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Here we explain the basics of how to enter text, make corrections,
and save the text in a file. If this material is new to you, we
suggest you first run the Emacs learn-by-doing tutorial, by typing
C-h t (help-with-tutorial).
| • Inserting Text | Inserting text by simply typing it. | |
| • Moving Point | Moving the cursor to the place where you want to change something. | |
| • Erasing | Deleting and killing text. | |
| • Basic Undo | Undoing recent changes in the text. | |
| • Files | Visiting, creating, and saving files. | |
| • Help | Asking what a character does. | |
| • Blank Lines | Making and deleting blank lines. | |
| • Continuation Lines | How Emacs displays lines too wide for the screen. | |
| • Position Info | What line, row, or column is point on? | |
| • Arguments | Numeric arguments for repeating a command N times. | |
| • Repeating | Repeating the previous command quickly. | |