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@node Entering Emacs, Exiting, Text Characters, Top
@chapter Entering and Exiting Emacs
@cindex entering Emacs
@cindex starting Emacs 

  The usual way to invoke Emacs is with the shell command @samp{emacs}.
Emacs clears the screen and then displays an initial help message and
copyright notice.  Some operating systems discard all type-ahead when
Emacs starts up; they give Emacs no way to prevent this.  Therefore, it
is advisable to wait until Emacs clears the screen before typing your
first editing command.

  If you run Emacs from a shell window under the X Window System, run it
in the background with @samp{emacs&}.  This way, Emacs does not tie up
the shell window, so you can use that to run other shell commands while
Emacs operates its own X windows.  You can begin typing Emacs commands
as soon as you direct your keyboard input to the Emacs frame.

@vindex initial-major-mode

@kindex C-z
@findex suspend-emacs
  To suspend Emacs, type @kbd{C-z} (@code{suspend-emacs}).  This takes
you back to the shell from which you invoked Emacs.  You can resume
Emacs with the shell command @samp{%emacs} in most common shells.

  On systems that do not support suspending programs, @kbd{C-z} starts
an inferior shell that communicates directly with the terminal.
Emacs waits until you exit the subshell.  (The way to do that is
probably with @kbd{C-d} or @samp{exit}, but it depends on which shell
you use.)  The only way on these systems to get back to the shell from
which Emacs was run (to log out, for example) is to kill Emacs.

  Suspending also fails if you run Emacs under a shell that doesn't
support suspending programs, even if the system itself does support it.

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@node Entering Emacs, Exiting, Text Characters, Top
@chapter Entering and Exiting Emacs
@cindex entering Emacs
@cindex starting Emacs 

  The usual way to invoke Emacs is with the shell command @command{emacs}.
Emacs clears the screen and then displays an initial help message and
copyright notice.  Some operating systems discard all type-ahead when
Emacs starts up; they give Emacs no way to prevent this.  Therefore, it
is advisable to wait until Emacs clears the screen before typing your
first editing command.

  If you run Emacs from a shell window under the X Window System, run it
in the background with @command{emacs&}.  This way, Emacs does not tie up
the shell window, so you can use that to run other shell commands while
Emacs operates its own X windows.  You can begin typing Emacs commands
as soon as you direct your keyboard input to the Emacs frame.

@vindex initial-major-mode

@kindex C-z
@findex suspend-emacs
  To suspend Emacs, type @kbd{C-z} (@code{suspend-emacs}).  This takes
you back to the shell from which you invoked Emacs.  You can resume
Emacs with the shell command @command{%emacs} in most common shells.

  On systems that do not support suspending programs, @kbd{C-z} starts
an inferior shell that communicates directly with the terminal.
Emacs waits until you exit the subshell.  (The way to do that is
probably with @kbd{C-d} or @command{exit}, but it depends on which shell
you use.)  The only way on these systems to get back to the shell from
which Emacs was run (to log out, for example) is to kill Emacs.

  Suspending also fails if you run Emacs under a shell that doesn't
support suspending programs, even if the system itself does support it.