From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kalebmcc Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Emacs help; can't see to alter options! Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 18:41:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <24857430.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249621608 23112 80.91.229.12 (7 Aug 2009 05:06:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 05:06:48 +0000 (UTC) To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 07 07:06:41 2009 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 1MZHf6-0004g7-LS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:06:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57545 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MZHf6-0006iN-5L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:06:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MZESo-0002N7-Qh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MZESk-0002ID-8t for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42395 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MZESk-0002Hy-56 for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:41:42 -0400 Original-Received: from kuber.nabble.com ([216.139.236.158]:41435) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MZESj-0007z6-6v for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:41:41 -0400 Original-Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MZESg-0005j2-MY for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:41:38 -0700 X-Nabble-From: kalebmcc@gmail.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:05:16 -0400 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:66913 Archived-At: I have poor eyesight, and so navigating Emacs is very difficult for me. I am very new but want to learn. I found that switching Vim to a dark, terminal-like colorscheme helped immensely. I stumbled through the Faces options and found a variable that seemed to indicate background color, but when I set it to dark and saved, all it did was turn the left and right borders dark. This is not helpful. I also have many other questions I cannot find documentation for. For example, how can I cut out all the extra stuff, like the calendar, news reader, email, etc? How can I add line numbers and syntax highlighting? Does Emacs support GUI tabs? Is there documentation of all the things I can set in my emacs file? A way to make Emacs use native Windows keybinds (CTRL+Z for back, CTRL+C for copy, CTRL+V for paste, etc)? Can I make the toolbar more compact? I have so many questions, but am so puzzled by my inability to find answers. And before you suggest buying a book, lemme tell you my philosophy: If you have to buy a book to understand free software, it is effectively not free. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Emacs-help--can%27t-see-to-alter-options%21-tp24857430p24857430.html Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.