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efaq: Common requests

 
 5 Common requests
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· Setting up a customization file
· Using Customize
· Colors on a TTY
· Debugging a customization file
· Displaying the current line or column
· Displaying the current file name in the titlebar
· Turning on abbrevs by default
· Associating modes with files
· Highlighting a region
· Replacing highlighted text
· Controlling case sensitivity
· Working with unprintable characters
· Searching for/replacing newlines
· Yanking text in isearch
· Wrapping words automatically
· Turning on auto-fill by default
· Changing load-path
· Using an already running Emacs process
· Compiler error messages
· Indenting switch statements
· Customizing C and C++ indentation
· Horizontal scrolling
· Overwrite mode
· Turning off beeping
· Turning the volume down
· Automatic indentation
· Matching parentheses
· Hiding #ifdef lines
· Repeating commands
· Valid X resources
· Evaluating Emacs Lisp code
· Changing the length of a Tab
· Inserting text at the beginning of each line
· Forcing the cursor to remain in the same column
· Forcing Emacs to iconify itself
· Using regular expressions
· Replacing text across multiple files
· Documentation for etags
· Disabling backups
· Disabling auto-save-mode
· Going to a line by number
· Modifying pull-down menus
· Deleting menus and menu options
· Turning on syntax highlighting
· Scrolling only one line
· Editing MS-DOS files
· Filling paragraphs with a single space
· Escape sequences in shell output
· Fullscreen mode on MS-Windows
 

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