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Re: can't get "help"
From: |
Joel J. Adamson |
Subject: |
Re: can't get "help" |
Date: |
Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:26:10 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) |
"cycjec"<cycjec@yahoo.com> writes:
> this is the emacs that's installed on a FreeBSD system.
>
> I get the opening msg "Hold down Control and press h"
> but when I do that it just eats up the msg about "this
> buffer is for blah blah blah" one character at a time,
> starting at the end.
Are you using Emacs in X, on a console, or a terminal emulator? Which
version of Emacs (21, 22?)
Try f1 for help instead of C-h, your terminal may be sending C-h as
delete. F1 C-f gets you the FAQ
(hopefully you understand the above key notation: "C-x" means "hold
down Control key and press 'x'")
HTH
Joel
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Joel J. Adamson
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