Concept Index

Symbols

( in leftmost column - Left Margin Convention
–—.-./…/. - Games and Other Amusements
.#, lock file names - Protection against Simultaneous Editing
.emacs file - The Emacs Initialization File
// in file name - Minibuffers for File Names

0-9

8-bit display - Unibyte Editing Mode
8-bit input - Unibyte Editing Mode

Symbols

#, in auto-save file names - Auto-Save Files
$ in file names - File Names
*Messages* buffer - The Echo Area
.dir-locals.el file - Per-Directory Local Variables
.mailrc file - Mail Aliases
.newsrc file - When Gnus Starts Up
? in display - Introduction to International Character Sets
_emacs init file, MS-Windows - HOME and Startup Directories on MS-Windows
Alt-TAB vs M-TAB (MS-Windows) - Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
Alt key (MS-Windows) - Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
Alt key invokes menu (Windows) - Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
ALTERNATE_EDITOR environment variable - emacsclient Options
AltGr key (MS-Windows) - Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
ange-ftp - Remote Files
BACKSPACE vs DEL - If DEL Fails to Delete
basic, completion style - How Completion Alternatives Are Chosen
comint-highlight-input face - Interactive Subshell
comint-highlight-prompt face - Interactive Subshell
cursor face - Text Faces
default face - Text Faces
default.el file, not loading - Initial Options
default.el, the default init file - The Emacs Initialization File
DEL does not delete - If DEL Fails to Delete
DEL vs BACKSPACE - If DEL Fails to Delete
DISPLAY environment variable - Specifying the Display Name
early-init.el file - The Early Init File
EDITOR environment variable - Using Emacs as a Server
emacs-internal, coding system - Coding Systems
emacs22, completion style - How Completion Alternatives Are Chosen
emacs_backtrace.txt file, MS-Windows - When Emacs Crashes
emacsclient invocation - Invoking emacsclient
emacsclient options - emacsclient Options
emacsclient, on MS-Windows - How to Start Emacs on MS-Windows
ESC replacing Meta key - Kinds of User Input
escape-glyph face - How Text Is Displayed
ESHELL environment variable - Interactive Subshell
etags program - Creating Tags Tables
find and Dired - Dired and find
flex, completion style - How Completion Alternatives Are Chosen
fringe face - Standard Faces
glyphless-char face - How Text Is Displayed
gnu.emacs.help newsgroup - How To Get Help with GNU Emacs
header-line-highlight face - Standard Faces
header-line face - Standard Faces
help-gnu-emacs mailing list - How To Get Help with GNU Emacs
homoglyph face - How Text Is Displayed
image-dired - Viewing Image Thumbnails in Dired
image-dired mode - Viewing Image Thumbnails in Dired
initials, completion style - How Completion Alternatives Are Chosen
INSIDE_EMACS environment variable - Interactive Subshell
isearch-fail face - Errors in Incremental Search
isearch-move property - Not Exiting Incremental Search
isearch-scroll property - Not Exiting Incremental Search
isearch face - Basics of Incremental Search
iso-ascii library - Unibyte Editing Mode
iso-transl library - Unibyte Editing Mode
ispell program - Checking and Correcting Spelling
lazy-highlight face - Tailoring Search to Your Needs
lazy-highlight face, in replace - Query Replace
line-number face - Customization of Display
lisp-indent-function property - Customizing Lisp Indentation
ls emulation - Emulation of ls on MS-Windows
M-TAB vs Alt-TAB (MS-Windows) - Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
MAIL environment variable - Rmail Files and Inboxes
MAILHOST environment variable - Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes
menu face, no effect if customized - Standard Faces
minibuffer-prompt face - Standard Faces
mode-line-buffer-id face - Standard Faces
mode-line-highlight face - Standard Faces
mode-line-inactive face - Standard Faces
mode-line face - Standard Faces
movemail program - movemail program
net use, and printing on MS-Windows - Printing and MS-Windows
no-conversion, coding system - Coding Systems
nobreak-space face - How Text Is Displayed
partial-completion, completion style - How Completion Alternatives Are Chosen
query-replace face - Query Replace
raw-text, coding system - Coding Systems
scroll-bar face - Scroll Bars
scroll-command property - Scrolling
scroll-command property, and incremental search - Not Exiting Incremental Search
secondary-selection face - Secondary Selection
shadow face - Standard Faces
SHELL environment variable - Single Shell Commands
site-lisp directories - The Emacs Initialization File
site-lisp files, not loading - Initial Options
site-start.el file, not loading - Initial Options
site-start.el, the site startup file - The Emacs Initialization File
substring, completion style - How Completion Alternatives Are Chosen
tab-line face - Standard Faces
TEXEDIT environment variable - Using Emacs as a Server
TEXINPUTS environment variable - TeX Printing Commands
timelog file - Summing Time Intervals
trailing-whitespace face - Useless Whitespace
undecided, coding system - Coding Systems
variable-pitch face - Standard Faces
VERSION_CONTROL environment variable - Single or Numbered Backups
vertical-border face - Standard Faces
~/.authinfo.gpg file - Keeping Persistent Authentication Information
~/.authinfo file - Keeping Persistent Authentication Information
~/.emacs.d/%backup%~ - Single or Numbered Backups
~/.emacs.d/gtkrc file - GTK+ resources
~/.gtkrc-2.0 file - GTK+ resources
~/.Xdefaults file - X Resources
~/.Xresources file - X Resources
~, in names of backup files - Single or Numbered Backups

A

A and B buffers (Emerge) - Overview of Emerge
A- - Modifier Keys
abbrev file - Saving Abbrevs
Abbrev mode - Abbrev Concepts
abbrevs - Abbrevs
abnormal hook - Hooks
aborting recursive edit - Quitting and Aborting
accented characters - Unibyte Editing Mode
accessible portion - Narrowing
accumulating scattered text - Accumulating Text
action options (command line) - Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
activating the mark - The Mark and the Region
active region - The Mark and the Region
active text - Help on Active Text and Tooltips
adaptive filling - Adaptive Filling
added files, VC - Registering a File for Version Control
adding to the kill ring in Dired - Other Dired Features
adjust buffer font size - Text Scale
adjust global font size - Text Scale
aggressive scrolling - Automatic Scrolling
alarm clock - Appointments
align exclusion rules - Code Alignment
aligning code - Code Alignment
alignment for comments - Comment Commands
alignment rules - Code Alignment
alignment sections - Code Alignment
Alt key, serving as Meta - Kinds of User Input
Alt, modifier key - Modifier Keys
animate - Games and Other Amusements
animated images - Viewing Image Files
anonymous FTP - Remote Files
appending kills in the ring - Appending Kills
appointment notification - Appointments
apropos - Apropos
apropos commands, list of keywords - Apropos
apropos pattern - Apropos
apropos search results, order by score - Apropos
Arabic - Language Environments
Archive mode - File Archives
arguments (command line) - Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
arguments to commands - Numeric Arguments
arrow keys - Changing the Location of Point
ASCII - Kinds of User Input
ASCII (language environment) - Language Environments
ASCII art - Commands for Human Languages
Asm mode - Asm Mode
assembler mode - Asm Mode
astronomical day numbers - Supported Calendar Systems
at-point documentation for program symbols - Programming Language Documentation Lookup
attached frame (of speedbar) - Speedbar Frames
attribute (Rmail) - Labels
attributes of mode line, changing - Optional Mode Line Features
Auto Compression mode - Accessing Compressed Files
Auto Fill mode - Auto Fill Mode
Auto Revert mode - Auto Revert: Keeping buffers automatically up-to-date
Auto Save mode - Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters
auto-save for remote files - Auto-Save Files
autoload - Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs
autoload Lisp libraries - Init File Examples
automatic scrolling - Automatic Scrolling
automatic typing - Commands for Human Languages
automatic version backups - Options specific for CVS
autotyping - Commands for Human Languages
avoiding mouse in the way of your typing - Mouse Avoidance
Awk mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
AWK mode - C and Related Modes

