From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "cycjec" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: can't get started with emacs Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:34:21 -0600 Organization: === === /// Message-ID: <1234258461.353279@bsd1.nyct.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234280964 28866 80.91.229.12 (10 Feb 2009 15:49:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:49:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 10 16:50:39 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 1LWusW-00012s-Ui for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:50:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60674 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LWurD-0000zr-Hc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:49:07 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.nyct.net!news.nyct.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:34:21 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.3-STABLE (i386)) Cache-Post-Path: bsd1.nyct.net!unknown@localhost X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.2 (see http://www.nntpcache.com/) Original-Lines: 9 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.139.147.7 Original-X-Trace: sv3-Ay3FAXhVddWD52PoEEL4BPSYxAUOCXX8T/pcfPWEoJ+XmUL7coGjjuwCMpG6BCgvFFp0/uygEX5qv2M!c5Eg2vTV3cQqsaF3IzaZOlhEBNanz49KoxcRuWZF6buFvtVaKHPXOzcfPo1Kw00bniE= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:166717 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:47:54 -0500 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:62029 Archived-At: One one system (NetBSD) Control-H doesn't bring up the help screen. The backspace key deleted the next forward character, not the previous one. I can't get the Control-H to work here either. Once I am able to get the Help menus to work and get the key navigation going, I can proceed. Any advice appreciated.