This is ../info/emacs, produced by makeinfo version 4.0 from emacs.texi. This is the Fourteenth edition of the `GNU Emacs Manual', updated for Emacs version 21.1. INFO-DIR-SECTION Emacs START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY * Emacs: (emacs). The extensible self-documenting text editor. END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY Published by the Free Software Foundation 59 Temple Place, Suite 330 Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA Copyright (C) 1985, 1986,1987,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being "The GNU Manifesto", "Distribution" and "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE", with the Front-Cover texts being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License." 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File: emacs, Node: Concept Index, Next: Acknowledgments, Prev: Variable Index, Up: Top Concept Index ************* * Menu: * "PC" key bindings: Emulation. * ( in leftmost column: Left Margin Paren. * *Messages* buffer: Echo Area. * -/--/.-./.../.: Amusements. * .mailrc file: Mail Aliases. * .timelog file: Time Intervals. * .Xdefaults file, and MS-Windows: Resources X. * // in file name: Minibuffer File. * 8-bit character codes: Inserting Text. * 8-bit display: Single-Byte Character Support. * 8-bit input: Single-Byte Character Support. * <BACKSPACE> vs <DEL>: DEL Does Not Delete. * <DEL> vs <BACKSPACE>: DEL Does Not Delete. * <ESC> replacing <META> key: User Input. * ? in display: International Chars. * A and B buffers (Emerge): Overview of Emerge. * Abbrev mode: Abbrev Concepts. * abbrevs: Abbrevs. * abnormal hook: Hooks. * aborting recursive edit: Quitting. * accented characters: Single-Byte Character Support. * accessible portion: Narrowing. * accumulating scattered text: Accumulating Text. * action options (command line): Command Arguments. * active fields (customization buffer): Customization Groups. * adaptive filling: Adaptive Fill. * againformation: Dissociated Press. * aggressive scrolling: Scrolling. * alarm clock: Appointments. * ange-ftp: Remote Files. * anonymous FTP: Remote Files. * appending kills in the ring: Appending Kills. * appointment notification: Appointments. * apropos: Apropos. * arc: File Archives. * Archive mode: File Archives. * arguments (command line): Command Arguments. * arguments to commands: Arguments. * arrow keys: Moving Point. * ASCII: User Input. * Asm mode: Asm Mode. * assembler mode: Asm Mode. * astronomical day numbers: Calendar Systems. * attribute (Rmail): Rmail Labels. * attributes of mode line, changing: Optional Mode Line. * AUTHORS file: Authors. * Auto Compression mode: Compressed Files. * Auto Fill mode: Auto Fill. * Auto Save mode: Auto Save. * Auto-Lower mode: Frame Parameters. * Auto-Raise mode: Frame Parameters. * Auto-Revert mode: Reverting. * autoload: Lisp Libraries. * autoload Lisp libraries: Init Examples. * automatic version backups: Version Backups. * available colors: Colors X. * avoiding mouse in the way of your typing: Mouse Avoidance. * Awk mode: Program Modes. * b2m: Out of Rmail. * Babyl format to Inbox format: Out of Rmail. * back end (version control): Version Systems. * background color, command-line argument: Colors X. * background mode, on xterm: General Variables. * backtrace for bug reports: Checklist. * backup file: Backup. * backup file names on MS-DOS: MS-DOS File Names. * backup, and user-id: Backup Copying. * backups for remote files: Remote Files. * balanced expression: Expressions. * balloon help <1>: Help Echo. * balloon help: Tooltips. * base buffer: Indirect Buffers. * batch mode: Initial Options. * binary files, on MS-DOS/MS-Windows: Text and Binary. * binding: Commands. * blank lines: Blank Lines. * blank lines in programs: Multi-Line Comments. * body lines (Outline mode): Outline Format. * bold font: Face Customization. * bookmarks: Bookmarks. * border color, command-line argument: Colors X. * border width, command-line argument: Borders X. * borders (X Window System): Borders X. * boredom: Amusements. * box-drawing characters (MS-DOS): MS-DOS and MULE. * brace in column zero and fontification: Font Lock. * braces, moving across: Moving by Parens. * branch (version control): Branches. * Brief emulation: Emulation. * Browse-URL: Browse-URL. * buffer definitions index: Imenu. * buffer list, customizable: Buffer Menus. * buffer menu <1>: Buffer Menus. * buffer menu: Several Buffers. * buffer size, maximum: Buffers. * buffers: Buffers. * buggestion: Dissociated Press. * bugs: Bugs. * building programs: Building. * button down events: Mouse Buttons. * bypassing init and site-start file: Initial Options. * byte code: Lisp Libraries. * byte-compiling several files (in Dired): Operating on Files. * C editing <1>: Programs. * C editing: Maintaining. * C mode: C Modes. * C++ class browser, tags: Tags. * C++ mode: C Modes. * C-: User Input. * cache of file names: File Name Cache. * calendar: Calendar/Diary. * calendar and LaTeX: LaTeX Calendar. * calendar, first day of week: Move to Beginning or End. * call Lisp functions, command-line argument: Action Arguments. * capitalizing words: Case. * case conversion: Case. * case-sensitivity and tags search: Tags Search. * categories of characters: Regexps. * Celtic: International. * centering: Fill Commands. * change buffers: Select Buffer. * change log: Change Log. * Change Log mode: Change Log. * changes, undoing: Undo. * changing file group (in Dired): Operating on Files. * changing file owner (in Dired): Operating on Files. * changing file permissions (in Dired): Operating on Files. * character set (keyboard): User Input. * characters (in text) <1>: Text Display. * characters (in text): Text Characters. * characters which belong to a specific language: Regexps. * checking out files: VC Concepts. * checking spelling: Spelling. * Chinese: International. * Chinese calendar: Calendar Systems. * choosing a major mode: Choosing Modes. * ciphers: Amusements. * citing mail: Citing Mail. * class browser, C++: Tags. * click events: Mouse Buttons. * clipboard: Clipboard. * clipboard support (Mac OS): Mac International. * codepage, MS-DOS: MS-DOS and MULE. * coding systems: Coding Systems. * collision: Interlocking. * color emulation on black-and-white printers: PostScript Variables. * color of window: Colors X. * colors: Frame Parameters. * Column Number mode: Optional Mode Line. * columns (and rectangles): Rectangles. * columns (indentation): Indentation. * columns, splitting: Two-Column. * Comint mode: Shell Mode. * comint-highlight-input face: Interactive Shell. * comint-highlight-prompt face: Interactive Shell. * command: Commands. * command history: Repetition. * command line arguments: Command Arguments. * comments: Comments. * comments on customized options: Changing an Option. * compare files (in Dired): Comparison in Dired. * comparing 3 files (diff3): Comparing Files. * comparing files: Comparing Files. * compilation buffer, keeping current position at the end: Compilation. * compilation errors: Compilation. * Compilation mode: Compilation Mode. * compilation under MS-DOS: MS-DOS Processes. * complete key: Keys. * completion: Completion. * completion (Lisp symbols): Symbol Completion. * completion (symbol names): Symbol Completion. * compose character: Single-Byte Character Support. * compressing files (in Dired): Operating on Files. * compression: Compressed Files. * conflicts: Merging. * connecting to remote host: Remote Host. * continuation line: Continuation Lines. * Control: User Input. * control characters: User Input. * Control-Meta: Expressions. * converting change log date style: Change Log. * converting Rmail file to mailbox format: Out of Rmail. * converting text to upper or lower case: Case. * Coptic calendar: Calendar Systems. * copy of every outgoing message: Mail Headers. * copying files: Misc File Ops. * copying files (in Dired): Operating on Files. * copying text: Yanking. * CORBA IDL mode: C Modes. * correcting spelling: Spelling. * CPerl mode: Program Modes. * crashes: Auto Save. * creating files: Visiting. * creating frames: Creating Frames. * CRiSP mode: Emulation. * cryptanalysis: Amusements. * current buffer: Buffers. * cursor: Point. * cursor color, command-line argument: Colors X. * cursor in non-selected windows: Cursor Display. * cursor location: Position Info. * cursor location, on MS-DOS: Text and Binary. * cursor motion: Moving Point. * cursor shape on MS-DOS: MS-DOS Display. * cursor, blinking: Cursor Display. * cursor, locating visually: Cursor Display. * customization: Customization. * customization buffer: Easy Customization. * customization groups: Customization Groups. * customized options, saving: Changing an Option. * customizing faces: Face Customization. * customizing Lisp indentation: Lisp Indent. * cut and paste: Glossary. * cut buffer: Mouse Commands. * cutting and X: Mouse Commands. * cutting text: Killing. * cvs: VC Dired Mode. * CVS: Version Systems. * CVS Dired Mode: VC Dired Mode. * cvs watch feature: CVS Options. * CVSREAD environment variable (CVS): CVS Options. * CWarn mode: Other C Commands. * Cyrillic: International. * Czech: International. * day of year: General Calendar. * daylight savings time: Daylight Savings. * DBX: Debuggers. * dead character: Single-Byte Character Support. * debuggers: Debuggers. * debugging Emacs, tricks and techniques: Checklist. * debugging X problems: Resources X. * decoding mail messages (Rmail): Rmail Coding. * default argument: Minibuffer. * default-frame-alist: Creating Frames. * default.el file, not loading: Initial Options. * default.el, the default init file: Init File. * defining keyboard macros: Keyboard Macros. * definitions, finding in Lisp sources: Find-func. * defuns: Moving by Defuns. * Delete Selection mode: Killing. * deleting auto-save files: Flagging Many Files. * deleting blank lines: Blank Lines. * deleting characters and lines: Erasing. * deleting files (in Dired): Dired Deletion. * deleting some backup files: Flagging Many Files. * deletion: Killing. * deletion (of files): Misc File Ops. * deletion (Rmail): Rmail Deletion. * Delphi mode: Program Modes. * desktop: Saving Emacs Sessions. * Devanagari: International. * developediment: Dissociated Press. * device for Emacs terminal I/O: Initial Options. * dialog boxes: Dialog Boxes. * diary: Diary. * diary file: Format of Diary File. * Diff mode: Comparing Files. * diffs: Comparing Files. * digest message: Rmail Digest. * directional window selection: Window Convenience. * directories in buffer names: Uniquify. * directory header lines: Subdirectory Motion. * directory listing: Directories. * directory listing on MS-DOS: MS-DOS Processes. * directory tracking: Directory Tracking. * Dired: Dired. * Dired sorting: Dired Updating. * disable window system: Initial Options. * disabled