B

back end (version control) - Supported Version Control Systems
back reference, in regexp - Backslash in Regular Expressions
back reference, in regexp replacement - Regexp Replacement
background color - Text Faces
background color, command-line argument - Window Color Options
background for menus (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
background mode, on xterm - General Variables
background syntax highlighting - Font Lock mode
backtrace - When Emacs Crashes
backtrace for bug reports - Checklist for Bug Reports
backup file - Backup Files
backup file names - Single or Numbered Backups
backup file names on MS-DOS - File Names on MS-DOS
backup files, choosing a major mode - Choosing File Modes
backup, and user-id - Copying vs. Renaming
backups for remote files - Remote Files
Bahá'í calendar - Supported Calendar Systems
balanced expression - Expressions with Balanced Parentheses
balloon help - Help on Active Text and Tooltips
base buffer - Indirect Buffers
base direction of paragraphs - Bidirectional Editing
batch mode - Initial Options
battery status (on mode line) - Optional Mode Line Features
Bazaar - Supported Version Control Systems
Belarusian - Language Environments
Bengali - Language Environments
bidi formatting control characters - Bidirectional Editing
bidirectional editing - Bidirectional Editing
binding - Keys and Commands
binding keyboard macros - Naming and Saving Keyboard Macros
binding keys - Changing Key Bindings Interactively
Birashk - Supported Calendar Systems
blank lines - Blank Lines
blank lines in programs - Multiple Lines of Comments
blinking cursor - Displaying the Cursor
blinking cursor disable, command-line argument - Other Display Options
block diary entry - Special Diary Entries
body lines (Outline mode) - Format of Outlines
bookmark annotations - Bookmarks
bookmarks - Bookmarks
border color, command-line argument - Window Color Options
borders (X Window System) - Internal and Outer Borders
boredom - Games and Other Amusements
bound branch (Bazaar VCS) - Pulling/Pushing Changes into/from a Branch
brace in column zero and fontification - Traditional Font Lock
braces, moving across - Moving in the Parenthesis Structure
branch (version control) - Version Control Branches
Brazilian Portuguese - Language Environments
Browse-URL - Following URLs
bubbles - Games and Other Amusements
buffer contents - Using Multiple Buffers
buffer definitions index - Imenu
buffer list, customizable - Customizing Buffer Menus
Buffer Menu - Operating on Several Buffers
buffer size display - Optional Mode Line Features
buffer size, maximum - Using Multiple Buffers
buffer text garbled - Garbage in the Text
buffer-local hooks - Hooks
buffers - Using Multiple Buffers
bug criteria - When Is There a Bug
bug reference - Bug Reference
bug reporting, checklist - Checklist for Bug Reports
bug reporting, principles - Understanding Bug Reporting
bug tracker - Reading Existing Bug Reports and Known Problems
bugs - Reporting Bugs
build details - Initial Options
building programs - Compiling and Testing Programs
built-in package - The Package Menu Buffer
built-in package - Package Statuses
Bulgarian - Language Environments
Burmese - Language Environments
butterfly - Games and Other Amusements
button-down events - Rebinding Mouse Buttons
buttons - Following References with the Mouse
buttons (customization buffer) - Customization Groups
buttons at buffer position - Editing Format Information
bypassing init and default.el file - Initial Options
byte code - Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs
byte-compiling several files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
bzr - Supported Version Control Systems

