From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "cycjec" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: can't get "help" Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:19:55 GMT Organization: ... Message-ID: <%gIXi.1676$Qr.1374@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net> References: <87hck0soh9.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1194284446 17511 80.91.229.12 (5 Nov 2007 17:40:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:40:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 05 18:40:49 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ip5wF-0003tt-QT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:40:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ip5w5-0000wV-0n for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:40:29 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!nntpserver.com!zeus.nntpserver.com!news.glorb.com!newspeer1.asbnva01.us.to.verio.net!129.250.35.102.MISMATCH!newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE (i386)) Original-Lines: 42 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.139.147.7 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net Original-X-Trace: newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net 1194283195 216.139.147.7 (Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:19:55 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:19:55 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:153556 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:49039 Archived-At: Joel J. Adamson wrote: > "cycjec" writes: > >> this is the emacs that's installed on a FreeBSD system. > Are you using Emacs in X, on a console, or a terminal emulator? Which > version of Emacs (21, 22?) I'm trying an older version in X, and a newer one (I think) in a shell account. The shell account is version 21.3.1 M-x emacs-version is how to find that out. I looked in the FAQ but haven't yet seen it there. It's in a back post in the NG archive. > Try f1 for help instead of C-h, your terminal may be sending C-h as > delete. F1 C-f gets you the FAQ Thank you. Thank you! This works in the X version. I now am perplexed at why Meta-V scrolls up but the Meta-< and Meta-> don't go to the file top or end. (It's actually the Alt-> and Alt-< but the Alt-V works just fine) I get this msg "No M-x tags search ... in progress" The F1 doesn't do *anything* in the shell account emacs, which is the newer one, or I have not quite got the right rhythm, or something... half the time the "M-x emacs-version" doesn't show up in the bottom line either. > (hopefully you understand the above key notation: "C-x" means "hold > down Control key and press 'x'") Yes, I can C-x C-f and move around in a file but reading the FAQ or tutorial helps. (I can do that in the xterm emacs)