command: Disabling. * disabling remote files: Remote Files. * DISPLAY environment variable: Display X. * display for Emacs frame: Initial Options. * display name (X Window System): Display X. * display of line number: Optional Mode Line. * doctor: Total Frustration. * DOS codepages: MS-DOS and MULE. * DOS-style end-of-line display: Recognize Coding. * DOS-to-Unix conversion of files: Text and Binary. * double clicks: Mouse Buttons. * double slash in file name: Minibuffer File. * down events: Mouse Buttons. * downcase file names: Transforming File Names. * drag events: Mouse Buttons. * drastic changes: Reverting. * dribble file: Checklist. * DSSSL mode: Program Modes. * Dutch: International. * Ebrowse: Tags. * echo area: Echo Area. * Edebug: Checklist. * editable fields (customization buffer): Customization Groups. * editing binary files: Editing Binary Files. * editing in Picture mode: Basic Picture. * editing level, recursive: Recursive Edit. * EDITOR environment variable: Emacs Server. * EDT: Emulation. * Eldoc mode: Lisp Doc. * Eliza: Total Frustration. * Emacs as a server: Emacs Server. * EMACS environment variable: Interactive Shell. * Emacs icon, a gnu: Icons X. * Emacs initialization file: Init File. * Emacs-Lisp mode: Lisp Eval. * emacs.bash: Invoking emacsclient. * emacsclient: Emacs Server. * Emerge: Emerge. * empty lines: Trailing Whitespace. * emulating other editors: Emulation. * emulation of Brief: Emulation. * encoding of characters: International. * end-of-line conversion: Coding Systems. * end-of-line conversion on MS-DOS/MS-Windows: Text and Binary. * end-of-line conversion, mode-line indication: Mode Line. * Enriched mode: Formatted Text. * entering Emacs: Entering Emacs. * environment variables: Environment. * environment variables (Mac OS): Mac Environment Variables. * environment variables for subshells: Interactive Shell. * environment variables in file names: File Names. * environment variables, and non-ASCII characters: Enabling Multibyte. * erasing characters and lines: Erasing. * error log: Compilation. * error message in the echo area: Echo Area. * errors in init file: Initial Options. * escape sequences in files: Recognize Coding. * ESHELL environment variable: Interactive Shell. * etags program: Create Tags Table. * Ethiopic: International. * Ethiopic calendar: Calendar Systems. * Euro sign: Language Environments. * European character sets: Single-Byte Character Support. * evaluate expression, command-line argument: Action Arguments. * exiting: Exiting. * exiting recursive edit: Recursive Edit. * expanding subdirectories in Dired: Subdirectories in Dired. * expansion (of abbrevs): Abbrevs. * expansion of C macros: Other C Commands. * expansion of environment variables: File Names. * expression: Expressions. * expunging (Dired): Dired Deletion. * expunging (Rmail): Rmail Deletion. * face colors, setting: Faces. * faces: Faces. * faces for highlighting search matches: Incremental Search. * faces under MS-DOS: MS-DOS Display. * failed merges: Comparing Files. * FFAP minor mode: FFAP. * file archives: File Archives. * file comparison (in Dired): Comparison in Dired. * file database (locate): Dired and Find. * file dates: Interlocking. * file directory: Directories. * file local variables: File Variables. * file management: Dired. * file name caching: File Name Cache. * file names: File Names. * file names (Mac OS): Mac Directories. * file names under MS-DOS: MS-DOS File Names. * file names under Windows 95/NT: MS-DOS File Names. * file names with non-ASCII characters: Specify Coding. * file ownership, and backup: Backup Copying. * file selection dialog: Visiting. * file shadows: File Shadowing. * file truenames: File Aliases. * file version in change log entries: Change Log. * files: Files. * files, visiting and saving: Visiting. * fill prefix: Fill Prefix. * filling text: Filling. * find: File Name Cache. * find and Dired: Dired and Find. * finding file at point: FFAP. * finding files containing regexp matches (in Dired): Marks vs Flags. * finding strings within text: Search. * firewall, and accessing remote files: Remote Files. * fixing incorrectly decoded mail messages: Rmail Coding. * flagging files (in Dired): Dired Deletion. * flagging many files for deletion (in Dired): Flagging Many Files. * flow control: Unasked-for Search. * Flyspell mode: Spelling. * folding editing: Foldout. * Follow mode: Follow Mode. * font (default): Creating Frames. * font (principal): Frame Parameters. * font for menus: Resources X. * Font Lock mode: Font Lock. * font name (X Window System): Font X. * font names (Mac OS): Mac Font Specs. * fonts and faces: Face Customization. * fonts for PostScript printing: PostScript Variables. * fonts for various scripts: Language Environments. * fonts, emulating under MS-DOS: MS-DOS Display. * fontsets: Fontsets. * foreground color, command-line argument: Colors X. * formatted text: Formatted Text. * formfeed: Pages. * Fortran continuation lines: ForIndent Cont. * Fortran mode: Fortran. * Fortran77 and Fortran90: Fortran. * fortune cookies: Mail Amusements. * forwarding a message: Rmail Reply. * frame size under MS-DOS: MS-DOS Display. * frame title, command-line argument: Title X. * frames: Frames. * frames on MS-DOS: MS-DOS Display. * French Revolutionary calendar: Calendar Systems. * fringe: Faces. * FTP: Remote Files. * function definition: Commands. * function key: Keymaps. * function, move