C

C editing - Editing Programs
C mode - C and Related Modes
C# mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
C++ class browser, tags - Tags Tables
C++ mode - C and Related Modes
C- - Kinds of User Input
cache of file names - File Name Cache
calendar - The Calendar and the Diary
calendar and HTML - Writing Calendar Files
calendar and LaTeX - Writing Calendar Files
calendar layout - Customizing the Calendar
calendar week numbers - Customizing the Calendar
calendar, first day of week - Beginning or End of Week, Month or Year
call Lisp functions, command-line argument - Action Arguments
camel case - MixedCase Words
candle lighting times - Sexp Entries and the Fancy Diary Display
capitalizing words - Case Conversion Commands
case conversion - Case Conversion Commands
case folding in replace commands - Replace Commands and Lax Matches
case folding in search - Lax Matching During Searching
case in completion - Completion Options
case preservation in replace commands - Replace Commands and Lax Matches
case-sensitivity and completion - Completion Options
case-sensitivity and search - Lax Matching During Searching
case-sensitivity and tags search - Searching and Replacing with Identifiers
categories of characters - Backslash in Regular Expressions
CBZ file - Document Viewing
cells, for text-based tables - What is a Text-based Table?
centering - Explicit Fill Commands
centralized version control - Decentralized vs Centralized Repositories
Cham - Language Environments
change buffers - Creating and Selecting Buffers
change Emacs directory - Initial Options
change log - Change Logs
Change Log mode - Change Log Commands
changes, undoing - Undo
changeset-based version control - Changeset-based vs File-based Version Control
changing file group (in Dired) - Operating on Files
changing file owner (in Dired) - Operating on Files
changing file permissions (in Dired) - Operating on Files
changing file time (in Dired) - Operating on Files
char mode (terminal emulator) - Emacs Terminal Emulator
character classes, in regular expressions - Syntax of Regular Expressions
character equivalence in search - Lax Matching During Searching
character folding in replace commands - Replace Commands and Lax Matches
character folding in search - Lax Matching During Searching
character set (keyboard) - Kinds of User Input
character set of character at point - Introduction to International Character Sets
character set, in regular expressions - Syntax of Regular Expressions
character syntax - Init File Syntax
characters (in text) - How Text Is Displayed
characters in a certain charset - Charsets
characters which belong to a specific language - Backslash in Regular Expressions
characters with no font glyphs - How Text Is Displayed
characters, inserting by name or code-point - Inserting Text
charsets - Charsets
cheat sheet of popular Emacs commands - Other Help Commands
checking out files - Concepts of Version Control
checking spelling - Checking and Correcting Spelling
checking syntax - Finding Syntax Errors On The Fly
checklist before reporting a bug - Checklist for Bug Reports
Chinese - Language Environments
Chinese calendar - Supported Calendar Systems
choosing a major mode - Choosing File Modes
choosing a minor mode - Choosing File Modes
ciphers - Games and Other Amusements
citing mail - Citing Mail
CKJ characters - Modifying Fontsets
class browser, C++ - Tags Tables
Cleartype - Specifying Fonts on MS-Windows
click events - Rebinding Mouse Buttons
client frame - emacsclient Options
client-side fonts - Fonts
clipboard - Using the Clipboard
clipboard manager - Using the Clipboard
clocking time - Summing Time Intervals
close buffer - Killing Buffers
close file - Killing Buffers
CMake mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
code alignment - Code Alignment
codepage, MS-DOS - International Support on MS-DOS
codepoint of a character - Modifying Fontsets
coding standards for Emacs submissions - Coding Standards
coding systems - Coding Systems
collision - Protection against Simultaneous Editing
color emulation on black-and-white printers - Variables for PostScript Hardcopy
color name - Colors for Faces
color of window, from command line - Window Color Options
color scheme - Custom Themes
Column Number mode - Optional Mode Line Features
columns (and rectangles) - Rectangles
columns (indentation) - Indentation
columns, splitting - Two-Column Editing
Comint mode - Shell Mode
command - Keys and Commands
command history - Repeating Minibuffer Commands
command line arguments - Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
commands in *xref* buffers - Commands Available in the *xref* Buffer
comments - Manipulating Comments
comments on customized settings - Changing a Variable
Common Lisp - Running an External Lisp
compare files (in Dired) - File Comparison with Dired
comparing 3 files (diff3) - Comparing Files
comparing files - Comparing Files
compilation buffer, keeping point at end - Running Compilations under Emacs
compilation errors - Running Compilations under Emacs
Compilation mode - Compilation Mode
compilation mode faces - Compilation Mode
compilation under MS-DOS - Subprocesses on MS-DOS
complete key - Keys
completion - Completion
completion (Lisp symbols) - Completion for Symbol Names
completion (symbol names) - Completion for Symbol Names
completion alternative - Completion
completion list - Completion Commands
completion style - How Completion Alternatives Are Chosen
completion, walking through candidates - Minibuffer History
compose character - Unibyte Editing Mode
compressing files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
compression - Accessing Compressed Files
Conf mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
confirming in the minibuffer - Completion Exit
conflicts, VC - Merging Branches
connecting to remote host - Remote Host Shell
connection-local variables - Per-Connection Local Variables
contents of a buffer - Using Multiple Buffers
context menu - Mouse Clicks for Menus
continuation line - Continuation Lines
contributing to Emacs - Contributing to Emacs Development
Control - Kinds of User Input
control character - Kinds of User Input
control characters on display - How Text Is Displayed
converting text to upper or lower case - Case Conversion Commands
Coptic calendar - Supported Calendar Systems
copy - "Cut and Paste" Operations on Graphical Displays
copy/paste to/from primary selection (macOS) - Basic Emacs usage under macOS and GNUstep
copying files - Copying, Naming and Renaming Files
copying files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
copying text - Yanking
copyright assignment - Copyright Assignment
CORBA IDL mode - C and Related Modes
core dump - When Emacs Crashes
correcting spelling - Checking and Correcting Spelling
CPerl mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
crash report - When Emacs Crashes
crashes - Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters
crashes, Haiku - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
create a text-based table - Creating a Table
create diary entries - Commands to Add to the Diary
creating files - Visiting Files
creating frames - Creating Frames
Croatian - Language Environments
cropping images - Viewing Image Files
cryptanalysis - Games and Other Amusements
CSS mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
CSSC - Supported Version Control Systems
CUA key bindings - CUA Bindings
curly quotes - Quotation Marks
curly quotes, and terminal capabilities - How Text Is Displayed
curly quotes, inserting - Inserting Text
current buffer - Using Multiple Buffers
current function name in mode line - Which Function Mode
current message (Rmail) - Basic Concepts of Rmail
current project - Project Commands That Operate on Files
cursor - Point
cursor color, command-line argument - Window Color Options
cursor in non-selected windows - Displaying the Cursor
cursor location - Cursor Position Information
cursor location, on MS-DOS - Text Files and Binary Files
cursor motion - Changing the Location of Point
cursor shape on MS-DOS - Display on MS-DOS
cursor, blinking - Displaying the Cursor
cursor, visual-order motion - Bidirectional Editing
curved quotes - Quotation Marks
curved quotes, and terminal capabilities - How Text Is Displayed
curved quotes, inserting - Inserting Text
custom themes - Custom Themes
custom themes, creating - Creating Custom Themes
customizable variable - Easy Customization Interface
customization - Customization
customization buffer - Easy Customization Interface
customization groups - Customization Groups
customization of menu face - Standard Faces
customizing faces - Customizing Faces
customizing Lisp indentation - Customizing Lisp Indentation
customizing variables - Changing a Variable
cut - "Cut and Paste" Operations on Graphical Displays
cut and paste - Glossary
cutting text - Deletion and Killing
CVS - Supported Version Control Systems
CVS directory mode - VC Directory Mode
CWarn mode - Other Commands for C Mode
cycle visibility, in Outline mode - Outline Visibility Commands
cyclic diary entry - Special Diary Entries
Cyrillic - Language Environments
Czech - Language Environments

