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To this excellent list of help commands I would add:
C-h i: info
Read the online manuals bundled with Emacs, including the Emacs
manual itself, the Elisp manual, and manuals for various special
modes and packages. A valuable resource from the
*self-documenting* text editor.
I recently moved to a simple Gnus setup for an IMAP mail account; the
Gnus manual, though occasionally daunting, was a lot more helpful than
the mostly-fruitless Google results I was getting.
Richard
Josh Sled wrote:
> Jacob Beauregard <[email protected]> writes:
>> As a newb to Emacs, if I were to change one thing about it, it would be
>> its learning curve.
>
> But if there wasn't as much to learn, then emacs wouldn't be as
> compelling. ;)
>
>
> My handful of suggestions are:
>
> C-h m: describe-mode
>
> Shows all currently active major and minor modes and what key
> sequences they have bound and promote. Very useful for
> understanding what's available, and/or as a quick reminder.
>
> C-h a: apropos-command
>
> Have a feeling that there's a command in a given situation, but
> maybe don't quite know the name? apropos-command functions like
> `apropos` command-line, generally searching (interactive)
> functions.
>
> C-h k: describe-key
>
> Prompts you to enter a key sequence, and shows you what it's bound to.
> Useful if you accidentally do something awesome, and want detail, or
> know a command by muscle memory but want more detail about it (and
> maybe any arguments it takes).
>
> M-x customize-apropos
>
> Apropos-style search over customize-able fields. Quite useful given
> how sprawlin^Wextensive emacs is.
>
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