Using Emacs

A hypertext introduction to emacs is available on the web at the following URL:

http://www.wcnet.org/jzawodn/emacs/emacs.html

To run emacs, simply type either of the following two commands in a terminal window:

emacs

or

emacs filename

NOTE: if you are working in X-windows, add an ampersand (&) after the command, for example:

emacs &

This launches emacs as a separate process, leaving your command shell free. (Alternatively, choose emacs from the Applications menu.)

The emacs program comes with a tutorial. Once you have started up emacs, hit the help key (normally control-h or control-?) followed by the letter t to begin the tutorial. Alternatively, you can start up emacs in tutorial mode by giving the command

emacs -f help-with-tutorial

You can suspend emacs by pressing control-X and then control-Z. Resume it with the fg command.

Exit from emacs using control-X control-C.