to beginning or end: Moving by Defuns. * gamma correction: Resources X. * gateway, and remote file access with ange-ftp: Remote Files. * GDB: Debuggers. * geometry of Emacs window: Window Size X. * German: International. * getting help with keys: Basic Help. * Glasses mode: Glasses. * Global Auto-Revert mode: Reverting. * global keymap: Keymaps. * global mark ring: Global Mark Ring. * global substitution: Replace. * Gnome: Clipboard. * Gnus: Gnus. * Go Moku: Amusements. * Goto-address: Goto-address. * graphic characters: Inserting Text. * Greek: International. * Gregorian calendar: Other Calendars. * growing minibuffer: Minibuffer Edit. * GUD library: Debuggers. * gzip: Compressed Files. * handwriting: PostScript. * hard links (creation): Misc File Ops. * hard links (in Dired): Operating on Files. * hard newline: Hard and Soft Newlines. * hardcopy: Hardcopy. * head version: Branches. * header (TeX mode): TeX Print. * header line (Dired): Subdirectory Motion. * headers (of mail message): Mail Headers. * heading lines (Outline mode): Outline Format. * Hebrew: International. * Hebrew calendar: Calendar Systems. * height of minibuffer: Minibuffer Edit. * help: Help. * hex editing: Editing Binary Files. * Hexl mode: Editing Binary Files. * Hide-ifdef mode: Other C Commands. * hiding in Dired (Dired): Hiding Subdirectories. * highlight current line: Cursor Display. * highlighting by matching: Highlight Interactively. * highlighting lines of text: Highlight Interactively. * highlighting matching parentheses: Matching. * highlighting region: Transient Mark. * Hindi: International. * history of commands: Repetition. * history of minibuffer input: Minibuffer History. * history reference: History References. * holidays: Holidays. * home directory shorthand: File Names. * HOME directory under MS-DOS: MS-DOS File Names. * hook: Hooks. * horizontal scrolling: Horizontal Scrolling. * hourglass pointer display: Display Custom. * Hyper (under MS-DOS): MS-DOS Input. * hyperlinking: Hyperlinking. * IBM graphics characters (MS-DOS): MS-DOS and MULE. * Icomplete mode: Completion Options. * Icon mode: Program Modes. * icons (X Window System): Icons X. * icons, tool bar: Tool Bars. * identifiers, making long ones readable: Glasses. * IDL mode: C Modes. * ignored file names, in completion: Completion Options. * ignoriginal: Dissociated Press. * images, visiting: File Conveniences. * in-situ subdirectory (Dired): Subdirectories in Dired. * inbox file: Rmail Inbox. * incorrect fontification: Font Lock. * incremental search: Incremental Search. * incremental search, input method interference: Input Methods. * indentation: Indentation. * indentation for comments: Comment Commands. * indentation for programs: Program Indent. * index of buffer definitions: Imenu. * indirect buffer: Indirect Buffers. * indirect buffers and outlines: Outline Views. * inferior process: Compilation. * inferior processes under MS-DOS: MS-DOS Processes. * Info: Misc Help. * Info index completion: Symbol Completion. * init file: Init File. * init file, and non-ASCII characters: Enabling Multibyte. * init file, default name under MS-DOS: MS-DOS File Names. * init file, not loading: Initial Options. * initial options (command line): Command Arguments. * initial-frame-alist: Creating Frames. * input event: User Input. * input method, during incremental search: Incremental Search. * input methods: Input Methods. * input with the keyboard: User Input. * insert file contents, command-line argument: Action Arguments. * inserted subdirectory (Dired): Subdirectories in Dired. * inserting blank lines: Blank Lines. * insertion: Inserting Text. * interactive highlighting: Highlight Interactively. * international characters in .emacs: Init Syntax. * international files from DOS/Windows systems: Coding Systems. * international scripts: International. * international support (MS-DOS): MS-DOS and MULE. * interval operator (in regexps): Etags Regexps. * Intlfonts for PostScript printing: PostScript Variables. * Intlfonts package, installation: Language Environments. * invisible lines: Outline Mode. * IPA: International. * Islamic calendar: Calendar Systems. * ISO Accents mode: Single-Byte Character Support. * ISO commercial calendar: Calendar Systems. * ISO Latin character sets: Single-Byte Character Support. * iso-acc library: Single-Byte Character Support. * iso-ascii library: Single-Byte Character Support. * iso-transl library: Single-Byte Character Support. * ispell program: Spelling. * Iswitchb mode: Iswitchb. * italic font: Face Customization. * Japanese: International. * jar: File Archives. * Java class archives: File Archives. * Java mode: C Modes. * JDB: Debuggers. * Julian calendar: Calendar Systems. * Julian day numbers: Calendar Systems. * justification: Fill Commands. * Kerberos POP authentication: Movemail. * key: Keys. * key bindings: Key Bindings. * key rebinding, permanent: Init File. * key rebinding, this session: Rebinding. * key sequence: Keys. * keyboard coding (Mac OS): Mac Input. * keyboard input: User Input. * keyboard macro: Keyboard Macros. * keyboard shortcuts: Glossary. * keyboard translations: Keyboard Translations. * keymap: Keymaps. * kill ring: Yanking. * killing buffers: Kill Buffer. * killing characters and lines: Erasing. * killing Emacs: Exiting. * killing expressions: Expressions. * killing rectangular areas of text: Rectangles. * killing text: