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From: "cycjec"<cycjec@yahoo.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: can't get "help"
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:07:36 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <IZIXi.1678$Qr.1008@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87hck0soh9.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu

Joel J. Adamson <jadamson@partners.org> wrote:

> Try f1 for help instead of C-h, your terminal may be sending C-h as
> delete.  F1 C-f gets you the FAQ

On-line Help, Printed Manuals, Other Sources of Help

That's exactly what it's doing.  From the FAQ:
13:  I'm just starting Emacs; how do I do basic editing?

  Type "C-h t" to invoke the self-paced tutorial.  Just typing `C-h' enters
  the help system.

  WARNING: Your system administrator may have changed `C-h' to act like DEL
  to deal with local keyboards.  You can use M-x help-for-help instead to
  invoke help.  To discover what key (if any) invokes help on your system,
  type "M-x where-is RET help-for-help RET".  This will print a
  comma-separated list of key sequences in the echo area.  Ignore the last
  character in each key sequence listed.  Each of the resulting key
  sequences invokes help.

  NOTE: Emacs help works best if it is invoked by a single key whose value
  should be stored in the variable help-char.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-11-05 18:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-05  3:56 can't get "help" cycjec
2007-11-05 15:26 ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-11-05 17:19   ` cycjec
2007-11-05 19:33     ` Joel J. Adamson
2007-11-05 18:07   ` cycjec [this message]

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