From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Newbie: some key combinations don't work Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:04:29 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1170264570.778597.22910@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170270432 25652 80.91.229.12 (31 Jan 2007 19:07:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:07:12 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 31 20:06:56 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 1HCKlg-0004vR-Ql for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:05:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HCKlg-0005RC-FN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:05:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HCKlW-0005R7-2T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:05:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HCKlT-0005Qv-Ou for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:05:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HCKlT-0005Qs-J8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:05:03 -0500 Original-Received: from heller.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.23]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HCKlT-0005uA-1o for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:05:03 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-1-217.inter.net.il [83.130.1.217]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id BTO42071 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:04:23 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <1170264570.778597.22910@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com> (lsumnler@gmail.com) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:40805 Archived-At: > From: "len" > Date: 31 Jan 2007 09:29:31 -0800 > > C-h causes backspace This should work correctly out of the box, assuming that: . you don't have any keybindings customizations in your .emacs file (if you do, try "emacs -q" and see if C-h produces Help) . you invoke either the graphical session, or a text-mode session from the standard CMD window, not from some kind of port of Unix shell > M-< and M-> to move to top and buttom of buffer just beep. What does Emacs show if you type "F1 l" (that's a letter ell, not a digit one) after pressing M-< or M->