D

daemon, Emacs - Using Emacs as a Server
day of year - Miscellaneous Calendar Commands
daylight saving time - Daylight Saving Time
DBX - Running Debuggers Under Emacs
deactivating the mark - The Mark and the Region
dead character - Unibyte Editing Mode
debbugs package - Reading Existing Bug Reports and Known Problems
debuggers - Running Debuggers Under Emacs
debugging Emacs, tricks and techniques - Checklist for Bug Reports
debugging X problems - Table of X Resources for Emacs
decentralized version control - Decentralized vs Centralized Repositories
decoding mail messages (Rmail) - Rmail and Coding Systems
decoding non-ASCII keyboard input on X - Coding Systems for Interprocess Communication
decrease buffer font size - Text Scale
decrypting files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
default argument - Using the Minibuffer
default directory - Minibuffers for File Names
default directory, of a buffer - File Names
default file name - File Names
default search mode - Tailoring Search to Your Needs
defining keyboard macros - Keyboard Macros
defuns - Moving by Defuns
delete entire grapheme cluster - Erasing Text
Delete Selection mode - Operating on the Region
delete window - Deleting and Resizing Windows
deleting auto-save files - Flagging Many Files at Once
deleting blank lines - Blank Lines
deleting characters and lines - Erasing Text
deleting files (in Dired) - Deleting Files with Dired
deleting rows and column in text-based tables - Table Rows and Columns
deleting some backup files - Flagging Many Files at Once
deleting windows - Deleting and Resizing Windows
deletion - Deletion and Killing
deletion (of files) - Miscellaneous File Operations
deletion (Rmail) - Deleting Messages
dereference symbolic links - Operating on Files
desktop configuration - Saving Emacs Sessions
desktop restore in daemon mode - Saving Emacs Sessions
desktop shortcut, MS-Windows - How to Start Emacs on MS-Windows
deterministic build - Initial Options
Devanagari - Language Environments
device for Emacs terminal I/O - Initial Options
dialog boxes - Using Dialog Boxes
Dialog X Resources (Lucid widgets) - Lucid Menu And Dialog X Resources
diary - The Diary
diary buffer - Diary Display
diary file - The Diary File
Diff mode - Diff Mode
digest message - Digest Messages
directional window selection - Convenience Features for Window Handling
directories in buffer names - Making Buffer Names Unique
directory header lines - Moving Over Subdirectories
directory listing - File Directories
directory listing on MS-DOS - Subprocesses on MS-DOS
directory name abbreviation - File Name Aliases
directory tracking - Directory Tracking
directory where Emacs starts on MS-Windows - How to Start Emacs on MS-Windows
directory-local variables - Per-Directory Local Variables
Dired - Dired, the Directory Editor
Dired and version control - Other Dired Features
Dired sorting - Updating the Dired Buffer
Dired sorting order, on MS-Windows/MS-DOS - Emulation of ls on MS-Windows
Dired, and MS-Windows/MS-DOS - Emulation of ls on MS-Windows
Dirtrack mode - Directory Tracking
disable restoring of desktop configuration - Saving Emacs Sessions
disable window system - Initial Options
disabled command - Disabling Commands
disabling remote files - Remote Files
display for Emacs frame - Initial Options
display line numbers - Customization of Display
display name (X Window System) - Specifying the Display Name
display of buffer size - Optional Mode Line Features
display of current line number - Optional Mode Line Features
display server - Multiple Displays
display, incorrect - Garbage on the Screen
distributed version control - Decentralized vs Centralized Repositories
DNS mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
Dockerfile mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
DocTeX mode - TeX Mode
document viewer (DocView) - Document Viewing
documentation for program symbols - Programming Language Documentation Lookup
documentation string - Documentation for a Key
DocView mode - Document Viewing
DOS applications, running from Emacs - Subprocesses on Windows 9X/ME and Windows NT/2K/XP/Vista/7/8/10
DOS codepages - International Support on MS-DOS
DOS-style end-of-line display - Recognizing Coding Systems
DOS-to-Unix conversion of files - Text Files and Binary Files
double clicks - Rebinding Mouse Buttons
double slash in file name - Minibuffers for File Names
down events - Rebinding Mouse Buttons
downcase file names - Transforming File Names in Dired
drag and drop - Drag and Drop
drag and drop, Dired - Other Dired Features
drag events - Rebinding Mouse Buttons
drastic changes - Reverting a Buffer
dribble file - Checklist for Bug Reports
DSSSL mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
dunnet - Games and Other Amusements
Dutch - Language Environments
DVI file - Document Viewing

E

early init file - The Early Init File
Ebrowse - Tags Tables
echo area - The Echo Area
echo area message - The Echo Area
echoing - The Echo Area
EDE (Emacs Development Environment) - Emacs Development Environment
editable fields (customization buffer) - Customization Groups
editing binary files - Editing Binary Files
editing in Picture mode - Basic Editing in Picture Mode
editing level, recursive - Recursive Editing Levels
eight-bit character set - Introduction to International Character Sets
ElDoc mode - Programming Language Documentation Lookup
Electric Indent mode - Convenience Features for Indentation
Electric Pair mode - Matching Parentheses
Electric Quote mode - Quotation Marks
Eliza - Games and Other Amusements
Emacs as a server - Using Emacs as a Server
Emacs Development Environment - Emacs Development Environment
Emacs icon, a gnu - Icons
Emacs initialization file - The Emacs Initialization File
Emacs Lisp mode - Evaluating Emacs Lisp Expressions
Emacs Lisp package archive - Emacs Lisp Packages
email - Sending Mail
embedded widgets - Embedded WebKit Widgets
Emerge - Merging Files with Emerge
emergency escape - Emergency Escape
emoji input - Input Methods
enabling Transient Mark mode temporarily - Disabling Transient Mark Mode
encoding of characters - International Character Set Support
encrypted files, choosing a major mode - Choosing File Modes
encrypted mails (reading in Rmail) - Display of Messages
encrypting files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
encryption - Network Security
end-of-line convention, mode-line indication - The Mode Line
end-of-line conversion - Coding Systems
end-of-line conversion on MS-DOS/MS-Windows - Text Files and Binary Files
English - Language Environments
Enriched mode - Enriched Text
enriched text - Enriched Text
entering Emacs - Entering Emacs
entering passwords - Entering passwords
environment variables - Environment Variables
environment variables (macOS) - Basic Emacs usage under macOS and GNUstep
environment variables for subshells - Interactive Subshell
environment variables in file names - File Names
EPUB file - Document Viewing
equivalent character sequences - Lax Matching During Searching
erasing characters and lines - Erasing Text
error log - Running Compilations under Emacs
error message - The Echo Area
errors in init file - Initial Options
escape sequences in files - Recognizing Coding Systems
Esperanto - Language Environments
etags - Tags Tables
Ethiopic - Language Environments
Ethiopic calendar - Supported Calendar Systems
European character sets - Unibyte Editing Mode
evaluate expression, command-line argument - Action Arguments
evaluation, Emacs Lisp - Evaluating Emacs Lisp Expressions
events on macOS - Windowing System Events under macOS / GNUstep
exit incremental search - Basics of Incremental Search
exiting - Exiting Emacs
exiting recursive edit - Recursive Editing Levels
expanding subdirectories in Dired - Subdirectories in Dired
expansion (of abbrevs) - Abbrevs
expansion of C macros - Other Commands for C Mode
expansion of environment variables - File Names
export diary - Importing and Exporting Diary Entries
expression - Expressions with Balanced Parentheses
expunging (Rmail) - Deleting Messages

