Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs
- General Questions
- On-line Help, Printed Manuals, Other Sources of Help
- Status of Emacs
- If you are viewing this text in a GNU Emacs Buffer, you can type "M-2 C-x $" to
- get an overview of just the questions. Then, when you want to look at the text
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- Common Things People Want To Do
- Bugs/Problems
- Difficulties Building/Installing/Porting Emacs
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- of the answers, just type "C-x $".
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- that doesn't work, then type ESC to end the search.
- A `+' in the 78th column means something was inserted on the line. A `-' means
- something was deleted and a `!' means some combination of insertions and
- deletions occurred.
- Full instructions for getting the latest FAQ are in question 22. Also see the
- `Introduction to news.answers' posting in the `news.answers' newsgroup, or send
- e-mail to `mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu' with `help' on a body line, or use FTP,
- WAIS, or Prospero to rtfm.mit.edu.
- Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages
- Major Emacs Lisp Packages, Emacs Extensions, and Related Programs
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- get an overview of just the questions. Then, when you want to look at the text
- of the answers, just type "C-x $".
- To search for a question numbered XXX, type "M-C-s ^XXX:", followed by a C-r if
- that doesn't work, then type ESC to end the search.
- A `+' in the 78th column means something was inserted on the line. A `-' means
- something was deleted and a `!' means some combination of insertions and
- deletions occurred.
- Full instructions for getting the latest FAQ are in question 22. Also see the
- `Introduction to news.answers' posting in the `news.answers' newsgroup, or send
- e-mail to `mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu' with `help' on a body line, or use FTP,
- WAIS, or Prospero to rtfm.mit.edu.
- Changing Key Bindings and Handling Key Binding Problems
- Using Emacs with Alternate Character Sets
- This portion of the GNU Emacs FAQ list is cross-posted to `gnu.emacs.gnus'
- because many of the questions herein deal with GNUS. See `gnu.emacs.help' for
- the rest of the FAQ list.
- If you are viewing this text in a GNU Emacs Buffer, you can type "M-2 C-x $" to
- get an overview of just the questions. Then, when you want to look at the text
- of the answers, just type "C-x $".
- To search for a question numbered XXX, type "M-C-s ^XXX:", followed by a C-r if
- that doesn't work, then type ESC to end the search.
- A `+' in the 78th column means something was inserted on the line. A `-' means
- something was deleted and a `!' means some combination of insertions and
- deletions occurred.
- Full instructions for getting the latest FAQ are in question 22. Also see the
- `Introduction to news.answers' posting in the `news.answers' newsgroup, or send
- e-mail to `mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu' with `help' on a body line, or use FTP,
- WAIS, or Prospero to rtfm.mit.edu.
- Mail and News
- @node Question 2
- @node Question 3
- @node Question 4
- @node Question 5
- @node Question 6
- What is the LPF and why should I join it?
- What is the real legal meaning of the GNU copyleft?
- What are appropriate messages for gnu.emacs.help, gnu.emacs.bug,
- Where can I get old postings to gnu.emacs.help and other GNU groups?
- Where should I report bugs and other problems with GNU Emacs?
- How do I unsubscribe to this mailing list?
- What is the current address of the FSF?
- I'm just starting GNU Emacs; how do I do basic editing?
- How do I find out how to do something in GNU Emacs?
- How do I get a printed copy of the GNU Emacs manual?
- Where can I get documentation on GNU Emacs Lisp?
- How do I install a piece of Texinfo documentation?
- How do I print a Texinfo file?
- Can I view Info files without using GNU Emacs?
- What informational files are available for GNU Emacs?
- Where can I get help in installing GNU Emacs?
- Where can I get the latest version of this document (the FAQ list)?
- Where does the name "Emacs" come from?
- What is the latest version of GNU Emacs?
- When will GNU Emacs 19 be available?
- What is different about GNU Emacs 19?
- What variants of GNU Emacs exist?
- How do I set up a .emacs file properly?
- How do I debug a .emacs file?
- How do I make Emacs display the current line (or column) number?
- How do I turn on Abbrevs by default just in mode XXX?
