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"PC" key bindings

(

( in leftmost column

*

`*Messages*' buffer

-

--/---/.-./.../.

.

`.mailrc' file

`.timelog' file

`.Xdefaults' file, and MS-Windows

/

// in file name

8

8-bit character codes

8-bit display

8-bit input

?

`?' in display

@

@env{DISPLAY} environment variable

@env{EDITOR} environment variable

@env{EMACS} environment variable

@env{ESHELL} environment variable

@env{HOME} directory under MS-DOS

@env{MAILHOST} environment variable

@env{MAIL} environment variable

@env{REPLYTO} environment variable

@env{SHELL} environment variable

@env{TERM} environment variable

@env{TEXEDIT} environment variable

@env{TEXINPUTS} environment variable

@env{VERSION_CONTROL} environment variable

a

A and B buffers (Emerge)

Abbrev mode

abbrevs

abnormal hook

aborting recursive edit

accented characters

accessible portion

accumulating scattered text

action options (command line)

active fields (customization buffer)

appending kills in the ring

appointment notification

apropos

arc

arc

Archive mode

arguments (command line)

arguments to commands

astronomical day numbers

attribute (Rmail)

attributes of mode line, changing

Auto Compression mode

autoload Lisp libraries

automatic version backups

available colors

avoiding mouse in the way of your typing

Awk mode

b

b2m

Babyl format to Inbox format

back end (version control)

background color, command-line argument

background mode, on xterm

BACKSPACE vs DEL

backtrace for bug reports

backup file

backup file names on MS-DOS

backup, and user-id

backups for remote files

balanced expression

balloon help, balloon help

base buffer

batch mode

binary files, on MS-DOS/MS-Windows

binding

blank lines

blank lines in programs

body lines (Outline mode)

bold font

bookmarks

border color, command-line argument

border width, command-line argument

borders (X Window System)

boredom

box-drawing characters (MS-DOS)

brace in column zero and fontification

braces, moving across

branch (version control)

Brief emulation

Browse-URL

buffer definitions index

buffer list, customizable

buffer menu, buffer menu

bypassing init and site-start file

byte code

byte-compiling several files (in Dired)

c

C editing, C editing

C mode

C++ class browser, tags

C-

calendar, first day of week

call Lisp functions, command-line argument

capitalizing words

case conversion

case-sensitivity and tags search

categories of characters

changing file group (in Dired)

changing file owner (in Dired)

changing file permissions (in Dired)

character set (keyboard)

characters (in text), characters (in text)

characters which belong to a specific language

choosing a major mode

clipboard support (Mac OS)

codepage, MS-DOS

coding systems

collision

color emulation on black-and-white printers

color of window

colors

Column Number mode

columns (and rectangles)

columns (indentation)

columns, splitting

Comint mode

comint-highlight-input face

comint-highlight-prompt face

command

command history

command line arguments

comments

comments on customized options

compare files (in Dired)

comparing 3 files (diff3)

comparing files

compilation buffer, keeping current position at the end

compilation errors

Compilation mode

compilation under MS-DOS

complete key

completion

completion (Lisp symbols)

completion (symbol names)

compose character

compressing files (in Dired)

compression

conflicts

connecting to remote host

converting change log date style

converting Rmail file to mailbox format

converting text to upper or lower case

Coptic calendar

copy of every outgoing message

copying files

copying files (in Dired)

current function name in mode line

cursor

cursor color, command-line argument

cursor in non-selected windows

cursor location

cursor location, on MS-DOS

cursor motion

cursor shape on MS-DOS

cursor, blinking

cursor, locating visually

customization

customization buffer

customization groups

customized options, saving

customizing faces

customizing Lisp indentation

CVS

cvs

CVS Dired Mode

cvs watch feature

CVSREAD environment variable (CVS)

CWarn mode

Cyrillic

Czech

d

day of year

daylight savings time

DBX

dead character

debuggers

debugging Emacs, tricks and techniques

debugging X problems

decoding mail messages (Rmail)

decoding non-ASCII keyboard input on X

default argument

default-frame-alist

`default.el' file, not loading

`default.el', the default init file

defining keyboard macros

definitions, finding in Lisp sources

defuns

DEL vs BACKSPACE

Delete Selection mode

deleting auto-save files

deleting blank lines

deleting characters and lines

deleting files (in Dired)

deleting some backup files

device for Emacs terminal I/O

directional window selection

directories in buffer names

directory header lines

directory listing

directory listing on MS-DOS

directory tracking

Dired

Dired sorting

disable window system

disabled command

disabling remote files

display for Emacs frame

display name (X Window System)

display of line number

doctor

DOS codepages

DOS-style end-of-line display

DOS-to-Unix conversion of files

double clicks

double slash in file name

e

Ebrowse

echo area

Edebug

editable fields (customization buffer)

editing binary files

editing in Picture mode

editing level, recursive

EDT

Emacs initialization file

emulating other editors

emulation of Brief

encoding of characters

end-of-line conversion

end-of-line conversion on MS-DOS/MS-Windows

end-of-line conversion, mode-line indication

Enriched mode

entering Emacs

environment variables

environment variables (Mac OS)