F

face at point - Introduction to International Character Sets
face colors, setting - Colors for Faces
faces - Text Faces
faces for highlighting query replace - Query Replace
faces for highlighting search matches - Basics of Incremental Search
faces for mode lines - Standard Faces
faces for text-mode menus - Standard Faces
faces under MS-DOS - Display on MS-DOS
faces, customizing - Customizing Faces
failed merges - Comparing Files
fallback modes - Specifying File Variables
FB2 file - Document Viewing
Feedmail - Mail Sending
FFAP minor mode - Finding Files and URLs at Point
fido mode - Fast minibuffer selection
file archives - File Archives
file comparison (in Dired) - File Comparison with Dired
file database (locate) - Dired and find
file dates - Protection against Simultaneous Editing
file directory - File Directories
file local variables - Local Variables in Files
file locking - Protection against Simultaneous Editing
file management - Dired, the Directory Editor
file modes - Miscellaneous File Operations
file name caching - File Name Cache
file names - File Names
file names on MS-Windows - File Names on MS-Windows
file names under MS-DOS - File Names on MS-DOS
file names under Windows 95/NT - File Names on MS-DOS
file names with non-ASCII characters - Coding Systems for File Names
file names, invalid characters on MS-Windows - File Names on MS-Windows
file names, quote special characters - Quoted File Names
file notifications - Auto Revert: Keeping buffers automatically up-to-date
file ownership, and backup - Copying vs. Renaming
file permissions - Miscellaneous File Operations
file selection dialog - Visiting Files
file selection dialog, how to disable - Using Dialog Boxes
file shadows - Shadowing Files
file truenames - File Name Aliases
file version in change log entries - Change Log Commands
file, warning when size is large - Visiting Files
file-based version control - Changeset-based vs File-based Version Control
file-name completion, on MS-Windows - File Names on MS-Windows
file-name encoding, MS-Windows - Coding Systems for File Names
files - File Handling
files added to VCS - Registering a File for Version Control
files, visiting and saving - Visiting Files
filesets - Filesets
filesets, VC - Basic Editing under Version Control
filesets, VC, in Dired buffers - Version Control
fill prefix - The Fill Prefix
filling text - Filling Text
find definition of symbols - Looking Up Identifiers
find Info manual by its file name - Other Help Commands
find references to symbols - Looking Up Identifiers
finder - Keyword Search for Packages
finding file at point - Finding Files and URLs at Point
finding files containing regexp matches (in Dired) - Dired Marks vs. Flags
finding strings within text - Searching and Replacement
firewall, and accessing remote files - Remote Files
fixing incorrectly decoded mail messages - Rmail and Coding Systems
flagging files (in Dired) - Deleting Files with Dired
flagging many files for deletion (in Dired) - Flagging Many Files at Once
floating diary entry - Special Diary Entries
Flyspell mode - Checking and Correcting Spelling
folding editing - Folding Editing
Follow mode - Follow Mode
follow symbolic links - Operating on Files
font antialiasing (MS Windows) - Specifying Fonts on MS-Windows
font backend selection (Haiku) - Font and font backend selection on Haiku
font backend selection (MS-Windows) - Specifying Fonts on MS-Windows
font for menus (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
Font Lock mode - Font Lock mode
font lookup, MS-Windows - Specifying Fonts on MS-Windows
font name (X Window System) - Font Specification Options
font of character at point - Introduction to International Character Sets
font properties (MS Windows) - Specifying Fonts on MS-Windows
font scripts (MS Windows) - Specifying Fonts on MS-Windows
font size of default face, increase or decrease - Text Scale
font specification (MS Windows) - Specifying Fonts on MS-Windows
font Unicode subranges (MS Windows) - Specifying Fonts on MS-Windows
font-lock via tree-sitter - Parser-based Font Lock
fontconfig - Fonts
fonts - Fonts
fonts and faces - Customizing Faces
fonts for PostScript printing - Variables for PostScript Hardcopy
fonts for various scripts - Fontsets
fonts, emulating under MS-DOS - Display on MS-DOS
fonts, how to ignore - Modifying Fontsets
fontsets - Fontsets
fontsets, modifying - Modifying Fontsets
foreground color, command-line argument - Window Color Options
foreground for menus (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
format, of movemail mailbox - movemail program
formfeed character - Pages
Fortran 77 and Fortran 90, 95, 2003, 2008 - Fortran Mode
Fortran continuation lines - Continuation Lines
Fortran fixed form and free form - Fortran Mode
Fortran mode - Fortran Mode
fortune cookies - Mail Amusements
forwarding a message - Sending Replies
frame - The Organization of the Screen
frame focus policy, MS-Windows - Miscellaneous Windows-specific features
frame size under MS-DOS - Display on MS-DOS
frame size, specifying default - Frame Parameters
frame title, command-line argument - Frame Titles
frames - Frames and Graphical Displays
frames on MS-DOS - Display on MS-DOS
frameset - Saving Window and Frame Configurations in Registers
frameset, saving in a register - Saving Window and Frame Configurations in Registers
French - Language Environments
French Revolutionary calendar - Supported Calendar Systems
fringes - Window Fringes
fringes, and continuation lines - Continuation Lines
fringes, and unused line indication - Useless Whitespace
fringes, for debugging - Source Buffers
FTP - Remote Files
fullheight, command-line argument - Options for Window Size and Position
fullscreen, command-line argument - Options for Window Size and Position
fullwidth, command-line argument - Options for Window Size and Position
function key - Keymaps
function, move to beginning or end - Moving by Defuns
future history for file names - Minibuffer History

G

games - Games and Other Amusements
gamma correction (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
garbled display - Garbage on the Screen
garbled text - Garbage in the Text
gateway, and remote file access with ange-ftp - Remote Files
GDB - Running Debuggers Under Emacs
GDB User Interface layout - GDB User Interface Layout
geometry of Emacs window - Options for Window Size and Position
geometry, command-line argument - Options for Window Size and Position
Georgian - Language Environments
German - Language Environments
getting help with keys - Help
Ghostscript, use for PostScript printing - Printing and MS-Windows
git - Supported Version Control Systems
git source of package @c "git" is not technically correct - Fetching Package Sources
Glasses mode - MixedCase Words
Global Auto Revert mode - Auto Revert: Keeping buffers automatically up-to-date
global keymap - Keymaps
global mark - CUA Bindings
global mark ring - The Global Mark Ring
global substitution - Replacement Commands
globstar, in Dired - Entering Dired
glossary - Glossary
glyphless characters - How Text Is Displayed
Gnus - Email and Usenet News with Gnus
GNUstep - Emacs and macOS / GNUstep
Go Moku - Games and Other Amusements
Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation - Supported Calendar Systems
Goto Address mode - Activating URLs
grapheme cluster, deletion - Erasing Text
graphic characters - Inserting Text
Greek - Language Environments
Gregorian calendar - Conversion To and From Other Calendars
grouping, in regular expressions - Backslash in Regular Expressions
growing minibuffer - Editing in the Minibuffer
GTK font pattern - Fonts
GTK input methods - Unibyte Editing Mode
GTK+ resources - GTK+ resources
GTK+ styles - GTK+ styles
GTK+ widget classes - GTK+ Widget Names in Emacs
GTK+ widget names - GTK+ widget names
GTK+ widget names in Emacs - GTK+ Widget Names in Emacs
GUD interaction buffer - Debugger Operation
GUD library - Running Debuggers Under Emacs
GUD Tooltip mode - Debugger Operation
guessing shell commands for files (in Dired) - Shell Command Guessing
guillemets - Quotation Marks
Gujarati - Language Environments