- How do I turn on Auto-Fill mode by default?
- How do I make Emacs use a certain major mode for certain files?
- How do I search for, delete, or replace unprintable (8-bit or control)
- How can I highlight a region of text in Emacs?
- How do I control Emacs's case-sensitivity when searching/replacing?
- How do I make Emacs wrap words for me?
- Where can I get a better spelling checker for Emacs?
- How can I spell-check TeX or *roff documents?
- How do I change load-path?
- How do I use an already running Emacs from another window?
- How do I make Emacs recognize my compiler's funny error messages?
- How do I indent switch statements like this?
- How can I make Emacs automatically scroll horizontally?
- How do I make Emacs "typeover" or "overwrite" instead of inserting?
- How do I stop Emacs from beeping on a terminal?
- How do I turn down the bell volume in Emacs running under X Windows?
- How do I tell Emacs to automatically indent a new line to the
- How do I show which parenthesis matches the one I'm looking at?
- In C mode, can I show just the lines that will be left after #ifdef
- Is there an equivalent to the `.' (dot) command of vi?
- What are the valid X resource settings (ie., stuff in .Xdefaults)?
- How do I execute a piece of Emacs Lisp code?
- How do I change Emacs's idea of the tab character's length?
- How do I insert `>' at the beginning of every line?
- How do I insert `_^H' before each character in a paragraph to get an
- How do I repeat a command as many times as possible?
- How do I make Emacs behave like this: when I go up or down, the cursor
- How do I tell Emacs to iconify itself?
- How do I use regexps (regular expressions) in Emacs?
- How do I perform a replace operation across more than one file?
- Where is the documentation for `etags'?
- Does Emacs have problems with files larger than 8 megabytes?
- Why can't Emacs find files in current directory on startup?
- How do I get rid of the ^M junk in my Shell buffer?
- Why do I get `Process shell exited abnormally with code 1'?
- Why can't I cut from Emacs and paste in other X programs?
- Where is the termcap/terminfo entry for terminal type `emacs'?
- Why does Emacs spontaneously start displaying `I-search:' and beeping?
- Why can't Emacs talk to certain hosts (or certain hostnames)?
- Why does Emacs say `Error in init file'?
- Why does Emacs ignore my X resources (my .Xdefaults file)?
- Why does Emacs take 20 seconds to visit a file?
- How do I edit a file with a `$' in its name?
- Why does Shell mode lose track of the shell's current directory?
- Why doesn't my change to load-path work?
- Why does the cursor always go to the wrong column when I move up or
- Why does Emacs hang with message `Unknown XMenu error' with X11R4?
- Why doesn't display-time show the load average in the mode line
- Why does ispell sometimes ignore the local dictionary?
- Why does Ispell treat each line as a single word?
- Are there any security risks in GNU Emacs?
- What should I do if I have trouble building Emacs?
- How do I stop Emacs from failing when the executable is stripped?
- Why does linking Emacs with -lX11 fail?
- Why does Emacs 18.55 say `Fatal error (6).Abort' under SunOS 4.1?
- Where can I get GNU Emacs on the net (or by snail mail)?
- How do I find a GNU Emacs Lisp package that does XXX?
- Where can I get GNU Emacs Lisp packages that don't come with Emacs?
- How do I submit code to the Emacs Lisp Archive?
- Where can I get other up-to-date GNU stuff?
- Where can I get an Emacs with better mouse and X window support?
- What is the difference between GNU Emacs and Epoch?
- What is the difference between GNU Emacs and Lucid GNU Emacs?
- Where can I get the "unofficial HP GNU Emacs"?
- Where can I get Emacs for my PC running MS-DOS?
- Where can I get Emacs for my PC running Windows?
- Where can I get Emacs for my PC running OS/2?
- Where can I get Emacs for my Atari ST?
- Where can I get Emacs for my Amiga?
- Where can I get Emacs for my Apple computer?
- Where can I get Emacs with NeWS support?
- Where do I get Emacs that runs on VMS under DECwindows?
- Where can I get modes for Lex, Yacc/Bison, Bourne Shell, Csh, C++,
- What is the IP address of XXX.YYY.ZZZ?
