From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Roodwriter@core.com" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Help for using emacs. Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:46:37 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <1dc70d61.0306250947.72f6c89d@posting.google.com> Reply-To: Roodwriter@core.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1056570930 28859 80.91.224.249 (25 Jun 2003 19:55:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:55:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 25 21:55:28 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 19VGMa-0007V4-00 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:55:28 +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 19VGDN-0006sn-6o for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:45:57 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-pas-nf2!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 79 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114739 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:11230 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11230 Charlie wrote: > 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. I use Linux. Hopefully, it's the same. C-x b. Don't use CTRL on the second b. > > 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 ? > The keybindings have changed. It's now just like most programs. C-end. C-home if you want to go to the beginning. > 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 ? > M-x replace-regexp. This is an all-or-nothing, though. M-x query-replace will ask you as you go. > 4. Is there a website, menu,that tells all the "TRICKY" commands of > emacs ? > The Emacs website has a huge help file, but it can be tough slogging. I found O'Reilley's "Learning GNU Emacs" very helpful. It's still in print but it's somewhat out of date. > 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. > Never used Solaris. Sorry. > > thanks a lot! > > > > CJI -- Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." Both are available at http://www.rodwriterpublishing.com/index.html To reply by e-mail, take the extra "o" out of my e-mail address. It's to confuse spambots, of course.