GNU Emacs Manual

1 GNU Emacs ManualGNU Emacs ManualUpdated for Emacs Version Stallman et is theGNU Emacs Manual , updated for Emacs version 1985 1987, 1993 2022 Free Software Foundation, is granted to copy , distribute and/or modify this document underthe terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version or any laterversion published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sectionsbeing The GNU Manifesto, Distribution and GNU GENERAL PUBLICLICENSE, with the Front-Cover Texts being A GNU Manual , and with theBack-Cover Texts as in (a) below.

2 A copy of the license is included in thesection entitled GNU Free Documentation License. (a) The FSF s Back-Cover Text is: You have the freedom to copy and modifythis GNU Manual . Buying copies from the FSF supports it in developing GNUand promoting software freedom. Published by the Free Software Foundation51 Franklin Street, Fifth FloorBoston, MA 02110-1301 USAISBN 978-0-9831592-8-5 Cover art by Etienne Suvasa; cover design by FSF Organization of the , Keys and and Exiting Editing Commands by Mark and the and Moving Controlling the Searching and Commands for Fixing Keyboard File Using Multiple Multiple Frames and Graphical International Character Set Major and Minor Commands for Human Editing Compiling and Testing Maintaining Large Dired.

3 The Directory The Calendar and the Sending Reading Mail with Miscellaneous Emacs Lisp Dealing with Common GENERAL PUBLIC Free Documentation Line Arguments for Emacs Options and 27 and macOS / and Microsoft GNU (Character) and Function of The Organization of the The Echo The Mode The Menu Characters, Keys and Kinds of User Keys and Entering and Exiting Entering Exiting Basic Editing Inserting Changing the Location of Erasing Undoing Blank Continuation Cursor Position Numeric Repeating a The Using the Minibuffers for File Editing in the Completion Completion Completion How Completion Alternatives Are Completion Minibuffer Repeating Minibuffer Entering Yes or No Running Commands by

4 Documentation for a Help by Command or Variable Help Mode Keyword Search for Help for International Language Other Help Help Help on Active Text and The Mark and the Setting the Commands to Mark Textual Operating on the The Mark The Global Mark Shift Disabling Transient Mark Killing and Moving Deletion and Killing by Other Kill Options for The Kill Yanking Earlier Appending Cut and Paste Operations on Graphical Using the Cut and Paste with Other Window Secondary Accumulating CUA Saving Positions in Saving Text in Saving Rectangles in Saving Window Configurations in Keeping Numbers in Keeping File Names in Keyboard Macro Controlling the Automatic Horizontal View Follow Text Colors for Color RGB Standard Text Font Lock Interactive Window Displaying Useless Selective

5 Optional Mode Line How Text Is Displaying the Line Visual Line Customization of Searching and Incremental Basics of Incremental Repeating Incremental Isearch Errors in Incremental Special Input for Incremental Not Exiting Incremental Searching the Nonincremental Word Symbol Regular Expression Syntax of Regular Backslash in Regular Regular Expression Lax Matching During Replacement Unconditional Regexp Replace Commands and Lax Query Other Search-and-Loop Tailoring Search to Your Commands for Fixing Transposing Case Checking and Correcting Keyboard Basic The Keyboard Macro The Keyboard Macro Executing Macros with Naming and Saving Keyboard Editing a Keyboard Stepwise Editing a Keyboard File File Visiting Saving Commands for Saving Backup Single or Numbered Automatic Deletion of Copying vs.

6 Customizing Saving of Protection against Simultaneous Shadowing Updating Time Stamps Reverting a Auto Revert: Keeping buffers automatically Auto-Saving: Protection Against Auto-Save Controlling Recovering Data from File Name File Comparing Diff Copying, Naming and Renaming Miscellaneous File Accessing Compressed File Remote Quoted File File Name Convenience Features for Finding Viewing Image Using Multiple Creating and Selecting Listing Existing Miscellaneous Buffer Killing Operating on Several Indirect Convenience Features and Customization of Buffer Making Buffer Names Fast minibuffer Customizing Buffer Multiple Concepts of Emacs Splitting Using Other Displaying in Another

7 Deleting and Resizing Displaying a Buffer in a Displaying non-editable Convenience Features for Window Window Tab Frames and Graphical Mouse Commands for Mouse Commands for Words and Following References with the Mouse Clicks for Mode Line Mouse Creating Frame Speedbar Multiple Frame Scroll Window Drag and Menu Tool Tab Using Dialog Mouse Non-Window Using a Mouse in Text International Character Set Introduction to International Character Language Input Selecting an Input Coding Recognizing Coding Specifying a File s Coding Choosing Coding Systems for Specifying a Coding System for File Coding Systems for Interprocess Coding Systems for File Coding Systems for Terminal Defining Modifying Undisplayable Unibyte Editing Bidirectional Major and Minor Major Minor Choosing File Indentation Tab Tabs vs.

8 Convenience Features for Commands for Human Quotation Filling Auto Fill Explicit Fill The Fill Adaptive Case Conversion Text Outline Format of Outline Motion Outline Visibility Viewing One Outline in Multiple Folding Org Org as an Org as an authoring TEX TEX Editing LATEX Editing TEX Printing TEX Mode SGML and HTML Nroff Enriched Enriched Hard and Soft Editing Format Faces in Enriched Indentation in Enriched Justification in Enriched Setting Other Text Editing Text-based What is a Text-based Table?

9 Creating a Table Commands for Table Cell Table Rows and Converting Between Plain Text and Table Two-Column Editing Major Modes for Programming Top-Level Definitions, or Left Margin Moving by Which Function Indentation for Basic Program Indentation Indenting Several Customizing Lisp Commands for C Customizing C Commands for Editing with Expressions with Balanced Moving in the Parenthesis Matching Manipulating Comment Multiple Lines of Options Controlling Documentation Info Documentation Man Page Emacs Lisp Documentation Hideshow minor Completion for Symbol MixedCase Other Features

10 Useful for Editing C and Related C Mode Motion Electric C Hungry Delete Feature in Other Commands for C Asm Compiling and Testing Running Compilations under Compilation Subshells for Searching with Grep under Finding Syntax Errors On The Running Debuggers Under Starting Debugger