environment variables for subshells

environment variables in file names

environment variables, and non-ASCII characters

erasing characters and lines

error log

error message in the echo area

errors in init file

ESC replacing META key

escape sequences in files

European character sets

evaluate expression, command-line argument

exiting

exiting recursive edit

expanding subdirectories in Dired

expansion (of abbrevs)

expansion of C macros

expansion of environment variables

expression

expunging (Dired)

expunging (Rmail)

f

face colors, setting

faces

faces for highlighting search matches

file comparison (in Dired)

file database (locate)

file names under MS-DOS

file names under Windows 95/NT

file names with non-ASCII characters

file ownership, and backup

file selection dialog

file shadows

file truenames

file version in change log entries

files

files, visiting and saving

finding file at point

finding files containing regexp matches (in Dired)

finding strings within text

firewall, and accessing remote files

fixing incorrectly decoded mail messages

flagging files (in Dired)

flagging many files for deletion (in Dired)

font name (X Window System)

font names (Mac OS)

fonts and faces

fonts for PostScript printing

fonts for various scripts

fonts, emulating under MS-DOS

fontsets

foreground color, command-line argument

formatted text

formfeed

Fortran continuation lines

Fortran mode

Fortran77 and Fortran90

fortune cookies

forwarding a message

frame size under MS-DOS

frame title, command-line argument

frames

frames on MS-DOS

French Revolutionary calendar

fringe

FTP

function definition

function key

function, move to beginning or end

g

gamma correction

gateway, and remote file access with ange-ftp

GDB

geometry of Emacs window

German

getting help with keys

Glasses mode

Global Auto-Revert mode

h

handwriting

hard links (creation)

hard links (in Dired)

headers (of mail message)

heading lines (Outline mode)

hiding in Dired (Dired)

highlight current line

highlighting by matching

highlighting lines of text

highlighting matching parentheses

highlighting region

Hindi

history of commands

history of minibuffer input

history reference

holidays

home directory shorthand

hook

horizontal scrolling

hourglass pointer display

Hyper (under MS-DOS)

hyperlinking

i

IBM graphics characters (MS-DOS)

Icomplete mode

Icon mode

icons (X Window System)

icons, tool bar

identifiers, making long ones readable

IDL mode

ignored file names, in completion

ignoriginal

images, visiting

in-situ subdirectory (Dired)

inbox file

incorrect fontification

incremental search

incremental search, input method interference

indentation

indentation for comments

indentation for programs

index of buffer definitions

indirect buffer

indirect buffers and outlines

inferior process

inferior processes under MS-DOS

Info

Info index completion

init file

init file, and non-ASCII characters

init file, default name under MS-DOS

init file, not loading

initial options (command line)

initial-frame-alist

input event

input method, during incremental search

input methods

input with the keyboard

insert file contents, command-line argument

inserted subdirectory (Dired)

inserting blank lines

insertion

interactive highlighting

international characters in `.emacs'

international files from DOS/Windows systems

international scripts

international support (MS-DOS)

interval operator (in regexps)

Intlfonts for PostScript printing

Intlfonts package, installation

invisible lines

IPA

Islamic calendar

ISO Accents mode

ISO commercial calendar

ISO Latin character sets

j

Japanese

jar

jar

JDB

k

Kerberos POP authentication

key

key bindings

key rebinding, permanent

key rebinding, this session

key sequence

keyboard coding (Mac OS)

keyboard input

keyboard macro

keyboard shortcuts

keyboard translations

keymap

kill ring

killing buffers

killing characters and lines

killing Emacs

killing expressions

killing rectangular areas of text

killing text

Korean

l

label (Rmail)

landmark game

language environment, automatic selection on MS-DOS

language environments

Lao

Latin-1, Latin-2 and Latin-3 input mode

lazy search highlighting

leading

leaving Emacs

Leim package

LessTif Widget X Resources

line-drawing characters (MS-DOS)

lines, highlighting

Lisp definitions, finding in sources

Lisp editing, Lisp editing

Lisp files byte-compiled by XEmacs

Lisp files, and multibyte operation

Lisp functions specific to Mac OS

Lisp string syntax

Lisp symbol completion

list commands

listing current buffers

listing system fonts

load init file of another user

loading Lisp code

loading Lisp libraries automatically

loading Lisp libraries, command-line argument

loading several files (in Dired)

local back end (version control)

local keymap

local variables

local variables in files

local version control

locking and version control

locking files

locking, non-strict (RCS)

logging keystrokes

long file names in DOS box under Windows 95/NT

looking for a subject in documentation

lpr usage under MS-DOS

Lucid Widget X Resources

lzh

lzh

m

M-

M4 mode

Mac OS

Mac Roman coding system

Macintosh

Macintosh end-of-line conversion

Macintosh key bindings

mail-composition methods

making pictures out of text characters

manipulating paragraphs

manipulating sentences

manipulating text

manual page

manual pages, on MS-DOS/MS-Windows

manual version backups

marking executable files (in Dired)

marking many files (in Dired)

marking sections of text

marking subdirectories (in Dired)

marking symlinks (in Dired)

