From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Newbie Questions: Date: 19 Mar 2003 20:38:34 +1100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87el53itlx.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048066362 7671 80.91.224.249 (19 Mar 2003 09:32:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 09:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 19 10:32:40 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 18vZw8-0001zW-00 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:32:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18vZtw-0007Gy-09 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 04:30:24 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 30 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp1344.nsw.padsl.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1048065914 ppp1344.nsw.padsl.internode.on.net (19 Mar 2003 19:55:14 +1050) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.ade.connect.com.au!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:111204 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:7704 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7704 >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Anderson writes: Daniel> Hi, I've been trying to figure out emacs for a while now and Daniel> there are a couple of things that have been bothering me: Daniel> 1) How do I access the menu when I'm running console e-macs? Daniel> (i.e. buffers, file, etc.) You can't directly. You can get another window popup which has a sort of menu in it with keys you can press to get the items. I think the normal key binding is M-` Daniel> 2) When I C-h a help and the split window goes below the Daniel> screen how do I read it? C-M-v should work. Daniel> 3) Is it possible to configure emacs as a mail client that Daniel> uses POP? Yes, there are a few emacs mail clients which will do this. Personally, I use VM which supports pop3, imap and connections over SSL. Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!