Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site loral.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdccs6!loral!simard From: simard@loral.UUCP Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Novice user questions Message-ID: <384@loral.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 15:11:58 EDT Article-I.D.: loral.384 Posted: Thu Aug 9 15:11:58 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 08:23:54 EDT Organization: Loral Instrumentation, San Diego, CA Lines: 30 [Forgive me, brothers, but I like TECO] I am an absolute novice with EMACS, and have a little problem understanding my way around it. A few questions: How do you execute the 'defun' function? The manual I have shows a number of examples of user-defined MLisp functions (that's still a mystery to me in itself!), but says only 'execute defun'. The only way I know of to execute anything not bound to keys is with the ESC-x sequence, which only allows a single line command. Where to from there? Next question: If I wish to do any iterative functions (example: add a single, constant, character to the beginnings of several lines, requiring manually, ^N (next line), ^A (to beginning of line), is there a way to do this other than defining an MLisp function to do it? Any help will be enormously appreciated. -- [ ] [ I am not a stranger, but a friend you haven't met yet ] [ ] Ray Simard Loral Instrumentation, San Diego {ucbvax, ittvax!dcdwest}!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!loral!simard