Minor clarifications.
(Display): Rearrange menu.
(Standard Faces): Mention query-replace face.
(Faces): Simplify.
(Font Lock): Simplify face customization info.
(Highlight Changes): Node merged into Highlight Interactively.
(Highlight Interactively): Much rewriting and cleanup.
(Optional Mode Line): Narrowed line number not good for goto-line.
Simplify face customization advice.
(Text Display): Mention use of escape-glyph face.
Move ctl-arrow and tab-width here.
(Display Custom): Move no-redraw-on-reenter to end of node.
%&tex%% Title: GNU Emacs Survival Card% Author: Wlodek Bzyl <matwb@univ.gda.pl>%% $Revision: 1.8 $% $Date: 2000/05/05 22:00:48 $%%**start of header% User interface is `plain.tex' and macros described below%% \title{CARD TITLE}{for version 21}% \section{NAME}% optional paragraphs separated with \askip amount of vertical space% \key{KEY-NAME} description of key or% \mkey{M-x LONG-LISP-NAME} description of Elisp function%% \kbd{ARG} -- argument is typed literally\def\plainfmtname{plain}\ifx\fmtname\plainfmtname\else \errmessage{This file requires `plain' format to be typeset correctly} \endinput\fi% Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.% This file is part of GNU Emacs.% GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by% the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)% any later version.% GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the% GNU General Public License for more details.% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License% along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to% the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,% Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.\def\versionnumber{1.0}\def\year{2005}\def\copyrightnotice{\penalty-1\vfill \vbox{\smallfont\baselineskip=0.8\baselineskip\raggedcenter Copyright \year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.\break Version \versionnumber{} for GNU Emacs 21, April 2000\break Project W{\l}odek Bzyl (matwb@univ.gda.pl) Permission is granted to make and distribute copies of this card provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies.\par}}\hsize 3.2in\vsize 7.95in\font\titlefont=cmss10 scaled 1200\font\headingfont=cmss10\font\smallfont=cmr6\font\smallsy=cmsy6\font\eightrm=cmr8\font\eightbf=cmbx8\font\eightit=cmti8\font\eighttt=cmtt8\font\eightmi=cmmi8\font\eightsy=cmsy8\font\eightss=cmss8\textfont0=\eightrm\textfont1=\eightmi\textfont2=\eightsy\def\rm{\eightrm} \rm\def\bf{\eightbf}\def\it{\eightit}\def\tt{\eighttt}\def\ss{\eightss}\baselineskip=0.8\baselineskip\newdimen\intercolumnskip % horizontal space between columns\intercolumnskip=0.5in% The TeXbook, p. 257\let\lr=L \newbox\leftcolumn\output={\if L\lr \global\setbox\leftcolumn\columnbox \global\let\lr=R \else \doubleformat \global\let\lr=L\fi}\def\doubleformat{\shipout\vbox{\makeheadline \leftline{\box\leftcolumn\hskip\intercolumnskip\columnbox} \makefootline} \advancepageno}\def\columnbox{\leftline{\pagebody}}\def\newcolumn{\vfil\eject}\def\bye{\par\vfil\supereject \if R\lr \null\vfil\eject\fi \end}\outer\def\title#1#2{{\titlefont\centerline{#1}}\vskip 1ex plus 0.5ex \centerline{\ss#2} \vskip2\baselineskip}\outer\def\section#1{\filbreak \bskip \leftline{\headingfont #1} \askip}\def\bskip{\vskip 2.5ex plus 0.25ex }\def\askip{\vskip 0.75ex plus 0.25ex}\newdimen\defwidth \defwidth=0.25\hsize\def\hang{\hangindent\defwidth}\def\textindent#1{\noindent\llap{\hbox to \defwidth{\tt#1\hfil}}\ignorespaces}\def\key{\par\hangafter=0\hang\textindent}\def\mtextindent#1{\noindent\hbox{\tt#1\quad}\ignorespaces}\def\mkey{\par\hangafter=1\hang\mtextindent}\def\kbd#{\bgroup\tt \let\next= }\newdimen\raggedstretch\newskip\raggedparfill \raggedparfill=0pt plus 1fil\def\nohyphens {\hyphenpenalty10000\exhyphenpenalty10000\pretolerance10000}\def\raggedspaces {\spaceskip=0.3333em\relax \xspaceskip=0.5em\relax}\def\raggedright {\raggedstretch=6em \nohyphens \rightskip=0pt plus \raggedstretch \raggedspaces \parfillskip=\raggedparfill \relax}\def\raggedcenter {\raggedstretch=6em \nohyphens \rightskip=0pt plus \raggedstretch \leftskip=\rightskip \raggedspaces \parfillskip=0pt \relax}\chardef\\=`\\\raggedright\nopagenumbers\parindent 0pt\interlinepenalty=10000\hoffset -0.2in%\voffset 0.2in%**end of header\title{GNU\ \ Emacs\ \ Survival\ \ Card}{for version 21}In the following, \kbd{C-z} means hit the `\kbd{z}' key whileholding down the {\it Ctrl}\ \ key. \kbd{M-z} means hit the`\kbd{z}' key while hitting the {\it Meta\/} (labeled {\it Alt\/}on some keyboards) or after hitting {\it Esc\/} key.\section{Running Emacs}To enter GNU Emacs, just type its name: \kbd{emacs}.Emacs divides the frame into several areas: menu line, buffer area with the edited text, mode line describing the buffer in the window above it, and a minibuffer/echo area in the last line.\askip\key{C-x C-c} quit Emacs\key{C-x C-f} edit file; this command uses the minibuffer to read the file name; use this to create new files by entering the name of the new file\key{C-x C-s} save the file\key{C-x k} kill a buffer\key{C-g} in most context: cancel, stop, abort partially typed or executing command\key{C-x u} undo\section{Moving About}\key{C-l} scroll current line to center of window\key{C-x b} switch to another buffer\key{M-<} move to beginning of buffer\key{M->} move to end of buffer\key{M-x goto-line} go to a given line number\section{Multiple Windows}\key{C-x 0} remove the current window from the display\key{C-x 1} make active window the only window\key{C-x 2} split window horizontally\key{C-x 3} split window vertically\key{C-x o} move to other window\section{Regions}Emacs defines a `region' as the space between the {\it mark\/} andthe {\it point}. A mark is set with \kbd{C-{\it space}}.The point is at the cursor position.\askip\key{M-h} mark entire paragraph\key{C-x h} mark entire buffer\section{Killing and Copying}\key{C-w} kill region\key{M-w} copy region to kill-ring\key{C-k} kill from the cursor all the way to the end of the line\key{M-DEL} kill word\key{C-y} yank back the last kill (\kbd{C-w C-y} combination could be used to move text around)\key{M-y} replace last yank with previous kill\section{Searching}\key{C-s} search for a string\key{C-r} search for a string backwards\key{RET} quit searching\key{M-C-s} regular expression search\key{M-C-r} reverse regular expression search\askipUse \kbd{C-s} or \kbd{C-r} again to repeat the search in either direction.\section{Tags}Tags tables files record locations of function andprocedure definitions, global variables, data types and anythingelse convenient. To create a tags table file, type`{\tt etags} {\it input\_files}' as a shell command.\askip\key{M-.} find a definition\key{C-u M-.} find next occurrence of definition\key{M-*} pop back to where \kbd{M-.} was last invoked\mkey{M-x tags-query-replace} run query-replace on all files recorded in tags table\key{M-,} continue last tags search or query-replace\section{Compiling}\key{M-x compile} compile code in active window\key{C-c C-c} go to the next compiler error, when in the compile window or\key{C-x `} when in the window with source code\section{Dired, the Directory Editor}\key{C-x d} invoke Dired\key{d} flag this file for deletion\key{\~{}} flag all backup files for deletion\key{u} remove deletion flag\key{x} delete the files flagged for deletion\key{C} copy file\key{g} update the Dired buffer\key{f} visit the file described on the current line\key{s} switch between alphabetical date/time order\section{Reading and Sending Mail}\key{M-x rmail} start reading mail\key{q} quit reading mail\key{h} show headers\key{d} mark the current message for deletion\key{x} remove all messages marked for deletion\key{C-x m} begin composing a message\key{C-c C-c} send the message and switch to another buffer\key{C-c C-f C-c} move to the `CC' header field, creating one if there is none\section{Miscellaneous}\key{M-q} fill paragraph\key{M-/} expand previous word dynamically\key{C-z} iconify (suspend) Emacs when running it under X or shell, respectively\mkey{M-x revert-buffer} replace the text being edited with the text of the file on disk\section{Query Replace}\key{M-\%} interactively search and replace\key{M-C-\%} using regular expressions\askipValid responses in query-replace mode are\askip\key{SPC} replace this one, go on to next\key{,} replace this one, don't move\key{DEL} skip to next without replacing\key{!