Killing. * Korean: International. * label (Rmail): Rmail Labels. * landmark game: Amusements. * language environment, automatic selection on MS-DOS: MS-DOS and MULE. * language environments: Language Environments. * Lao: International. * LaTeX mode: TeX Mode. * LaTeX references: TeX Misc. * Latin: International. * Latin-1 TeX encoding: TeX Misc. * Latin-1, Latin-2 and Latin-3 input mode: Single-Byte Character Support. * lazy search highlighting: Incremental Search. * leading: Resources X. * leaving Emacs: Exiting. * Leim package: Input Methods. * LessTif Widget X Resources: LessTif Resources. * libraries: Lisp Libraries. * Life: Amusements. * line number commands: Position Info. * line number display: Optional Mode Line. * line spacing: Resources X. * line wrapping: Continuation Lines. * line-drawing characters (MS-DOS): MS-DOS and MULE. * lines, highlighting: Highlight Interactively. * Lisp definitions, finding in sources: Find-func. * Lisp editing <1>: Maintaining. * Lisp editing: Programs. * Lisp files byte-compiled by XEmacs: Lisp Libraries. * Lisp files, and multibyte operation: Enabling Multibyte. * Lisp functions specific to Mac OS: Mac Functions. * Lisp string syntax: Init Syntax. * Lisp symbol completion: Symbol Completion. * list commands: Moving by Parens. * listing current buffers: List Buffers. * listing system fonts: Font X. * load init file of another user: Initial Options. * loading Lisp code: Lisp Libraries. * loading Lisp libraries automatically: Init Examples. * loading Lisp libraries, command-line argument: Action Arguments. * loading several files (in Dired): Operating on Files. * local back end (version control): Local Version Control. * local keymap: Local Keymaps. * local variables: Locals. * local variables in files: File Variables. * local version control: Local Version Control. * locale, date format: Time Stamps. * locales: Language Environments. * location of point: Position Info. * locking (CVS): CVS Options. * locking and version control: VC Concepts. * locking files: Interlocking. * locking, non-strict (RCS): RCS and SCCS. * logging keystrokes: Checklist. * long file names in DOS box under Windows 95/NT: MS-DOS File Names. * looking for a subject in documentation: Help. * lpr usage under MS-DOS: MS-DOS Printing. * Lucid Widget X Resources: Lucid Resources. * lzh: File Archives. * M-: User Input. * M4 mode: Program Modes. * Mac OS: Mac OS. * Mac Roman coding system: Mac International. * Macintosh: Mac OS. * Macintosh end-of-line conversion: Coding Systems. * Macintosh key bindings: Emulation. * macro expansion in C: Other C Commands. * mail: Sending Mail. * mail (on mode line): Optional Mode Line. * mail aliases: Mail Aliases. * MAIL environment variable: Rmail Inbox. * Mail mode: Mail Mode. * mail-composition methods: Mail Methods. * MAILHOST environment variable: Movemail. * mailrc file: Mail Aliases. * major modes: Major Modes. * make: Compilation. * Makefile mode: Program Modes. * making pictures out of text characters: Picture. * manipulating paragraphs: Paragraphs. * manipulating sentences: Sentences. * manipulating text: Text. * manual page: Man Page. * manual pages, on MS-DOS/MS-Windows: Man Page. * manual version backups: Version Backups. * manuals, on-line: Misc Help. * Marathi: International. * mark: Mark. * mark ring: Mark Ring. * marking executable files (in Dired): Marks vs Flags. * marking many files (in Dired): Marks vs Flags. * marking sections of text: Marking Objects. * marking subdirectories (in Dired): Marks vs Flags. * marking symlinks (in Dired): Marks vs Flags. * Markov chain: Dissociated Press. * master file: VC Concepts. * matching parentheses: Matching. * matching parenthesis and braces, moving to: Moving by Parens. * maximum buffer size exceeded, error message: Visiting. * Mayan calendar: Calendar Systems. * Mayan calendar round: Mayan Calendar. * Mayan haab calendar: Mayan Calendar. * Mayan long count: Mayan Calendar. * Mayan tzolkin calendar: Mayan Calendar. * memory full: Memory Full. * menu bar: Menu Bar. * Menu Bar mode: Menu Bars. * Menu X Resources (LessTif widgets): LessTif Resources. * Menu X Resources (Lucid widgets): Lucid Resources. * merge buffer (Emerge): Overview of Emerge. * merges, failed: Comparing Files. * merging changes: Merging. * merging files: Emerge. * message: Sending Mail. * Message mode for sending mail: Mail Methods. * message number: Rmail Basics. * messages saved from echo area: Echo Area. * Meta: User Input. * Meta (Mac OS): Mac Input. * Meta (under MS-DOS): MS-DOS Input. * Meta commands and words: Words. * Metafont mode: Program Modes. * MH mail interface: Mail Methods. * Midnight mode: Kill Buffer. * minibuffer: Minibuffer. * minibuffer history: Minibuffer History. * minibuffer keymaps: Minibuffer Maps. * minor mode keymap: Local Keymaps. * minor modes: Minor Modes. * mistakes, correcting: Fixit. * mode hook: Program Modes. * mode line: Mode Line. * mode line (MS-DOS): MS-DOS and MULE. * mode line, 3D appearance: Optional Mode Line. * mode line, mouse: Mode Line Mouse. * mode, Abbrev: Abbrev Concepts. * mode, archive: File Archives. * mode, Auto Compression: Compressed Files. * mode, Auto Fill: Auto Fill. * mode, Auto Save: Auto Save. * mode, Auto-Revert: Reverting. * mode, C: C Modes. * mode, Column Number: Optional Mode Line. * mode, Comint: Shell Mode. * mode, Compilation: Compilation Mode. * mode, CORBA IDL: C Modes. * mode, CRiSP: