From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: can't get "help" Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:33:16 -0500 Organization: Harvard University Message-ID: <87r6j4wkqr.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> References: <87hck0soh9.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> <%gIXi.1676$Qr.1374@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1194291710 11612 80.91.229.12 (5 Nov 2007 19:41:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:41:50 +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 20:41:54 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 1Ip7pV-0001pX-RQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:41:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ip7pL-0003VD-70 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:41:39 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!newspeer1.asbnva01.us.to.verio.net!news.harvard.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 59 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: w0053328.mgh.harvard.edu Original-X-Trace: plato.harvard.edu 1194291196 6628 132.183.29.121 (5 Nov 2007 19:33:16 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@plato.harvard.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:33:16 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6muPT/9wPYriqlCn/Hw6y/g/a3U= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:153559 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:49042 Archived-At: "cycjec" writes: > 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. You should ask them (administrators) to upgrade: Emacs 22 includes lots of improvements. Emacs 23 (CVS) is even sweeter. Also, there's really no reason to run without X, unless you are using a system without X installed ;) Which version of FreeBSD? If you have your own machine, I suggest installing Emacs and immersing yourself in it: it's available for many MANY operating systems, well, at least any of the three you're likely to have ;) >> 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" tags searching is invoked by M-.: your terminal isn't interpreting the shift key. I suggest looking on Emacs wiki for dealing with terminal problems, as these are quite common complains (Emacs doesn't respect the C-h convention, although I configured it to!). (global-set-key "\C-h" 'help-command) in the scratch buffer or your .emacs file will reset C-h to the help system. Press "C-x C-e" to evaluate the above expression. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109