Markov chain

master file

matching parentheses

matching parenthesis and braces, moving to

maximum buffer size exceeded, error message

Mayan tzolkin calendar

memory full

menu bar

Menu Bar mode

Menu X Resources (LessTif widgets)

Menu X Resources (Lucid widgets)

merge buffer (Emerge)

Message mode for sending mail

message number

messages saved from echo area

n

named configurations (RCS)

narrowing

narrowing, and line number display

navigation

`net use', and printing on MS-Windows

networked printers (MS-Windows)

newline

newlines, hard and soft

NFS and quitting

nil

non-ASCII characters in `.emacs'

non-ASCII keys, binding

non-greedy regexp matching

non-integral number of lines in a window

non-strict locking (RCS)

non-window terminals

nonincremental search

normal hook

nroff

NSA

numeric arguments

o

Objective C mode

Octave mode

on-line manuals

open-parenthesis in leftmost column

OpenWindows

operating on files in Dired

operations on a marked region

option, user

options (command line)

other editors

out of memory

Outline mode

outline with multiple views

outragedy

Overwrite mode

p

page-at-a-time

pages

Paragraph-Indent Text mode

paragraphs

parentheses, displaying matches

parentheses, moving across

parenthesis in column zero and fontification

parenthetical groupings

Partial Completion mode

PC Selection minor mode

PDB

Picture mode and rectangles

point location, on MS-DOS

Polish

Pong game

POP inboxes

position and size of Emacs frame

PostScript mode

prefix arguments

prefix key

preprocessor highlighting

printing files (in Dired)

printing under MS-DOS

program building

program editing, program editing

q

r

RCS

read-only buffer

read-only text, killing

reading mail

reading netnews

rebinding keys, permanently

rebinding major mode keys

rebinding mouse buttons

rebinding non-ASCII keys

rectangle

rectangles and Picture mode

recursive copying

recursive deletion

recursive editing level

redefining keys, this session

references, LaTeX

Refill minor mode

refilling text, word processor style

refreshing displayed files

region face

Registry (MS-Windows)

regular expression

related files

reload files

remember editing session

remote file access

remote host

remote repositories (CVS), remote repositories (CVS)

renaming files (in Dired)

resource name, command-line argument

resource values, command-line argument

resources

restore session

restriction

retrying a failed message

reverse order in POP inboxes

reverse video, command-line argument

running Lisp functions

s

s-region package

saved echo area messages

Saveplace

saving files

saving fuile name in a register

saving keyboard macros

saving number in a register

saving option value

saving position in a register

saving rectangle in a register

saving sessions

saving text in a register

saving window configuration in a register

scrolling all windows

scrolling in the calendar

scrolling windows together

SDB

search and replace in multiple files

search and replace in multiple files (in Dired)

search multiple files (in Dired)

search-and-replace commands

searching

searching documentation efficiently

searching for non-ASCII characters

searching in Rmail

secondary selection

sections of manual pages

selected buffer

selected window

selecting buffers in other windows

sending patches for GNU Emacs

sentences

server, using Emacs as

shell commands, Dired

Shell mode

shell scripts, and local file variables

single-frame terminals

site init file

`site-start.el' file, not loading

`site-start.el', the site startup file

size of minibuffer

slashes repeated in file name

SliTeX mode

Slovak

Slovenian

slow display during scrolling

Smerge mode

Snake

snapshots and version control

specify default font from the command line

speedbar

spell-checking the active region

spelling, checking and correcting

splitting columns

standard fontset

start iconified, command-line argument

starting Emacs

startup (command line arguments)

StudlyCaps, making them readable

style (for indentation)

subdirectories in Dired

subscribe groups

subshell

subtree (Outline mode)

summary (Rmail)

summing time intervals

sunrise and sunset

Super (under MS-DOS)

suspending

suspicious constructions in C, C++

switch buffers

switches (command line)

symlinks (in Dired)

synchronizing windows

synchronous X mode

syntax highlighting and coloring

syntax of regexps

syntax table

t

tab stops

tables, indentation for

u

unbalanced parentheses and quotes

uncompression

undeletion (Rmail)

undigestify

undisplayable characters

undo

undo limit

undoing window configuration changes

Unibyte operation

unibyte operation (MS-DOS)

unibyte operation, and Lisp files

unibyte operation, command-line argument

unibyte operation, environment variable

unique buffer names

unmarking files (in Dired)

unsubscribe groups

untranslated file system

unzip archives

upcase file names

updating Dired buffer

URLs

URLs, activating

user name for remote file access

user option

userenced

using tab stops in making tables

usual erasure key

v

visiting files, command-line argument

visiting image files

w

watching files (CVS)

Web

weeks, which day they start on

width and height of Emacs frame

width of the scroll bar

wildcard characters in file names

Windmove package

window configuration changes, undoing

Windows clipboard support

windows in Emacs

windows, synchronizing

words, case conversion

x

X clipboard

X cutting and pasting

X resources, `~/.Xdefaults' file

XDB

xon-xoff

xterm, mouse support

y

yahrzeits

yanking

yanking previous kills

z

zip

zip

Zippy

Zmacs mode

zoo

zoo

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