} replace all remaining matches\key{\^{}} back up to the previous match\key{RET} exit query-replace\key{C-r} enter recursive edit (\kbd{M-C-c} to exit)\section{Regular Expressions}\key{. {\rm(dot)}} any single character except a newline\key{*} zero or more repeats\key{+} one or more repeats\key{?} zero or one repeat\key{[$\ldots$]} denotes a class of character to match\key{[\^{}$\ldots$]} negates the class\key{\\{\it c}} quote characters otherwise having a special meaning in regular expressions\key{$\ldots$\\|$\ldots$\\|$\ldots$} matches one of the alternatives (``or'')\key{\\( $\ldots$ \\)} groups a series of pattern elements to a single element\key{\\{\it n}} same text as {\it n\/}th group\key{\^{}} matches at line beginning\key{\$} matches at line end\key{\\w} matches word-syntax character\key{\\W} matches non-word-syntax character\key{\\<} matches at word beginning\key{\\>} matches at word end\key{\\b} matches at word break\key{\\B} matches at non-word break\section{Registers}\key{C-x r s} save region in register\key{C-x r i} insert register contents into buffer\key{C-x r SPC} save value of point in register\key{C-x r j} jump to point saved in register\section{Rectangles}\key{C-x r r} copy rectangle to register\key{C-x r k} kill rectangle\key{C-x r y} yank rectangle\key{C-x r t} prefix each line with a string\key{C-x r o} open rectangle, shifting text right\key{C-x r c} blank out rectangle\section{Shells}\key{M-x shell} start a shell within Emacs\key{M-!} execute a shell command\key{M-|} run a shell command on the region\key{C-u M-|} filter region through a shell command\section{Spelling Check}\key{M-\$} check spelling of word at the cursor\mkey{M-x ispell-region} check spelling of all words in region\mkey{M-x ispell-buffer} check spelling of entire buffer\section{International Character Sets}\key{C-x RET C-\\} select and activate input method for the current buffer\key{C-\\} enable or disable input method\mkey{M-x list-input-methods} show all input methods\mkey{M-x set-language-environment} specify principal language\key{C-x RET c} set coding system for next command\mkey{M-x find-file-literally} visit file with no conversion of any kind\mkey{M-x list-coding-systems} show all coding systems\mkey{M-x prefer-coding-system} choose preferred coding system\section{Keyboard Macros}\key{C-x (} start defining a keyboard macro\key{C-x )} end keyboard macro definition\key{C-x e} execute last-defined keyboard macro\key{C-u C-x (} append to last keyboard macro\mkey{M-x name-last-kbd-macro} name last keyboard macro\section{Simple Customization}\key{M-x customize} customize variables and faces\section{Getting Help}Emacs does command completion for you. Typing \kbd{M-x}{\it tab\/} or {\it space\/} gives a list of Emacs commands.\askip\key{C-h} Emacs help\key{C-h t} run the Emacs tutorial\key{C-h i} enter Info, the documentation browser\key{C-h a} show commands matching a string (apropos)\key{C-h k} display documentation of the function invoked by keystroke\askipEmacs gets into different {\it modes}, each of which customizesEmacs for editing text of a particular sort. The mode linecontains names of the current modes, in parentheses.\askip\key{C-h m} get mode-specific information\copyrightnotice\bye% Local variables:% compile-command: "tex survival"% End:% arch-tag: 4f9a0562-617b-4843-aee1-450c41d6b22c