H

H- - Modifier Keys
haab calendar system - Supported Calendar Systems
Haiku - Emacs and Haiku
haiku application - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
haiku debugger - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
haiku installation - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
haiku keymap - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
haiku tooltips - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
Han - International Character Set Support
handwriting - PostScript Hardcopy
Hangul - International Character Set Support
hard links (creation) - Copying, Naming and Renaming Files
hard links (in Dired) - Operating on Files
hard links (visiting) - File Name Aliases
hard newline - Hard and Soft Newlines
hardcopy - Printing Hard Copies
header (TeX mode) - TeX Printing Commands
header line (Dired) - Moving Over Subdirectories
headers (of mail message) - Mail Header Fields
heading lines (Outline mode) - Format of Outlines
Hebrew - Language Environments
Hebrew calendar - Supported Calendar Systems
height of minibuffer - Editing in the Minibuffer
height of the horizontal scroll bar - Scroll Bars
help - Help
help buffer - Help
help in using Emacs - How To Get Help with GNU Emacs
help mode - Help Mode Commands
help text, in GTK+ file chooser - Using Dialog Boxes
help, viewing web pages - Help Mode Commands
hex editing - Editing Binary Files
Hexl mode - Editing Binary Files
hg - Supported Version Control Systems
Hi Lock mode - Interactive Highlighting
hidden files, in GTK+ file chooser - Using Dialog Boxes
Hide-ifdef mode - Other Commands for C Mode
Hideshow mode - Hideshow minor mode
hiding details in Dired - Other Dired Features
hiding subdirectories (Dired) - Hiding Subdirectories
Highlight Changes mode - Interactive Highlighting
highlight current line - Displaying the Cursor
highlighting by matching - Interactive Highlighting
highlighting lines of text - Interactive Highlighting
highlighting matching parentheses - Matching Parentheses
highlighting phrase - Interactive Highlighting
highlighting region - Disabling Transient Mark Mode
highlighting symbol at point - Interactive Highlighting
Hindi - International Character Set Support
history of commands - Repeating Minibuffer Commands
history of minibuffer input - Minibuffer History
history of webkit buffers - Embedded WebKit Widgets
history reference - Shell History References
holiday forms - Customizing the Holidays
holidays - Holidays
HOME directory on MS-Windows - HOME and Startup Directories on MS-Windows
home directory shorthand - Minibuffers for File Names
HOME directory under MS-DOS - File Names on MS-DOS
hook - Hooks
Horizontal Scroll Bar - Scroll Bars
Horizontal Scroll Bar mode - Scroll Bars
horizontal scrolling - Horizontal Scrolling
hourglass pointer display - Customization of Display
HTML mode - SGML and HTML Modes
hungry deletion (C Mode) - Hungry Delete Feature in C
hunk, diff - Diff Mode
Hyper (under MS-DOS) - Keyboard Usage on MS-DOS
Hyper, modifier key - Modifier Keys
hyperlink - Help Mode Commands
hyperlinks - Following References with the Mouse

I

iCalendar support - Importing and Exporting Diary Entries
Icomplete mode - Fast minibuffer selection
Icomplete vertical mode - Fast minibuffer selection
Icon mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
iconifying - Exiting Emacs
icons (X Window System) - Icons
icons, on clickable buttons - Icons
icons, toolbar - Tool Bars
identifier, finding definition of - Looking Up Identifiers
IDL mode - C and Related Modes
IDLWAVE mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
ignore case - Glossary
ignore font - Modifying Fontsets
ignored file names, in completion - Completion Options
image animation - Viewing Image Files
image resize - Viewing Image Files
image rotation - Viewing Image Files
ImageMagick support - Viewing Image Files
images, viewing - Viewing Image Files
IMAP mailboxes - Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes
IME, MS-Windows - Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
importing diary entries - Importing and Exporting Diary Entries
in-situ subdirectory (Dired) - Subdirectories in Dired
inbox file - Rmail Files and Inboxes
incorrect fontification - Traditional Font Lock
increase buffer font size - Text Scale
incremental search - Incremental Search
incremental search, edit search string - Repeating Incremental Search
incremental search, exiting - Basics of Incremental Search
incremental search, go to first or last occurrence - Special Input for Incremental Search
incremental search, help on special keys - Special Input for Incremental Search
incremental search, input method interference - Input Methods
indentation - Indentation
indentation for comments - Comment Commands
indentation for programs - Indentation for Programs
index of buffer definitions - Imenu
indirect buffer - Indirect Buffers
indirect buffers and outlines - Viewing One Outline in Multiple Views
inferior process - Running Compilations under Emacs
inferior processes under MS-DOS - Subprocesses on MS-DOS
Info - Other Help Commands
init file - The Emacs Initialization File
init file .emacs on MS-Windows - HOME and Startup Directories on MS-Windows
init file, default name under MS-DOS - File Names on MS-DOS
init file, not loading - Initial Options
initial options (command line) - Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
input event - Kinds of User Input
input item, isearch - Basics of Incremental Search
input method style, X - Table of X Resources for Emacs
input methods - Input Methods
input methods, native - Unibyte Editing Mode
input methods, X - Table of X Resources for Emacs
input with the keyboard - Kinds of User Input
inputStyle (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
insert character by name or code-point - Input Methods
insert file contents, command-line argument - Action Arguments
insert Unicode character - Inserting Text
inserted subdirectory (Dired) - Subdirectories in Dired
inserting blank lines - Blank Lines
inserting Emoji - Input Methods
inserting matching parentheses - Matching Parentheses
inserting rows and columns in text-based tables - Table Rows and Columns
insertion - Inserting Text
Integrated development environment - Emacs Development Environment
interactive highlighting - Interactive Highlighting
interactively edit search string - Repeating Incremental Search
internal border width, command-line argument - Internal and Outer Borders
international characters in .emacs - Non-ASCII Characters in Init Files
international files from DOS/Windows systems - Coding Systems
international scripts - International Character Set Support
international support (MS-DOS) - International Support on MS-DOS
Internet search - Word Search
Intlfonts for PostScript printing - Variables for PostScript Hardcopy
Intlfonts package, installation - Fontsets
invisible lines - Outline Mode
invisible text, and query-replace - Query Replace
invisible text, searching for - Special Input for Incremental Search
invocation (command line arguments) - Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
invoking Emacs from Windows Explorer - How to Start Emacs on MS-Windows
IPA - Language Environments
isearch - Incremental Search
isearch input item - Basics of Incremental Search
isearch multiple buffers - Other Search-and-Loop Commands
isearch multiple files - Other Search-and-Loop Commands
Islamic calendar - Supported Calendar Systems
ISO commercial calendar - Supported Calendar Systems
ISO Latin character sets - Unibyte Editing Mode
issue tracker - Reading Existing Bug Reports and Known Problems
Italian - Language Environments

J

Japanese - Language Environments
Java class archives - File Archives
Java mode - C and Related Modes
Javascript mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
JDB - Running Debuggers Under Emacs
JSON mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
Julian calendar - Supported Calendar Systems
Julian day numbers - Supported Calendar Systems
just-in-time (JIT) font-lock - Font Lock mode
justification - Explicit Fill Commands
justification in text-based tables - Cell Justification
justification style - Justification in Enriched Text

K

Kannada - Language Environments
Kerberos POP3 authentication - Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes
key - Keys
key bindings - Customizing Key Bindings
key rebinding, permanent - Rebinding Keys in Your Init File
key rebinding, this session - Changing Key Bindings Interactively
key sequence - Keys
key sequence syntax - Rebinding Keys in Your Init File
keyboard input - Kinds of User Input
keyboard macro - Keyboard Macros
keyboard macros, in registers - Keyboard Macro Registers
keyboard shortcuts - Glossary
keyboard, MS-Windows - Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
keymap - Keymaps
keypad - Rebinding Function Keys
keypad keys (MS-Windows) - Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
keys stolen by window manager - Kinds of User Input
keys, reserved - Customizing Key Bindings
Khmer - Language Environments
kill DOS application - Subprocesses on Windows 9X/ME and Windows NT/2K/XP/Vista/7/8/10
kill ring - Yanking
killing buffers - Killing Buffers
killing characters and lines - Erasing Text
killing Emacs - Exiting Emacs
killing expressions - Expressions with Balanced Parentheses
killing rectangular areas of text - Rectangles
killing text - Deletion and Killing
killing unsaved buffers - Killing Buffers
kinsoku line-breaking rules - Auto Fill Mode
known bugs and problems - Reading Existing Bug Reports and Known Problems
Korean - Language Environments