Emulation. * mode, Delete Selection: Killing. * mode, Emacs-Lisp: Lisp Eval. * mode, Enriched: Formatted Text. * mode, Follow: Follow Mode. * mode, Font Lock: Font Lock. * mode, Fortran: Fortran. * mode, Global Auto-Revert: Reverting. * mode, Hexl: Editing Binary Files. * mode, Iswitchb: Iswitchb. * mode, Java: C Modes. * mode, LaTeX: TeX Mode. * mode, Mail: Mail Mode. * mode, major: Major Modes. * mode, Menu Bar: Menu Bars. * mode, minor: Minor Modes. * mode, Mouse Wheel: Wheeled Mice. * mode, MSB: Buffer Menus. * mode, Objective C: C Modes. * mode, Outline: Outline Mode. * mode, Overwrite: Minor Modes. * mode, Paragraph-Indent Text: Text Mode. * mode, PC selection: Emulation. * mode, Pike: C Modes. * mode, Scroll Bar: Scroll Bars. * mode, Scroll-all: Window Convenience. * mode, Shell: Shell Mode. * mode, SliTeX: TeX Mode. * mode, tar: File Archives. * mode, Term: Term Mode. * mode, TeX: TeX Mode. * mode, Text: Text Mode. * mode, Tool Bar: Tool Bars. * mode, Transient Mark: Transient Mark. * mode, View: Misc File Ops. * mode, Winner: Window Convenience. * modes for programming languages: Program Modes. * modes, Refill: Refill. * modification dates: Time Stamps. * modified (buffer): Visiting. * Modula2 mode: Program Modes. * moon, phases of: Lunar Phases. * Morse code: Amusements. * Motif key bindings: Emulation. * mouse: Keymaps. * mouse avoidance: Mouse Avoidance. * mouse button events: Mouse Buttons. * mouse buttons (what they do): Mouse Commands. * mouse on mode line: Mode Line Mouse. * mouse pointer color, command-line argument: Colors X. * mouse support under MS-DOS: MS-DOS Input. * mouse wheel: Wheeled Mice. * Mouse Wheel minor mode: Wheeled Mice. * mouse, set number of buttons: MS-DOS Input. * move to beginning or end of function: Moving by Defuns. * movemail: Movemail. * movemail program: Movemail. * movement: Moving Point. * moving inside the calendar: Calendar Motion. * moving point: Moving Point. * moving text: Yanking. * moving the cursor: Moving Point. * MS Windows: Frames. * MS-DOG: MS-DOS. * MS-DOS end-of-line conversion: Coding Systems. * MS-DOS peculiarities: MS-DOS. * MS-Windows codepages: MS-DOS and MULE. * MSB mode: Buffer Menus. * MULE: International. * multibyte characters: International. * multibyte operation, and Lisp files: Enabling Multibyte. * multiple *info* and *Help* buffers: Indirect Buffers. * multiple displays: Multiple Displays. * multiple views of outline: Outline Views. * multiple windows in Emacs: Windows. * multiple-file search and replace: Tags Search. * mustatement: Dissociated Press. * named configurations (RCS): Snapshot Caveats. * narrowing: Narrowing. * narrowing, and line number display: Optional Mode Line. * navigation: Hyperlinking. * net use, and printing on MS-Windows: MS-DOS Printing. * networked printers (MS-Windows): MS-DOS Printing. * newline: Inserting Text. * newlines, hard and soft: Hard and Soft Newlines. * NFS and quitting: Quitting. * nil: Glossary. * non-ASCII characters in .emacs: Init Syntax. * non-ASCII keys, binding: Non-ASCII Rebinding. * non-greedy regexp matching: Regexps. * non-integral number of lines in a window: Optional Mode Line. * non-strict locking (RCS): RCS and SCCS. * non-window terminals: Non-Window Terminals. * nonincremental search: Nonincremental Search. * normal hook: Hooks. * nroff: Nroff Mode. * NSA: Mail Amusements. * numeric arguments: Arguments. * Objective C mode: C Modes. * Octave mode: Program Modes. * on-line manuals: Misc Help. * open-parenthesis in leftmost column: Left Margin Paren. * OpenWindows: Clipboard. * operating on files in Dired: Operating on Files. * operations on a marked region: Using Region. * option, user: Variables. * options (command line): Command Arguments. * other editors: Emulation. * out of memory: Memory Full. * Outline mode: Outline Mode. * outline with multiple views: Outline Views. * outragedy: Dissociated Press. * Overwrite mode: Minor Modes. * page-at-a-time: Paging in Term. * pages: Pages. * Paragraph-Indent Text mode: Text Mode. * paragraphs: Paragraphs. * parentheses, displaying matches: Matching. * parentheses, moving across: Moving by Parens. * parenthesis in column zero and fontification: Font Lock. * parenthetical groupings: Moving by Parens. * Partial Completion mode: Completion Options. * parts of the screen: Screen. * pasting: Yanking. * pasting and X: Mouse Commands. * patches: Comparing Files. * patches, sending: Sending Patches. * PC key bindings: Emulation. * PC selection: Emulation. * PC Selection minor mode: Emulation. * PCL-CVS: VC Dired Mode. * PDB: Debuggers. * per-buffer variables: Locals. * Perl mode: Program Modes. * Perldb: Debuggers. * Persian calendar: Calendar Systems. * phases of the moon: Lunar Phases. * Picture mode and rectangles: Rectangles in Picture. * pictures: Picture. * Pike mode: C Modes. * point: Point. * point location: Position Info. * point location, on MS-DOS: Text and Binary. * Polish: International. * Pong game: Amusements. * POP inboxes: Movemail. * position and size of Emacs frame: Window Size X. * PostScript mode: Program Modes. * prefix arguments: Arguments. * prefix key: Keys. * preprocessor highlighting: Other C Commands. * presidentagon: Dissociated Press. * pretty-printer: Program Indent. * primary Rmail file: Rmail Basics. * primary selection: Mouse Commands. * printing files (in Dired): Operating on Files. * printing under MS-DOS: MS-DOS Processes. * program building: Building. * program editing <1>: Maintaining. * program editing: Programs. * Prolog mode: Program Modes. * prompt: Minibuffer. * prompt, shell: History References. * properbose: Dissociated Press. * puzzles: Amusements. * query replace: Query Replace. * quitting: Quitting. * quitting (in search): Incremental Search. * quitting Emacs: Exiting. * quitting on MS-DOS: MS-DOS Input. * quoting: Inserting Text. * quoting file names: Quoted File Names. * RCS: Version Systems. * read-only buffer: Misc Buffer. * read-only text, killing: Killing. * reading mail: Rmail. * reading netnews: Gnus. * rebinding keys, permanently: Init File. * rebinding major mode keys: Local Keymaps. * rebinding mouse buttons: Mouse Buttons. * rebinding non-ASCII keys: Non-ASCII Rebinding. * rectangle: Rectangles. * rectangles and Picture mode: Rectangles in Picture. * recursive editing level: Recursive Edit. * redefining keys, this session: Rebinding. * references, LaTeX: TeX Misc. * Refill minor mode: Refill. * refilling text, word processor style: Refill. * refreshing displayed files: Dired Updating. * RefTeX package: TeX Misc. * regexp: Regexp Search. * region: Mark. * region face: Faces. * region highlighting: Transient Mark. * registered file: VC Concepts. * registers: Registers. * Registry (MS-Windows): Resources X. * regular expression: Regexp Search. * related files: Other C Commands. * reload files: Saving Emacs Sessions. * remember editing session: Saving Emacs Sessions. * remote file access: Remote Files. * remote host: Remote Host. * remote repositories (CVS) <1>: CVS Options. * remote repositories (CVS): Remote Repositories. * renaming files (in Dired): Operating on Files. * repeating a command: Repeating. * replacement: Replace. * reply to a message: Rmail Reply. * REPLYTO environment variable: Mail Headers. * reporting bugs: Checklist. * reread a file: Reverting. * resizing minibuffer: Minibuffer Edit. * resolving conflicts: Merging. * resource name, command-line argument: Resources X. * resource values, command-line argument: Resources X. * resources: Resources X. * restore session: Saving Emacs Sessions. * restriction: Narrowing. * retrying a failed message: Rmail Reply. * reverse order in POP inboxes: Movemail. * reverse video, command-line argument: Colors X. * Rlogin: Remote Host. * Rmail: Rmail. * Romanian: International. * rot13 code: Rmail Rot13. * running a hook: Hooks. * running Lisp functions: Building. * s-region package: Emulation. * saved echo area messages: Echo Area. * Saveplace: Saving Emacs Sessions. * saving files: Visiting. * saving keyboard macros: Save Kbd Macro. * saving option value: Changing an Option. * saving sessions: Saving Emacs Sessions. * SCCS: Version Systems. * screen: Screen. * Scroll Bar mode: Scroll Bars. * Scroll-all mode: Window Convenience. * scrolling: Scrolling. * scrolling all windows: Emulation. * scrolling in the calendar: Scroll Calendar. * scrolling windows together: Window Convenience. * SDB: Debuggers. * search and replace in multiple files: Tags Search. * search and replace in multiple files (in Dired): Operating on Files. * search multiple files (in Dired): Operating on Files. * search-and-replace commands: Replace. * searching: Search. * searching documentation efficiently: Help. * searching for non-ASCII characters: Incremental Search. * searching in Rmail: Rmail Motion. * secondary selection: Secondary Selection. * sections of manual pages: Man Page. * selected buffer: Buffers. * selected window: Basic Window. * selecting buffers in other windows: Pop Up Window. * selection, PC: Emulation. * selection, primary: Mouse Commands. * selective display: Selective Display. * selective undo: Undo. * self-documentation: Help. * sending mail: Sending Mail. * sending patches for GNU Emacs: Sending Patches. * sentences: Sentences. * server, using Emacs as: Emacs Server. * setting a mark: Mark. * setting option value: Changing an Option. * setting variables: Examining. * sexp: Expressions. * shadow files: File Shadowing. * shell commands: Shell. * shell commands, Dired: Shell Commands in Dired. * SHELL environment variable: Interactive Shell. * Shell mode: Shell Mode. * shell scripts, and local file variables: File Variables. * Shell-script mode: Program Modes. * Show Paren mode: Matching. * shy group, in regexp: Regexps. * Simula mode: Program Modes. * simultaneous editing: Interlocking. * single-frame terminals: Non-Window Terminals. * site init file: Init File. * site-start.el file, not loading: Initial Options. * site-start.el, the site startup file: Init File. * size of minibuffer: Minibuffer Edit. * slashes repeated in file name: Minibuffer File. * SliTeX mode: TeX Mode. * Slovak: International. * Slovenian: International. * slow display during scrolling: Font Lock. * Smerge mode: Comparing Files. * Snake: Amusements. * snapshots and version control: Snapshots. * soft newline: Hard and Soft Newlines. * solitaire: Amusements. * sorting: Sorting. * sorting Dired buffer: Dired Updating. * Spanish: International. * specify default font from the command line: Font X. * speedbar: Speedbar. * spell-checking the active region: Spelling. * spelling, checking and correcting: Spelling. * splitting columns: Two-Column. * standard fontset: Defining Fontsets. * start iconified, command-line argument: Icons X. * starting Emacs: Entering Emacs. * startup (command line arguments): Command Arguments. * startup (init