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Re: can't get "help"
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cycjec |
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Re: can't get "help" |
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Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:07:36 GMT |
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tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE (i386)) |
Joel J. Adamson <jadamson@partners.org> wrote:
> Try f1 for help instead of C-h, your terminal may be sending C-h as
> delete. F1 C-f gets you the FAQ
On-line Help, Printed Manuals, Other Sources of Help
That's exactly what it's doing. From the FAQ:
13: I'm just starting Emacs; how do I do basic editing?
Type "C-h t" to invoke the self-paced tutorial. Just typing `C-h' enters
the help system.
WARNING: Your system administrator may have changed `C-h' to act like DEL
to deal with local keyboards. You can use M-x help-for-help instead to
invoke help. To discover what key (if any) invokes help on your system,
type "M-x where-is RET help-for-help RET". This will print a
comma-separated list of key sequences in the echo area. Ignore the last
character in each key sequence listed. Each of the resulting key
sequences invokes help.
NOTE: Emacs help works best if it is invoked by a single key whose value
should be stored in the variable help-char.