Also, on very few keyboards does @kbd{C-?} generate @acronym{ASCII} code 127.
@c FIXME I cannot understand the previous sentence.
-@inforef{Keys, Keys, emacs}, for more information. (@xref{Emacs
-manual}, for more information about Info.)
+@xref{Keys,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@node Extended commands
@section What does @file{M-x @var{command}} mean?
@cindex Init file, setting up
@cindex Customization file, setting up
-@inforef{Init File, Init File, emacs}.
+@xref{Init File,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
In general, new Emacs users should not be provided with @file{.emacs}
files, because this can cause confusing non-standard behavior. Then
While Customize might indeed make it easier to configure Emacs,
consider taking a bit of time to learn Emacs Lisp and modifying your
@file{.emacs} directly. Simple configuration options are described
-rather completely in @inforef{Init File, Init File, emacs}, for users
-interested in performing frequently requested, basic tasks.
+rather completely in @ref{Init File,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual},
+for users interested in performing frequently requested, basic tasks.
Sometimes users are unsure as to where their @file{.emacs} file should
be found. Visiting the file as @file{~/.emacs} from Emacs will find
command takes you to a buffer listing all the available Customize
groups. From there, you can access all customizable options and faces,
change their values, and save your changes to your init file.
-@inforef{Easy Customization, Easy Customization, emacs}.
+@xref{Easy Customization,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
If you know the name of the group in advance (e.g. ``shell''), use
@kbd{M-x customize-group @key{RET}}.
@cindex Searching for newlines
@cindex Replacing newlines
-Use @kbd{C-q C-j}. For more information, see @inforef{Special Isearch,
-Special Input for Incremental Search, emacs}.
-
+Use @kbd{C-q C-j}. For more information,
+@pxref{Special Isearch,, Special Input for Incremental Search, emacs,
+The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@node Yanking text in isearch
@section How do I copy text from the kill ring into the search string?
@cindex Yanking text into the search string
@cindex isearch yanking
-Use @kbd{M-y}. @inforef{Isearch Yank, Isearch Yanking, emacs}.
+Use @kbd{M-y}. @xref{Isearch Yank,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@node Wrapping words automatically
@section How do I make Emacs wrap words for me?
To repeat a set of commands, use keyboard macros. Use @kbd{C-x (} and
@kbd{C-x )} to make a keyboard macro that invokes the command and then
-type @kbd{C-x e}. (@inforef{Keyboard Macros, Keyboard Macros, emacs}.)
+type @kbd{C-x e}. @xref{Keyboard Macros,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
If you're really desperate for the @code{.} command in @code{vi} that
redoes the last insertion/deletion, use VIPER, a @code{vi} emulation
@cindex X resources
@cindex Setting X resources
-@inforef{X Resources, X Resources, emacs}.
+@xref{X Resources,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
You can also use a resource editor, such as editres (for X11R5 and
onwards), to look at the resource names for the menu bar, assuming Emacs
@cindex Suspending Emacs
@kbd{C-z} iconifies Emacs when running under X and suspends Emacs
-otherwise. @inforef{Frame Commands, Frame Commands, emacs}.
+otherwise. @xref{Frame Commands,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@node Using regular expressions
@section How do I use regexps (regular expressions) in Emacs?
@cindex Unix regexps, differences from Emacs
@cindex Text strings, putting regexps in
-@inforef{Regexp Backslash, Regexp Backslash, emacs}.
+@xref{Regexp Backslash,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
The @code{or} operator is @samp{\|}, not @samp{|}, and the grouping operators
are @samp{\(} and @samp{\)}. Also, the string syntax for a backslash is
Another way to do the same thing is to use the ``tags'' feature of
Emacs: it includes the command @code{tags-query-replace} which performs
a query-replace across all the files mentioned in the @file{TAGS} file.
-@inforef{Tags Search, Tags Search, emacs}.
+@xref{Tags Search,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@node Documentation for etags
@section Where is the documentation for @code{etags}?
@code{ls} is part of the GNU Fileutils package, available from
@samp{ftp.gnu.org} and its mirrors (@pxref{Current GNU distributions}).
-To disable or change the way backups are made, @inforef{Backup Names, ,
-emacs}.
+To disable or change the way backups are made,
+@pxref{Backup Names,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@cindex Backup files in a single directory
Beginning with Emacs 21.1, you can control where Emacs puts backup files
package also allows you to place all auto-save files in one directory,
such as @file{/tmp}.
-To disable or change how @code{auto-save-mode} works, @inforef{Auto
-Save, , emacs}.
+To disable or change how @code{auto-save-mode} works,
+@pxref{Auto Save,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@node Going to a line by number
@section How can I go to a certain line given its number?
Customize the @code{scroll-conservatively} variable with @kbd{M-x
customize-variable @key{RET} scroll-conservatively @key{RET}} and set it
to a large value like, say, 10000. For an explanation of what this
-means, @inforef{Auto Scrolling, Auto Scrolling, emacs}.
+means, @pxref{Auto Scrolling,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
Alternatively, use the following Lisp form in your @file{.emacs}:
To avoid the slightly distracting visual effect of Emacs starting with
its default frame size and then growing to fullscreen, you can add an
-@samp{Emacs.Geometry} entry to the Windows registry settings (see
-@pxref{(emacs)X Resources}).
+@samp{Emacs.Geometry} entry to the Windows registry settings.
+@xref{X Resources,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
To compute the correct values for width and height, first maximize the
Emacs frame and then evaluate @code{(frame-height)} and
code found at the bottom of files by setting the variable
@code{enable-local-eval}.
-For more information, @inforef{File Variables, File Variables, emacs}.
+@xref{File Variables,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@item
Synthetic X events. (Yes, a risk; use @samp{MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1} or
To bind a key just in the current major mode, type @kbd{M-x
local-set-key @key{RET} @var{key} @var{cmd} @key{RET}}.
-@inforef{Key Bindings, Key Bindings, emacs}, for further details.
+@xref{Key Bindings,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
To make the process of binding keys interactively easier, use the
following ``trick'': First bind the key interactively, then immediately
However, in the specific case of @kbd{C-h} and @key{DEL}, you should
toggle @code{normal-erase-is-backspace-mode} instead of calling
-@code{keyboard-translate}. @inforef{DEL Does Not Delete, DEL Does Not Delete,
-emacs}.
+@code{keyboard-translate}.
+@xref{DEL Does Not Delete,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
Keyboard translations are not the same as key bindings in keymaps.
Emacs contains numerous keymaps that apply in different situations, but
@cindex @key{Meta} key and @code{xterm}
@cindex Xterm and @key{Meta} key
-@inforef{Unibyte Mode, Single-Byte Character Set Support, emacs}.
+@xref{Unibyte Mode,, Single-Byte Character Set Support, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
If the advice in the Emacs manual fails, try all of these methods before
asking for further help:
@cindex Displaying eight-bit characters
@cindex Eight-bit characters, displaying
-@inforef{Unibyte Mode, Single-byte Character Set
-Support, emacs}. On a Unix, when Emacs runs on a text-only terminal
+@xref{Unibyte Mode,, Single-byte Character Set Support, emacs, The GNU
+Emacs Manual}. On a Unix, when Emacs runs on a text-only terminal
display or is invoked with @samp{emacs -nw}, you typically need to use
@code{set-terminal-coding-system} to tell Emacs what the terminal can
display, even after setting the language environment; otherwise
@cindex Eight-bit characters, entering
@cindex Input, 8-bit characters
-Various methods are available for input of eight-bit characters. See
-@inforef{Unibyte Mode, Single-byte Character Set
-Support, emacs}. For more sophisticated methods, @inforef{Input
-Methods, Input Methods, emacs}.
+Various methods are available for input of eight-bit characters.
+@xref{Unibyte Mode,, Single-byte Character Set Support, emacs, The GNU
+Emacs Manual}. For more sophisticated methods,
+@pxref{Input Methods,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
@node Right-to-left alphabets
@section Where is an Emacs that can handle Semitic (right-to-left) alphabets?
Use @kbd{M-x gnus}. For more information on Gnus, @pxref{Top,, the Gnus
Manual, gnus, The Gnus Manual}, which includes @ref{Frequently Asked
-Questions,, the Gnus FAQ, gnus}.
+Questions,, the Gnus FAQ, gnus, The Gnus Manual}.
@node Gnus does not work with NNTP
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