Mercurial > emacs
changeset 15443:7a3398850d94
Mention ESC ESC ESC instead of M-x top-level.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Mon, 17 Jun 1996 18:09:30 +0000 |
| parents | b4c8360e450e |
| children | 66a9ef0892a2 |
| files | etc/TUTORIAL |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/TUTORIAL Mon Jun 17 00:06:46 1996 +0000 +++ b/etc/TUTORIAL Mon Jun 17 18:09:30 1996 +0000 @@ -790,20 +790,15 @@ surrounding the parentheses around the major mode name. For example, you might see [(Fundamental)] instead of (Fundamental). -To get out of the recursive editing level, type - M-x top-level<Return>. +To get out of the recursive editing level, type ESC ESC ESC. That is +an all-purpose "get out" command. You can also use it for eliminating +extra windows, and getting out of the minibuffer. ->> Try that now; it should display "Back to top level" - at the bottom of the screen. - -In fact, you were ALREADY at top level (not inside a recursive editing -level) if you have obeyed instructions. M-x top-level does not care; -it gets out of any number of recursive editing levels, perhaps zero, -to get back to top level. +>> Type M-x to get into a minibuffer; then type ESC ESC ESC to get out. You can't use C-g to get out of a recursive editing level because C-g -is used for discarding numeric arguments and partially typed commands -WITHIN the recursive editing level. +is used for canceling commands and arguments WITHIN the recursive +editing level. * GETTING MORE HELP