From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Thanks Re: Global keymap not found Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 10:09:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1444324279 32301 80.91.229.3 (8 Oct 2015 17:11:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:11:19 +0000 (UTC) To: Albrecht Mehl , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 08 19:11:06 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZkEif-000444-Dm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:11:05 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:33696) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZkEie-0002gc-W1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:11:05 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36119 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZkEie-0001rX-RE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:11:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41536) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZkEho-0001bo-TR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:10:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZkEgw-0000XP-3Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:10:12 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:26400) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZkEgv-0000XI-Ss for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:09:18 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t98H9FHS021645 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:09:16 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t98H9FuQ018456 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:09:15 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0001.oracle.com (abhmp0001.oracle.com [141.146.116.7]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t98H9EXE012628; Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:09:14 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:107557 Archived-At: > > Have you tried C-h b? What kind of information do you miss? >=20 > No I have not tried it as I had not been directaed to doing it. > The C-h b was just the thing I was looking for. Welcome to Emacs. Start with `C-h C-h'. Learn its many corners. There you will see, near the top (2nd line in the menu): b Display all key bindings. > The manual should be readable selectively, i.e. one should find > fundamental things at once after one has chosen in the table of > context an interesting point. So I was - still am - interested in > abbreviations, chose 48 and was stuck there. `i' is your friend in Info. (Or menubar Info, submenu Index.) Again, for best use of Info (reading manuals), start at the beginning: the Info manual, not the Emacs manual.