L

label (Rmail) - Labels
language environment, automatic selection on MS-DOS - International Support on MS-DOS
language environments - Language Environments
Lao - Language Environments
large programming projects, maintaining - Maintaining Large Programs
LaTeX mode - TeX Mode
Latin - Language Environments
Latin-1 TeX encoding - TeX Mode Miscellany
Latvian - Language Environments
launching Emacs from the tracker - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
lax search - Lax Matching During Searching
lax space matching in replace commands - Replace Commands and Lax Matches
lax space matching in search - Lax Matching During Searching
lazy highlighting customizations - Tailoring Search to Your Needs
lazy search highlighting - Repeating Incremental Search
leaving Emacs - Exiting Emacs
libraries - Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs
Life - Games and Other Amusements
line endings - Coding Systems
line mode (terminal emulator) - Emacs Terminal Emulator
line number commands - Cursor Position Information
line number display - Optional Mode Line Features
line spacing (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
line spacing, command-line argument - Other Display Options
line truncation - Line Truncation
line truncation, and fringes - Continuation Lines
line wrapping - Continuation Lines
lines, highlighting - Interactive Highlighting
links - Following References with the Mouse
links (customization buffer) - Customization Groups
Lisp character syntax - Init File Syntax
Lisp editing - Editing Programs
Lisp mode - Running an External Lisp
Lisp object syntax - Init File Syntax
Lisp string syntax - Init File Syntax
Lisp symbol completion - Completion for Symbol Names
list commands - Moving in the Parenthesis Structure
listing current buffers - Listing Existing Buffers
listing system fonts - Fonts
Lithuanian - Language Environments
load init file of another user - Initial Options
load path for Emacs Lisp - Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs
loading Lisp code - Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs
loading Lisp libraries automatically - Init File Examples
loading Lisp libraries, command-line argument - Action Arguments
loading several files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
local keymap - Local Keymaps
local variables - Local Variables
local variables in files - Local Variables in Files
local variables, for all files in a directory - Per-Directory Local Variables
local variables, for all remote connections - Per-Connection Local Variables
locale, date format - Updating Time Stamps Automatically
locales - Language Environments
location of point - Cursor Position Information
lock-file-mode - Protection against Simultaneous Editing
locking (CVS) - Options specific for CVS
locking files - Protection against Simultaneous Editing
locking, non-strict (RCS) - Options for RCS and SCCS
locking-based version - Merge-based vs Lock-based Version Control
locus - Compilation Mode
Log Edit mode - Features of the Log Entry Buffer
log File, types of - Types of Log File
logging keystrokes - Checklist for Bug Reports
logical line - Continuation Lines
logical order - Bidirectional Editing
long count calendar system - Supported Calendar Systems
long file names in DOS box under Windows 95/NT - File Names on MS-DOS
looking for a subject in documentation - Help
lost-selection-mode - Cut and Paste with Other Window Applications
lpr usage under MS-DOS - Printing and MS-Windows
LRM - Bidirectional Editing
Lucid Widget X Resources - Lucid Menu And Dialog X Resources

