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% Author:
% Stephen Gildea
-% Internet: gildea@mit.edu
+% Internet: gildea@stop.mail-abuse.org
%
% Thanks to Paul Rubin, Bob Chassell, Len Tower, and Richard Mlynarik
% for their many good ideas.
% If there were room, it would be nice to see a section on Dired.
-\def\versionnumber{2.2}
-\def\year{1997}
+\def\versionnumber{2.3} % version of this manual
+\def\versionyear{2007} % year manual was updated
+\def\versionemacs{22} % version of emacs this manual is for
+\def\year{2007} % copyright year
\def\shortcopyrightnotice{\vskip 1ex plus 2 fill
\centerline{\small \copyright\ \year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
\def\copyrightnotice{
\vskip 1ex plus 2 fill\begingroup\small
\centerline{Copyright \copyright\ \year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.}
-\centerline{v\versionnumber{} for GNU Emacs version 20, June \year}
+\centerline{v\versionnumber{} for GNU Emacs version \versionemacs, \versionyear}
\centerline{designed by Stephen Gildea}
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-this card provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
-are preserved on all copies.
+Permission is granted to make and distribute modified or unmodified
+copies of this card provided the copyright notice and this permission
+notice are preserved on all copies.
For copies of the GNU Emacs manual, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
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\title{GNU Emacs Reference Card}
-\centerline{(for version 20)}
+\centerline{(for version \versionemacs)}
\section{Starting Emacs}
-To enter GNU Emacs 20, just type its name: \kbd{emacs}
-
-To read in a file to edit, see Files, below.
+To enter GNU Emacs \versionemacs, just type its name: \kbd{emacs}
\section{Leaving Emacs}
\key{{\bf insert} contents of another file into this buffer}{C-x i}
\key{replace this file with the file you really want}{C-x C-v}
\key{write buffer to a specified file}{C-x C-w}
-\key{version control checkin/checkout}{C-x C-q}
+\key{toggle read-only status of buffer}{C-x C-q}
\section{Getting Help}
\key{scroll help window}{C-M-v}
\key{apropos: show commands matching a string}{C-h a}
-\key{show the function a key runs}{C-h c}
+\key{describe the function a key runs}{C-h k}
\key{describe a function}{C-h f}
\key{get mode-specific information}{C-h m}
\section{Error Recovery}
\key{{\bf abort} partially typed or executing command}{C-g}
-\metax{{\bf recover} a file lost by a system crash}{M-x recover-file}
-\key{{\bf undo} an unwanted change}{C-x u {\rm or} C-_}
+\metax{{\bf recover} files lost by a system crash}{M-x recover-session}
+\metax{{\bf undo} an unwanted change}{C-x u, C-_ {\rm or} C-/}
\metax{restore a buffer to its original contents}{M-x revert-buffer}
\key{redraw garbaged screen}{C-l}
\key{abort current search}{C-g}
Use \kbd{C-s} or \kbd{C-r} again to repeat the search in either direction.
-If Emacs is still searching, \kbd{C-g} cancels only the part not done.
+If Emacs is still searching, \kbd{C-g} cancels only the part not matched.
\shortcopyrightnotice
\section{Query Replace}
\key{interactively replace a text string}{M-\%}
+% query-replace-regexp is bound to C-M-% but that can't be typed on
+% consoles.
\metax{using regular expressions}{M-x query-replace-regexp}
Valid responses in query-replace mode are
\section{Multiple Windows}
-When two commands are shown, the second is for ``other frame.''
-
-\key{delete all other windows}{C-x 1}
+When two commands are shown, the second is a similar command for a
+frame instead of a window.
{\setbox0=\hbox{\kbd{0}}\advance\hsize by 0\wd0
\paralign to \hsize{#\tabskip=10pt plus 1 fil&#\tabskip=0pt&#\cr
+\threecol{delete all other windows}{C-x 1\ \ \ \ }{C-x 5 1}
\threecol{split window, above and below}{C-x 2\ \ \ \ }{C-x 5 2}
\threecol{delete this window}{C-x 0\ \ \ \ }{C-x 5 0}
}}
\key{put exactly one space at point}{M-SPC}
\key{fill paragraph}{M-q}
-\key{set fill column}{C-x f}
+\key{set fill column to {\it arg}}{C-x f}
\key{set prefix each line starts with}{C-x .}
-\key{set face}{M-g}
+\key{set face}{M-o}
\section{Case Change}
\key{abort command}{C-g}
Type \kbd{C-x ESC ESC} to edit and repeat the last command that used the
-minibuffer. Type \kbd{F10} to activate the menu bar using the minibuffer.
+minibuffer. Type \kbd{F10} to activate menu bar items on text terminals.
\newcolumn
\title{GNU Emacs Reference Card}
\section{International Character Sets}
-\metax{specify principal language}{M-x set-language-environment}
+\key{specify principal language}{C-x RET l}
\metax{show all input methods}{M-x list-input-methods}
\key{enable or disable input method}{C-\\}
\key{set coding system for next command}{C-x RET c}
\section{Info}
\key{enter the Info documentation reader}{C-h i}
-\key{find specified function or variable in Info}{C-h C-i}
+\key{find specified function or variable in Info}{C-h S}
\beginindentedkeys
Moving within a node:
\key{follow cross reference (return with \kbd{l})}{f}
\key{return to last node you saw}{l}
\key{return to directory node}{d}
+\key{go to top node of Info file}{t}
\key{go to any node by name}{g}
Other:
\key{run Info {\bf tutorial}}{h}
+\key{look up a subject in the indices}{i}
+\key{search nodes for regexp}{s}
\key{{\bf quit} Info}{q}
-\key{search nodes for regexp}{M-s}
\endindentedkeys
% The intended audience here is the person who wants to make simple
% customizations and knows Lisp syntax.
-Making global key bindings in Emacs Lisp (examples):
+Making global key bindings in Emacs Lisp (example):
\beginexample%
-(global-set-key "\\C-cg" 'goto-line)
-(global-set-key "\\M-\#" 'query-replace-regexp)
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-c g") 'search-forward)
+(global-set-key (kbd "M-\#") 'query-replace-regexp)
\endexample
\section{Writing Commands}
\beginexample%
(defun this-line-to-top-of-window (line)
- "Reposition line point is on to top of window.
+ "Reposition current line to top of window.
With ARG, put point on line ARG."
(interactive "P")
(recenter (if (null line)
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