From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: cji_work@yahoo.com (Charlie) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Help for using emacs. Date: 25 Jun 2003 10:47:06 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1dc70d61.0306250947.72f6c89d@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1056563808 24149 80.91.224.249 (25 Jun 2003 17:56:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 17:56:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 25 19:56:43 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19VEVf-0006Gv-00 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:56:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19VEPc-00089n-L2 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:50:28 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.120.81.11 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1056563227 7810 127.0.0.1 (25 Jun 2003 17:47:07 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 Jun 2003 17:47:07 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114732 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11222 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11222 Hi Guys, I used to use the emacs a lot when I was in college, and now I want to pick it up after years. The emacs that I am using on Solaris is of version: Xemacs 21.4(patch 9) and these things are what I try to recover 1. User starts emacs and opens more than one file. What is way to switch from one to another. The way that I am using now, which is not the quickest way, is "Ctrl X", "Ctrl B" to show the files in the buffer and then pick the file that I am looking for. 2. User open a huge text file, what is the easist way to go to the end of the file, not just keep typing "Ctrl -v" or "M-x end-of-buffer", that I have to type that many letters to make it happen. And also if I want to remove a large chunk of it, I know that we can highlight that chunk from the beginning to the end, then type "Ctrl K" to remove it. How ? 3. In a file to replace a keyword, I can do either "global replace" or "replace it one after another". Can someone tells me how to do it in the former way ? 4. Is there a website, menu,that tells all the "TRICKY" commands of emacs ? 5. This is very common question I guess. Right now cross all the platforms, the most popular edit tools being used are "vi" and "emacs". I know a little about vi, which is used more common than emacs!? So sometimes when I was trying to edit a file in my colleague's machine, I find myself in a situation that emacs is not available!!! I am just wondering is there any other tools that I can use, or vi is the only option. thanks a lot! CJI