one before
- @@ -3430,7 +3414,7 @@
-
- Also see question 75 in this FAQ for some additional ideas.
-
- -150: How do I view news articles with embedded underlining (e.g.,
- +149: How do I view news articles with embedded underlining (e.g.,
- ClariNews)?
-
- Underlining appears like this:
- @@ -3471,14 +3455,14 @@
- (add-hook 'gnus-article-prepare-hook
- '(lambda () (ununderline-region (point-min) (point-max))))
-
- -151: How do I save all the items of a multi-part posting in Gnus?
- +150: How do I save all the items of a multi-part posting in Gnus?
-
- Use gnus-uu. Type C-c C-v C-h in the Gnus summary buffer to see a list
- of available commands.
-
- -152: How do I make Gnus start up faster?
- +151: How do I make Gnus start up faster?
-
- - From the Gnus FAQ (see question 158):
- + From the Gnus FAQ (see question 157):
-
- Pranav Kumar Tiwari <pktiwari@eos.ncsu.edu> writes: I posted the same
- query recently and I got an answer to it. I am going to repeat the
- @@ -3490,7 +3474,7 @@
- gnus-nov-is-evil nil
- gnus-select-method '(nntp gnus-nntp-server))
-
- -153: How do I catch up all newsgroups in Gnus?
- +152: How do I catch up all newsgroups in Gnus?
-
- In the "*Newsgroup*" buffer, type the following magical incantation:
-
- @@ -3499,7 +3483,7 @@
- Leave off the "M-<" if you only want to catch up from point to the end of
- the "*Newsgroup" buffer.
-
- -154: Why can't I kill in Gnus based on the Newsgroups/Keywords/Control
- +153: Why can't I kill in Gnus based on the Newsgroups/Keywords/Control
- headers?
-
- Gnus will complain that the "Newsgroups:", "Keywords:", and "Control:"
- @@ -3514,16 +3498,16 @@
-
- (gnus-kill nil "^Newsgroups: .*\\(bad\\.group\\|worse\\.group\\)")
-
- -155: How do I get rid of flashing messages in Gnus for slow connections?
- +154: How do I get rid of flashing messages in Gnus for slow connections?
-
- Set nntp-debug-read to nil.
-
- -156: Why is catch up slow in Gnus?
- +155: Why is catch up slow in Gnus?
-
- Because Gnus is marking crosspostings read. You can control this with
- the variable gnus-use-cross-reference.
-
- -157: Why does Gnus hang for a long time when posting?
- +156: Why does Gnus hang for a long time when posting?
-
- David Lawrence <tale@uunet.uu.net> explains:
-
- @@ -3542,7 +3526,7 @@
- on its own. The C News folks have sped up inews, too, so speed should
- look better to most folks as that update propagates around.
-
- -158: Where can I find out more about Gnus?
- +157: Where can I find out more about Gnus?
-
- Look for the Gnus FAQ, available at
-
-