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   Nancy Backus to Maurice Kinal   
   emacs.hlp for MicroEMACS 3.8b was: uEma   
   29 Jun 19 00:32:42   
   
   MSGID: 1:229/452 3B741056   
   -=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 15-Jun-2019 17:14 <=-   
      
   This is a ^X ^I (insert) of what is shown on my screen when I use F2 to   
   toggle the help file.... :)   
      
      
   =>		MicroEMACS 3.8 Help screens		(01/18/87)   
      
   	M-  means to use the  key prior to using another key   
   	^A  means to use the control key at the same time as the A key   
      
   ^V or [Pg Dn]     Scroll down		M-< or 	Begining of file   
   ^Z or [Pg Up]     Scroll up		M-> or 	End of file   
      
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(1) MOVING THE CURSOR   
      
   ^F  Forward character   M-F    Forward word		Keypad arrows   
   ^B  Backward character  M-B    Backward word		are active!   
   ^A  Front of line	M-G    Goto a line   
   ^E  End of line		   
   ^N  Next line		M-N    Front of paragraph   
   ^P  Previous line	M-P    End of paragraph   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(2) DELETING & INSERTING   
      
   <--             Delete previous character   
   ^D or   Delete next character   
   ^C or   Insert a space   
   M-<--           Delete previous word   
   M-D             Delete next word   
   ^K              Close (delete) to end of line   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(2a) MORE DELETING & INSERTING   
      
      Insert a newline               Advance to next tab stop   
   ^J         Insert a newline and indent  M-^W   Delete paragraph   
   ^O         Open (insert) line   
   ^W         Delete region between mark (set using M-) and cursor   
   M-W        Copy region to kill buffer   
   ^X ^O      Delete blank lines around cursor   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(3) SEARCHING   
      
   ^S	Search forward from cursor position.   
   ^R	Reverse search from cursor position.   
   ^X S	Forward incremental search   
   ^X R	Reverse incremental search   
    S	Search for the next occurence of the last string (IBM-PC only)   
    R	Search for the last occurence of the last string (IBM-PC only)   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(4) REPLACING   
      
   M-R   Replace all instances of first typed-in string with second   
             typed-in string.  End each string with ESC.   
   M-^R  Replace with query.  Answer with:   
   	^G  cancel			.   exit to entry point   
   	!   replace the rest		Y    replace & continue   
   	?   Get a list of options	N   no replacement & continue   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(5) CAPITALIZING & TRANSPOSING   
      
   M-U	UPPERCASE word   
   M-C	Capitalize word		^T	Transpose characters   
   M-L	lowercase word   
   ^X ^L	lowercase region   
   ^X ^U	uppercase region   
   ^Q	Quote next entry, so that control codes may be entered into text   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(6) REGIONS & THE KILL BUFFER   
      
   M-	set MARK at current position   
   ^X ^X		eXchange mark and cursor   
      
   A REGION will then be continuously-defined as the area between the mark and   
   the current cursor position.  The KILL BUFFER is the text which has been   
   most recently saved or deleted.   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(7) COPYING AND MOVING   
      
   ^W  Delete (Wipe) region		M-W	copy region to KILL buffer   
   ^Y  Yankback save buffer at cursor   
   Generally, the procedure for copying or moving text is:   
       1)  Mark a REGION using M- at beginning and cursor at end.   
       2)  Delete it (with ^W) or copy it (with M-W) into the KILL buffer.   
       3)  Move the cursor to the desired location and yank it back (with ^Y).   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(8) MODES OF OPERATION   
   ^X M	Add mode in buffer              M-M    Add global mode   
   ^X ^M   Delete mode in buffer           M-^M   Delete global mode   
   OVER		Replaces (overwrites) rather than inserts characters   
   WRAP		Turns on word wrap (automatic carraige return).   
   VIEW		Allows viewing file without insertion and deletion.   
   CMODE		Automatic indenting for C program entry   
   EXACT/MAGIC	Changes how search and replace commands work (see next page)   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(9) SEARCH AND REPLACE MODES   
      
   EXACT	Uppper/lower case is not ignored in searches   
   MAGIC   Regular pattern matching characters are active   
       .   Matches any one character   
       *   Matches any any number of the preceding character   
       ^   Beginning of line        [ ]   Character class enclosure   
       $   End of line              \     Quote next character   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(10) ON-SCREEN FORMATTING   
      
   ^X F		Set fill column   
   Mn-	Set tab spacing to n charecters between tabs stops   
   M-Q		Format paragraph so that text lies between margins   
   ^X =		Position report -- displays line number, char count,   
                                      file size and character under cursor   
   M-^C		Count words/lines/chars in marked region   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(11) MULTIPLE WINDOWS   
      
   Many WINDOWS may be active at once on the screen.  All windows may show   
   different parts of the same buffer, or each may display a different one.   
   ^X 2	Split the current window in two	^X O	Change to next window   
   ^X 0    delete current window           ^X P    Change to previous window   
   ^X 1	delete all other windows        M-^V    Page down next window   
                                     	M-^Z	Page up other window   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(12) CONTROLLING WINDOWS AND THE SCREEN   
      
   ^X ^    Enlarge current window   M- ^X W   Resize window to  lines   
   ^X ^Z   Shrink current window    M- M-S    Change screen to  lines   
   ^X ^N   Move window down         M- M-T    Change screen to  columns   
   ^X ^P   Move window up   
   M-^L    Reposition window   
   ^L      Refresh the screen   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(13) MULTIPLE BUFFERS   
   A BUFFER is a named area containing a document being edited.  Many buffers   
   may be activated at once.   
   ^X B	Switch to another buffer.   = use just-previous buffer   
   ^X X	Switch to next buffer in buffer list   
   M-^N    Change name of current buffer   
   ^X K	Delete a non-displayed buffer.   
   ^X ^B	Display buffer directory in a window   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(14) READING FROM DISK   
      
   ^X ^F	Find file; read into a new buffer created from filename.   
   	(This is the usual way to begin editing a new file.)   
   ^X ^R	Read file into current buffer, erasing its previous contents.   
   	No new buffer will be created.   
   ^X ^I	Insert file into current buffer at cursor's location.   
   ^X ^V	Find a file to make current in VIEW mode   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(15) SAVING TO DISK   
      
   ^X ^S	Save current buffer to disk   
   ^X ^W	Write current buffer to disk   
   ^X N    Change file name of current buffer   
   M-Z	Write out all changed buffers and exit MicroEMACS   
      
      
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(16) ACCESSING THE OPERATING SYSTEM   
      
   ^X !	Send one command to the operating system and return   
   ^X @	Pipe DOS command results to buffer   
   ^X #	Filter buffer through DOS filter program   
   ^X C	Start a new command processor under MicroEMACS   
   ^X D	Suspend MicroEMACS into the background (UNIX BSD4.2 only)   
   ^X ^C	Exit MicroEMACS   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(17) KEY BINDINGS AND COMMANDS   
      
   M-K	Bind a key to a command        M-A  Describe a class of commands   
   M-^K	Unbind a key from a command   
   ^X ?	Describe command bound to a key   
   M-X	Execute a named (and possibly unbound) command   
   {Describe-bindings}   
   	Display a list of all commands and key bindings to a buffer   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(18) COMMAND EXECUTION   
   Commands can be specified as command lines in the form:   
   	 {command-name}    
   {Execute-command-line}	execute a typed in command line   
   {Execute-buffer}	executes commands lines in a buffer   
   {Execute-file}		executes command lines from a file   
   {clear-message-line}	clears the message line during execution   
      M-~			clears the change flag for a buffer   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(19) MACRO EXECUTION   
      
   ^X (	Start recording keyboard macro   
   ^X )	Stop recording keyboard macro   
   ^X E	Execute keyboard macro   
   M- {store-macro}	Start recording named macro   
         !endm		Stop recording named macro   
   {execute-macro-n}	Execute macro n (where n is from 1 to 20)   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------   
   =>		(20) SPECIAL KEYS   
      
   ^G		Cancel current command and return to top level of processing.   
   ^U or		Universal repeat.  May be followed by an integer (default = 4)   
   M-	and repeats the next command that many times.   
   M-X		Execute a named (and possibly unbound) command   
      
      
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