From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Search for text Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:09:36 +0200 Message-ID: <85odvb4dnz.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85r708fi3v.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85r708dsez.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <85lkqgdq5c.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <4170c1720607270200n2b9457c1t7917591b8718fb18@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153991396 8143 80.91.229.2 (27 Jul 2006 09:09:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:09:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 27 11:09:53 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G61sP-0006at-2M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:09:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G61sO-0006Ro-In for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:09:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G61sD-0006RU-FX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:09:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G61sC-0006R4-4J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:09:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G61sB-0006R1-Uf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:09:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G61tv-0007aV-9T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:11:27 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1G61sB-0007qu-Db; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:09:39 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 8AEE81D20050; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:09:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: "john maclean" In-Reply-To: <4170c1720607270200n2b9457c1t7917591b8718fb18@mail.gmail.com> (john maclean's message of "Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:00:44 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:36282 Archived-At: "john maclean" writes: > Um, you have a url for that? > > On 26/07/06, David Kastrup wrote: >> "john maclean" writes: >> >> > I tend to C-h b then C-s for the function that I'm looking for. Sooo >> > many commands no point learning them all. >> > >> > On 26/07/06, David Kastrup wrote: >> >> "john maclean" writes: >> >> >> >> > hrm, i think I'll stick to the vanilla emacs for a while until I know >> >> > what I can do with the basic. It's always tempting for me to want to >> >> > learn *everything*. >> >> >> >> Have you printed out the reference card? Should come handy. >> >> Well, that's just why the strategic set on the reference card is >> helpful... Please don't toppost: the reading order is top to bottom. refcard.tex (and probably also refcard.ps) are in the etc directory of your installed Emacs. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum