Getting help
Earlier, we noted that C-h is normally the help key in GNU Emacs. All
the help functions are accessed by first pressing C-h (or the GNU Emacs
help key for your terminal). When you press C-h, GNU Emacs will display
this prompt in the minibuffer:
C-h (Type ? for further options)
If you press C-h or ? again, a more informative prompt appears:
A B C F I K L M N S T V W C-c C-d C-n C-w. Type C-h again for more help:
Pressing C-h or ? one more time gives a screen describing each of the
options in the previous prompt:
C-h t is bound to
"help-with-tutorial" which starts the GNU Emacs tutorial mentioned in
the opening screen. It is recommended that you use the tutorial to
learn GNU Emacs. Each of the options is described in Chapter 8 of the
"GNU Emacs Manual".
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