- VM (View Mail) -- another mail reader within Emacs
- Supercite -- mail and news citation package within Emacs
- GNUS -- news reader within Emacs
- Calc -- poor man's Mathematica within Emacs
- Calendar/Diary -- calendar manager within Emacs
- Ange-FTP -- transparent FTP access for Emacs's file access routines
- VIP -- vi emulation for Emacs
- Dired -- better directory editor for Emacs
- AUC TeX -- enhanced LaTeX mode with debugging facilities
- Hyperbole -- extensible hypertext management system within Emacs
- Byte Compiler -- enhanced version of Emacs's byte compiler
- comint -- hugely enhanced shell mode and other derived modes
- BBDB -- personal info rolodex integrated with mail/news readers
- Ispell -- spell checker in C with interface for Emacs
- Epoch -- enhanced GNU Emacs with better X interface
- Lucid GNU Emacs -- alternative Emacs 19 with better X interface
- Demacs -- GNU Emacs altered to run on MS-DOS on 386/486 machines
- Freemacs -- a small Emacs for MS-DOS
- Patch -- program to apply "diffs" for updating files
- How do I bind keys (including function keys) to commands?
- Why does Emacs say `Key sequence XXX uses invalid prefix characters'?
- Why doesn't this [terminal or window-system setup] code work in my
- How do I use function keys under X Windows?
- How do I tell what characters my function or arrow keys emit?
- How do I set the X key "translations" for Emacs?
- How do I handle C-s and C-q being used for flow control?
- How do I use commands bound to C-s and C-q (or any key) if these keys
- Why does the `BackSpace' key invoke help?
- Why doesn't Emacs look at the stty settings for Backspace vs. Delete?
- Why don't the arrow keys work?
- How do I "swap" two keys?
- How do I produce C-XXX with my keyboard?
- What if I don't have a Meta key?
- What if I don't have an Escape key?
- How do I type DEL on PC terminal emulators?
- Can I make my `Compose Character' key behave like a Meta key?
- How do I bind a combination of modifier key and function key?
- Why doesn't my Meta key work in an xterm window?
- Why doesn't my ExtendChar key work as a Meta key under HP-UX 8.0?
- Where can I get key bindings to make Emacs emulate WordStar?
- Where can I get an XEDIT emulator for Emacs?
- How do I make Emacs display 8-bit characters?
- How do I input 8-bit characters?
- Where can I get an Emacs that can handle kanji characters?
- Where can I get an Emacs that can handle Chinese?
- Where is an Emacs that can handle Semitic (right-to-left) alphabets?
- How do I change the included text prefix in mail/news followups?
- How do I save a copy of outgoing mail?
- Why doesn't Emacs expand my aliases when sending mail?
- Why does RMAIL think all my saved messages are one big message?
- How can I sort the messages in my RMAIL folder?
- Why does RMAIL need to write to /usr/spool/mail?
- How do I recover my mail files after RMAIL munges their format?
- How do I make Emacs automatically start my mail/news reader?
- How do I read news under Emacs?
- Why does `rnews' say "No News is good news" when there is news?
- Why doesn't GNUS work anymore via NNTP?
- How do I view text with embedded underlining (eg., ClariNews)?
- When I try to post a long article in GNUS (about 10K or longer), I get
- How do I save all the items of a multi-part posting in GNUS?
- Why does GNUS put the subjects in replies beyond the 80th column?
- Why is GNUS so slow to start up?
- How do I catch up all newsgroups in GNUS?
- Why can't I kill in GNUS on the Newsgroups/Keywords/Control line?
- How do I get rid of flashing messages in GNUS for slow connections?
- Why is catch up slow in Gnews/GNUS?
- Why does GNUS hang for a long time when posting?
- Why don't my news postings in GNUS get past the local machine?
- Why is the GNUS-generated `Date:' header invalid?
- Why doesn't GNUS generate the `Lines:' header?
- Why do I get "Cannot open load file" "nntp" when compiling GNUS?
- How do I kill all articles in GNUS but those matching a pattern?
- Index
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