Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site xios.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!xios!greg From: greg@xios.UUCP (Greg Franks) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: u-emacs usage Message-ID: <379@xios.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 09:26:49 EST Article-I.D.: xios.379 Posted: Thu Jan 8 09:26:49 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Jan-87 06:30:27 EST References: <102@gilsys.UUCP> Reply-To: greg@xios.UUCP (Greg Franks) Distribution: na Organization: Xios Systems Corp., Ottawa, Ont. Lines: 32 Keywords: HELP, documentation Summary: My mailer barfed - so I am posting a followup instead.... In article <102@gilsys.UUCP> mc68020@gilsys.UUCP (Thomas J Keller) writes: >1) I would like to know how to mark a section of text (a 'region' in emacs, >I believe), and then write that region out to a new disk file, As far as I know - select region, copy to new buffer, write buffer out. > >2) I would like to know how to use regular expression in global search and >replace, > I don't have pattern matching in my verion of uEmacs 3.7 - I think its in 3.8 though. >3) I would like to know how to have emacs go directly to a given line number >in the text file (not upon entry, THAT I know how to do), > Easy, M-M-G, or ^U M-G >4) in general, I would like pointers to information which would permit me to >learn to be a competent emacs user. There was a manual sent out with the 3.7 sources. Check the mod.sources archives. Also note that 3.8 is coming out ``Real Soon Now''. Stay tuned to comp.emacs for further info (that's where I get mine!) ..greg