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 ===== Getting Help ===== ===== Getting Help =====
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 +**//Emacs//** contains a great deal of
 +documentation, to the point that it is often called a
 +//"self-documenting"// editor. This is because it provides
 +mechanisms for providing users with documentation while you are
 +using it.
 +
 +Here are some useful functions that display documentation (they
 +all start with <key>C-h</key>):
 +
 +
 +**Accessing Emacs Documentation**
 +^Command^Result|
 +|<key>C-h</key> f FUNCTION-NAME <key>Enter</key>|Show documentation for function FUNCTION-NAME|
 +|<key>C-h</key> k <key>C-x</key> <key>C-c</key>|Show documentation for the function bound to the keys<key>C-x</key> <key>C-c</key>|
 +|<key>C-h</key> t|Show the Emacs tutorial|
 +|<key>C-h</key> ?|Show all help-related functions|
 +
 +    
 +<key>C-h</key> **t** is especially useful if you want or need practice using **//Emacs//**.
 ===== Calling Functions ===== ===== Calling Functions =====
 +
 +As noted earlier, **//Emacs//** exports a
 +large number of functions to for interactive use.  Some of
 +these, like those opening and saving files, are mapped to keys.
 +Others (like the ones for moving to the beginning and end of
 +lines) are not.  To call them, you have to invoke them.  Say we
 +want to call the function //"end-of-line"//.  We would do
 +this:
 +
 +
 +**M-x** end-of-line <key>Enter</key>
 +
 +
 +And the cursor would move to the end of the line, as the function name
 +suggests.
 ===== Emacs Cheat Sheet ===== ===== Emacs Cheat Sheet =====
  

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