file): Init File. * startup fontset: Defining Fontsets. * string substitution: Replace. * string syntax: Init Syntax. * StudlyCaps: Amusements. * StudlyCaps, making them readable: Glasses. * style (for indentation): Custom C Indent. * subdirectories in Dired: Subdirectories in Dired. * subscribe groups: Summary of Gnus. * subshell: Shell. * subtree (Outline mode): Outline Visibility. * summary (Rmail): Rmail Summary. * summing time intervals: Time Intervals. * sunrise and sunset: Sunrise/Sunset. * Super (under MS-DOS): MS-DOS Input. * suspending: Exiting. * suspicious constructions in C, C++: Other C Commands. * switch buffers: Select Buffer. * switches (command line): Command Arguments. * symlinks (in Dired): Operating on Files. * synchronizing windows: Follow Mode. * synchronous X mode: Resources X. * syntax highlighting and coloring: Font Lock. * syntax of regexps: Regexps. * syntax table: Syntax. * t: Glossary. * tab stops: Tab Stops. * tables, indentation for: Tab Stops. * tags: Imenu. * tags table: Tags. * tags, C++: Tags. * tags-based completion: Symbol Completion. * Tar mode: File Archives. * Tcl mode: Program Modes. * techniquitous: Dissociated Press. * television: Appending Kills. * Telnet: Remote Host. * TERM environment variable: Checklist. * Term mode: Term Mode. * terminal emulators, mouse support: XTerm Mouse. * termscript file: Checklist. * Tetris: Amusements. * TeX mode: TeX Mode. * TEXEDIT environment variable: Emacs Server. * TEXINPUTS environment variable: TeX Print. * text: Text. * text and binary files on MS-DOS/MS-Windows: Text and Binary. * text colors, from command line: Colors X. * Text mode: Text Mode. * text/enriched MIME format: Formatted Text. * Thai: International. * Tibetan: International. * time (on mode line): Optional Mode Line. * time intervals, summing: Time Intervals. * time stamps: Time Stamps. * timeclock: Time Intervals. * toggling marks (in Dired): Marks vs Flags. * Tool Bar mode: Tool Bars. * tooltips: Help Echo. * tooltips with GUD: GUD Tooltips. * top level: Mode Line. * tower of Hanoi: Amusements. * TPU: Emulation. * trailing whitespace: Trailing Whitespace. * Transient Mark mode: Transient Mark. * transposition of expressions: Expressions. * triple clicks: Mouse Buttons. * truenames of files: File Aliases. * truncation: Continuation Lines. * trunk (version control): Branches. * Turkish: International. * turn multibyte support on or off: Enabling Multibyte. * two directories (in Dired): Operating on Files. * two-column editing: Two-Column. * typos, fixing: Fixit. * unbalanced parentheses and quotes: Parentheses. * uncompression: Compressed Files. * undeletion (Rmail): Rmail Deletion. * undigestify: Rmail Digest. * undisplayable characters: International Chars. * undo: Undo. * undo limit: Undo. * undoing window configuration changes: Window Convenience. * Unibyte operation: Single-Byte Character Support. * unibyte operation (MS-DOS): MS-DOS and MULE. * unibyte operation, and Lisp files: Enabling Multibyte. * unibyte operation, command-line argument: Initial Options. * unibyte operation, environment variable: General Variables. * unique buffer names: Uniquify. * unmarking files (in Dired): Marks vs Flags. * unsubscribe groups: Summary of Gnus. * untranslated file system: Text and Binary. * unzip archives: File Archives. * upcase file names: Transforming File Names. * updating Dired buffer: Dired Updating. * URLs: Browse-URL. * URLs, activating: Goto-address. * user name for remote file access: Remote Files. * user option: Variables. * userenced: Dissociated Press. * using tab stops in making tables: Tab Stops. * usual erasure key: DEL Does Not Delete. * variable: Variables. * vc-resolve-conflicts: Merging. * version backups: Version Backups. * version control: Version Control. * VERSION_CONTROL environment variable: Backup Names. * VHDL mode: Program Modes. * vi: Emulation. * Vietnamese: International. * View mode: Misc File Ops. * viewing: Misc File Ops. * views of an outline: Outline Views. * visiting files: Visiting. * visiting files, command-line argument: Action Arguments. * visiting image files: File Conveniences. * watching files (CVS): CVS Options. * Web: Browse-URL. * weeks, which day they start on: Move to Beginning or End. * wheel, mouse: Wheeled Mice. * whitespace, trailing: Trailing Whitespace. * wide block cursor: Cursor Display. * widening: Narrowing. * width and height of Emacs frame: Window Size X. * width of the scroll bar: Scroll Bars. * wildcard characters in file names: Visiting. * Windmove package: Window Convenience. * window configuration changes, undoing: Window Convenience. * Windows clipboard support: MS-DOS Input. * windows in Emacs: Windows. * windows, synchronizing: Follow Mode. * Winner mode: Window Convenience. * word processing: Formatted Text. * word search: Word Search. * word wrap: Auto Fill. * words: Words. * words, case conversion: Case. * WordStar: Emulation. * work file: VC Concepts. * World Wide Web: Browse-URL. * wrapping: Continuation Lines. * WYSIWYG: Formatted Text. * X clipboard: Clipboard. * X cutting and pasting: Mouse Commands. * X resources, ~/.Xdefaults file: Resources X. * XDB: Debuggers. * xon-xoff: Unasked-for Search. * xterm, mouse support: XTerm Mouse. * yahrzeits: From Other Calendar. * yanking: Yanking. * yanking previous kills: Earlier Kills. * zip: File Archives. * Zippy: Amusements. * Zmacs mode: Transient Mark. * zoo: File Archives.