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From: kaldrenon <kaldrenon@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: New user - keybinding issues
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:53:57 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1182272037.409179.301000@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> (raw)

Hi all,

I just downloaded and installed GNU Emacs 21.3 on my WinXP box at work
( using the guide found at http://math.claremontmckenna.edu/ALee/emacs/emacs.html
), and I've started the gradual process of learning it, because I've
been doing a bunch of reading lately and emacs sounds like a tool I
want to develop proficiency using. vi* programs sound like they have
their merits, but emacs sounds more my style.

Anyway, I'm still very new, so I'm sorry if this comes as a really
dumb question, but: C-h is supposed to be help-command, but when I
type C-h, it instead kills the character before the cursor. Am I right
about what C-h is supposed to do? If so, why might it be behaving
differently and how can I fix it? (note: I did look through the .emacs
file for any instances of global-set-key and found none)

Many thanks in advance,
Andrew Fallows

             reply	other threads:[~2007-06-19 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-19 16:53 kaldrenon [this message]
2007-06-20  7:16 ` New user - keybinding issues Jason Rumney
2007-06-20 12:13   ` kaldrenon

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