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@settitle GNU Emacs FAQ
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@cindex Files included with Emacs
@cindex @file{COPYING}, description of file
@cindex @file{DISTRIB}, description of file
-@cindex @file{GNU}, description of file
@cindex @file{MACHINES}, description of file
@cindex @file{NEWS}, description of file
@item DISTRIB
Emacs Availability Information
-@item GNU
-The GNU Manifesto
-
@item MACHINES
Status of Emacs on Various Machines and Systems
version (e.g., @samp{23.0.50} is what will eventually become @samp{23.1}).
Emacs is under active development, hosted at
-@uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs/, Savannah}. The source
-code can be retrieved anonymously following the
-@uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/bzr/?group=emacs, instructions}.
-The repository is GNU Bazaar.
+@uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs/, Savannah}.
+Follow the instructions given there to clone the project repository.
Because Emacs undergoes many changes before a release, the version
number of a development version is not especially meaningful. It is
delete-selection-mode @key{RET}}):
@quotation
-When Delete Selection mode is enabled, Transient Mark mode is also
-enabled and typed text replaces the selection if the selection is
-active. Otherwise, typed text is just inserted at point regardless of
-any selection.
+When Delete Selection mode is enabled, typed text replaces the selection
+if the selection is active. Otherwise, typed text is just inserted at
+point regardless of any selection.
@end quotation
This mode also allows you to delete (not kill) the highlighted region by
left or right edge of the window.
Note that this is overridden by the variable
-@code{truncate-partial-width-windows} if that variable is non-nil
+@code{truncate-partial-width-windows} if that variable is non-@code{nil}
and the current buffer is not full-frame width.
In Emacs 20, use @code{hscroll-mode}.
@kbd{M-x compile} and @kbd{M-x recompile} commands is a much more
effective way of doing that. Emacs automatically intercepts the compile
error messages, inserts them into a special buffer called
-@code{*compilation*}, and lets you visit the locus of each message in
+@file{*compilation*}, and lets you visit the locus of each message in
the source. Type @kbd{C-x `} to step through the offending lines one by
one (starting with Emacs 22, you can also use @kbd{M-g M-p} and
@kbd{M-g M-n} to go to the previous and next matches directly). Click
@kbd{Mouse-2} or press @key{RET} on a message text in the
-@code{*compilation*} buffer to go to the line whose number is mentioned
+@file{*compilation*} buffer to go to the line whose number is mentioned
in that message.
But if you indeed need to go to a certain text line, type @kbd{M-g M-g}
put the following in your @file{.emacs} file:
@lisp
-(add-hook 'term-setup-hook
- #'(lambda () (w32-send-sys-command ?\xF030)))
+(add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook
+ (lambda () (w32-send-sys-command ?\xF030)))
@end lisp
To avoid the slightly distracting visual effect of Emacs starting with
@file{/usr/lib/terminfo/d/dumb} to @file{/usr/lib/terminfo/e/emacs}.
Having a termcap/terminfo entry will not enable the use of full screen
-programs in shell buffers. Use @kbd{M-x terminal-emulator} for that
-instead.
+programs in shell buffers. Use @kbd{M-x term} for that instead.
A workaround to the problem of missing termcap/terminfo entries is to
change terminal type @samp{emacs} to type @samp{dumb} or @samp{unknown}
First of all, you should check to make sure that the package isn't
already available. For example, typing @kbd{M-x apropos @key{RET}
-wordstar @key{RET}} lists all functions and variables containing the
-string @samp{wordstar}.
+python @key{RET}} lists all functions and variables containing the
+string @samp{python}.
It is also possible that the package is on your system, but has not been
loaded. To see which packages are available for loading, look through
code/file execution order is not enforced after startup).
To postpone the execution of Emacs Lisp code until after terminal or
-window-system setup, treat the code as a @dfn{lambda list} and set the
-value of either the @code{term-setup-hook} or @code{window-setup-hook}
-variable to this lambda function. For example,
+window-system setup, treat the code as a @dfn{lambda list} and add it to
+@code{emacs-startup-hook} (or @code{tty-setup-hook} in Emacs 24.4 and
+newer). For example,
@lisp
-(add-hook 'term-setup-hook
+(add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook
(lambda ()
(when (string-match "\\`vt220" (or (getenv "TERM") ""))
;; Make vt220's "Do" key behave like M-x:
* Replying to the sender of a message::
* Automatically starting a mail or news reader::
* Reading news with Emacs::
-* Gnus does not work with NNTP::
* Making Gnus faster::
* Catching up in all newsgroups::
@end menu
Questions,, the Gnus FAQ, gnus, The Gnus Manual}.
-@node Gnus does not work with NNTP
-@section Why doesn't Gnus work via NNTP?
-@cindex Gnus and NNTP
-@cindex NNTP, Gnus fails to work with
-
-There is a bug in NNTP version 1.5.10, such that when multiple requests
-are sent to the NNTP server, the server only handles the first one
-before blocking waiting for more input which never comes. NNTP version
-1.5.11 claims to fix this.
-
-You can work around the bug inside Emacs like this:
-
-@lisp
-(setq nntp-maximum-request 1)
-@end lisp
-
-You can find out what version of NNTP your news server is running by
-telnetting to the NNTP port (usually 119) on the news server machine
-(i.e., @kbd{telnet server-machine 119}). The server should give its
-version number in the welcome message. Type @kbd{quit} to get out.
-
@node Making Gnus faster
@section How do I make Gnus faster?
@cindex Faster, starting Gnus