From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dmitry Dzhus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Newbie programmer beginning to use Emacs, Help! Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:29:04 +0300 Organization: albasani.net Message-ID: <87tzmiblb3.fsf@sphinx.net.ru> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197826886 24349 80.91.229.12 (16 Dec 2007 17:41:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:41:26 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 16 18:41:34 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 1J3xUU-0005NW-Pd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:41:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J3xUB-0002qE-Mx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:41:07 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!club-internet.fr!feedme-small.clubint.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Trace: news.albasani.net qLLzC28SsWSsNvdb4wH627dDTIGEkuEvkhfVDSBdejpQT6QEMKsKL2bxEDAxBiZv9HOVxdxeicrxlWpf563gZ4kJrg53HJZIY+cedbGewe2okHqWoJk7y2vK6nN+j91G Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@albasani.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:33:19 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: FEtu82/NLhR2UOGSXQQCyEnE8KVCUHHYcvOcu9hOWEg= Cancel-Lock: sha1:4nD9F+iLDHBg3JV4hfntnf4Owno= sha1:LGYBbKSWL45DhvvWBB4T2Ui8Acg= User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: Uk8tmz4w9V7E1r8MV6+APk/fEcDPm+stJ9qLyzYzOhs= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:154689 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:50116 Archived-At: Sean Ochoa writes: > 1. What is the "Meta" key (I couldn't find a definition that makes > sense in documentation anywhere)? I'm using a HP Pavillion dv9428nr > laptop running win xp pro and Emacs v22.1.1 It's likely that «Alt» is labeled as «Meta» on your machine. Read the «2: Kinds of User Input» section in GNU Emacs manual. > 2. How to enter a command like ftp mysite.net user:admin@mysite.net > password:admin_password, so that I can work on files from my web > server (as a side note, does emacs support ftp 'save-as' to server?)? Emacs can transparently work with network transport methods including FTP&SSH. Whenever you're asked for a file name (e. g. when saving a file), use `/ftp:USER@HOST:FILENAME` syntax to select remote file. Read the related section (thats 23.15: «File Handling — Remote Files») in GNU Emacs manual. > 3. What exactly is 'Dired Mode'? «DIRectory EDitor» is a sort of file management mode for Emacs. You can manipulate your files&dirs, view photo thumbnails etc. Type `M-x dired RET` in your Emacs to see it working. Note that dired may also work with remote hosts transparently. Read the related section (That's 32: «Dired») in GNU Emacs manual. -- Happy Hacking. Dmitry Dzhus http://sphinx.net.ru む