GNU EMACS Manual

GNU Emacs provides autosave, multiple undos and redos, transparent access to remote file systems, multiple backups, support for version control systems, and a Lisp interpreter. In addition, Emacs integrates make, grep, diff , and other utilities into a single environment. There are modes for programming in over a dozen different languages. Emacs not only works with plain character terminals but also is fully integrated with the XWindow System.

Emacs includes an on-line, easy to follow tutorial and a built-in help system that describes all of Emacs's features.

This is the 14th Edition of the GNU Emacs Manual. It is written by Richard M. Stallman, who wrote the original Emacs.

Contents

• Preface
• Distribution
• GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
• Introduction
• 1 The Organization of the Screen
• 2 Characters, Keys and Commands
• 3 Entering and Exiting Emacs
• 4 Basic Editing Commands
• 5 The Minibuffer
• 6 Running Commands by Name
• 7 Help
• 8 The Mark and the Region
• 9 Killing and Moving Text
• 10 Registers
• 11 Controlling the Display
• 12 Searching and Replacement
• 13 Commands for Fixing Typos
• 14 File Handling
• 15 Using Multiple Buffers
• 16 Multiple Windows
• 17 Frames and X Windows
• 18 International Character Set Support
• 19 Major Modes
• 20 Indentation
• 21 Commands for Human Languages
• 22 Editing Programs
• 23 Compiling and Testing Programs
• 24 Abbrevs
• 25 Editing Pictures
• 26 Sending Mail
• 27 Reading Mail with Rmail
• 28 Dired, the Directory Editor
• 29 The Calendar and the Diary
• 30 Miscellaneous Commands ........
• 31 Customization
• 32 Dealing with Common Problems
• 33 Appendix A Command Line Arguments
• 34 Appendix B Emacs 19 Antinews
• 35 Appendix C Emacs and MS-DOS
• 36 The GNU Manifesto
• 37 Glossary
• 38 Key (Character) Index
• 39 Command and Function Index
• 40 Variable Index
• 41 Concept Index