comparison etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL @ 92756:77dae3f8271b

Remove discussion of flow control.
author Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
date Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:40:42 +0000
parents 107ccd98fa12
children e666d114df11
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536 You should save fairly often, so that you will not lose very much 536 You should save fairly often, so that you will not lose very much
537 work if the system should crash. 537 work if the system should crash.
538 538
539 >> Type C-x C-s, saving your copy of the tutorial. 539 >> Type C-x C-s, saving your copy of the tutorial.
540 This should show "Wrote ...TUTORIAL" at the bottom of the screen. 540 This should show "Wrote ...TUTORIAL" at the bottom of the screen.
541
542 NOTE: On some systems, typing C-x C-s will freeze the screen and you
543 will see no further output from Emacs. This indicates that an
544 operating system "feature" called "flow control" is intercepting the
545 C-s and not letting it get through to Emacs. To unfreeze the screen,
546 type C-q. Then see the section "Spontaneous Entry to Incremental
547 Search" in the Emacs manual for advice on dealing with this "feature".
548 541
549 You can find an existing file, to view it or edit it. You can also 542 You can find an existing file, to view it or edit it. You can also
550 find a file which does not already exist. This is the way to create a 543 find a file which does not already exist. This is the way to create a
551 file with Emacs: find the file, which will start out empty, and then 544 file with Emacs: find the file, which will start out empty, and then
552 begin inserting the text for the file. When you ask to "save" the 545 begin inserting the text for the file. When you ask to "save" the