M

M- - Kinds of User Input
M4 mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
Macintosh - Emacs and macOS / GNUstep
Macintosh end-of-line conversion - Coding Systems
macOS - Emacs and macOS / GNUstep
macro expansion in C - Other Commands for C Mode
mail - Sending Mail
mail (on mode line) - Optional Mode Line Features
mail aliases - Mail Aliases
Mail mode - Mail-Composition Methods
mail signature - Mail Signature
mail-composition methods - Mail-Composition Methods
mailbox protocol, movemail - movemail program
Mailclient - Mail Sending
mailrc file - Mail Aliases
main border width, command-line argument - Internal and Outer Borders
maintaining large programs - Maintaining Large Programs
major modes - Major Modes
make - Running Compilations under Emacs
Makefile mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
making pictures out of text characters - Editing Pictures
Malayalam - Language Environments
man page - Man Page Lookup
man pages, and local file variables - Specifying File Variables
manipulating paragraphs - Paragraphs
manipulating sentences - Sentences
manipulating text - Commands for Human Languages
manual pages, on MS-DOS/MS-Windows - Man Page Lookup
manual version backups - Options specific for CVS
manuals, included - Other Help Commands
mark - The Mark and the Region
mark rectangle - Rectangles
mark ring - The Mark Ring
marking executable files (in Dired) - Dired Marks vs. Flags
marking many files (in Dired) - Dired Marks vs. Flags
marking sections of text - Commands to Mark Textual Objects
marking subdirectories (in Dired) - Dired Marks vs. Flags
marking symbolic links (in Dired) - Dired Marks vs. Flags
match (face name) - Other Search-and-Loop Commands
matching parentheses - Matching Parentheses
matching parenthesis and braces, moving to - Moving in the Parenthesis Structure
maximized, command-line argument - Options for Window Size and Position
maximum buffer size exceeded, error message - Visiting Files
Mayan calendar - Converting from the Mayan Calendar
Mayan calendar round - Converting from the Mayan Calendar
Mayan calendars - Supported Calendar Systems
Mayan haab calendar - Converting from the Mayan Calendar
Mayan long count - Converting from the Mayan Calendar
Mayan tzolkin calendar - Converting from the Mayan Calendar
mbox files - Rmail Files and Inboxes
memory full - Running out of Memory
menu bar - The Menu Bar
menu bar (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
menu bar access using keyboard - The Menu Bar
menu bar appearance - Standard Faces
menu bar mode - Menu Bars
Menu X Resources (Lucid widgets) - Lucid Menu And Dialog X Resources
Menu X Resources (Motif widgets) - Motif Menu X Resources
Mercurial - Supported Version Control Systems
merge buffer (Emerge) - Overview of Emerge
merge mail from file (Rmail) - Multiple Rmail Files
merges, failed - Comparing Files
merging changes - Merging Branches
merging files - Merging Files with Emerge
merging-based version - Merge-based vs Lock-based Version Control
message - Sending Mail
Message mode - Mail Commands
Message mode for sending mail - Mail-Composition Methods
message number (Rmail) - Basic Concepts of Rmail
messages saved from echo area - The Echo Area
META - Kinds of User Input
Meta (under MS-DOS) - Keyboard Usage on MS-DOS
Meta commands and words - Words
Metafont mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
MH mail interface - Mail-Composition Methods
Microsoft Office file - Document Viewing
Microsoft Windows - Emacs and Microsoft Windows/MS-DOS
Midnight mode - Killing Buffers
MIME - Mail Miscellany
MIME messages (Rmail) - Display of Messages
minibuffer - The Minibuffer
minibuffer confirmation - Completion Exit
minibuffer defaults for file names - Minibuffer History
Minibuffer Electric Default mode - Using the Minibuffer
minibuffer history - Minibuffer History
minibuffer history, searching - Searching the Minibuffer
minibuffer keymaps - Minibuffer Keymaps
minimizing - Exiting Emacs
minimizing a frame at startup - Icons
minor mode keymap - Local Keymaps
minor modes - Minor Modes
mistakes, correcting - Commands for Fixing Typos
mode commands for minor modes - Minor Modes
mode hook - Major Modes
mode hook, and major modes - Major Modes for Programming Languages
mode line - The Mode Line
mode line (MS-DOS) - International Support on MS-DOS
mode line, 3D appearance - Optional Mode Line Features
mode line, mouse - Mode Line Mouse Commands
mode, Abbrev - Abbrev Concepts
mode, archive - File Archives
mode, Auto Compression - Accessing Compressed Files
mode, Auto Fill - Auto Fill Mode
mode, Auto Revert - Auto Revert: Keeping buffers automatically up-to-date
mode, Auto Save - Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters
mode, AWK - C and Related Modes
mode, C - C and Related Modes
mode, C++ - C and Related Modes
mode, Column Number - Optional Mode Line Features
mode, Comint - Shell Mode
mode, Compilation - Compilation Mode
mode, CORBA IDL - C and Related Modes
mode, Delete Selection - Operating on the Region
mode, Dirtrack - Directory Tracking
mode, display-fill-column-indicator - Displaying Boundaries
mode, DocTeX - TeX Mode
mode, DocView - Document Viewing
mode, Electric Indent - Convenience Features for Indentation
mode, Electric Quote - Quotation Marks
mode, Emacs Lisp - Evaluating Emacs Lisp Expressions
mode, Enriched - Enriched Text
mode, Flyspell - Checking and Correcting Spelling
mode, Follow - Follow Mode
mode, Font Lock - Font Lock mode
mode, Fortran - Fortran Mode
mode, Glasses - MixedCase Words
mode, Global Auto Revert - Auto Revert: Keeping buffers automatically up-to-date
mode, Goto Address - Activating URLs
mode, GUD Tooltip - Debugger Operation
mode, Hexl - Editing Binary Files
mode, Hideshow - Hideshow minor mode
mode, HTML - SGML and HTML Modes
mode, Java - C and Related Modes
mode, LaTeX - TeX Mode
mode, Lisp - Running an External Lisp
mode, Log Edit - Features of the Log Entry Buffer
mode, Mail - Mail-Composition Methods
mode, major - Major Modes
mode, Menu Bar - Menu Bars
mode, Message - Mail Commands
mode, Minibuffer Electric Default - Using the Minibuffer
mode, minor - Minor Modes
mode, Mouse Wheel - Mouse Commands for Editing
mode, MSB - Customizing Buffer Menus
mode, nXML - SGML and HTML Modes
mode, Objective C - C and Related Modes
mode, Occur - Other Search-and-Loop Commands
mode, Occur Edit - Other Search-and-Loop Commands
mode, Org - Org Mode
mode, Outline - Outline Mode
mode, Overwrite - Minor Modes
mode, Paragraph-Indent Text - Text Mode
mode, Pike - C and Related Modes
mode, Scheme - Running an External Lisp
mode, Scroll Bar - Scroll Bars
mode, Scroll-all - Convenience Features for Window Handling
mode, Semantic - Semantic
mode, SGML - SGML and HTML Modes
mode, Shell - Shell Mode
mode, SliTeX - TeX Mode
mode, Tab Bar - Tab Bars
mode, tar - File Archives
mode, Term - Term Mode
mode, TeX - TeX Mode
mode, Text - Text Mode
mode, Thumbs - Viewing Image Files
mode, Tool Bar - Tool Bars
mode, Transient Mark - Disabling Transient Mark Mode
mode, View - View Mode
mode, Visual Line - Visual Line Mode
mode, Whitespace - Useless Whitespace
mode, Window Divider - Window Dividers
mode, Winner - Convenience Features for Window Handling
mode, XML - SGML and HTML Modes
modes for editing programs - Hooks
modes for programming languages - Major Modes for Programming Languages
modification dates - Updating Time Stamps Automatically
modified (buffer) - Visiting Files
modifier key customization (Haiku) - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
modifier keys - Kinds of User Input
modifier keys (macOS) - Basic Emacs usage under macOS and GNUstep
modifier keys and system keymap (Haiku) - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
modifier keys unsupported by keyboard - Modifier Keys
modifier keys, and key rebinding - Modifier Keys
Modula2 mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
module verification - Initial Options
moon, phases of - Phases of the Moon
Morse code - Games and Other Amusements
Motif Widget X Resources - Motif Menu X Resources
motion commands, during incremental search - Not Exiting Incremental Search
mouse avoidance - Mouse Avoidance
mouse button events - Rebinding Mouse Buttons
mouse buttons (what they do) - Mouse Commands for Editing
mouse input - Mouse Input
mouse on mode line - Mode Line Mouse Commands
mouse pointer - Customization of Display
mouse pointer color, command-line argument - Window Color Options
mouse support - Using a Mouse in Text Terminals
mouse support under MS-DOS - Mouse Usage on MS-DOS
mouse wheel - Mouse Commands for Editing
Mouse Wheel minor mode - Mouse Commands for Editing
mouse, and MS-Windows - Mouse Usage on MS-Windows
mouse, dragging - Mouse Commands for Editing
mouse, selecting text using - Mouse Commands for Editing
mouse, set number of buttons - Mouse Usage on MS-DOS
move to beginning or end of function - Moving by Defuns
movement - Changing the Location of Point
moving files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
moving inside the calendar - Movement in the Calendar
moving point - Changing the Location of Point
moving text - Yanking
moving the cursor - Changing the Location of Point
MS-DOS end-of-line conversion - Coding Systems
MS-DOS peculiarities - Emacs and MS-DOS
MS-Windows codepages - International Support on MS-DOS
MS-Windows keyboard shortcuts - Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
MS-Windows, and primary selection - Cut and Paste with Other Window Applications
MS-Windows, Emacs peculiarities - Emacs and Microsoft Windows/MS-DOS
MSB mode - Customizing Buffer Menus
MULE - Glossary
multibyte characters - International Character Set Support
multiple displays - Multiple Displays
multiple source file search and replace - Searching and Replacing with Identifiers
multiple views of outline - Viewing One Outline in Multiple Views
multiple windows in Emacs - Multiple Windows
multiple-buffer isearch - Other Search-and-Loop Commands
multiple-file isearch - Other Search-and-Loop Commands
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - Mail Miscellany
Multithreaded debugging in GDB - Multithreaded Debugging

N

names of backup files - Single or Numbered Backups
narrowing - Narrowing
narrowing, and line number display - Optional Mode Line Features
native compilation - Libraries of Lisp Code for Emacs
nested defuns - Moving by Defuns
network security manager - Network Security
networked printers (MS-Windows) - Printing and MS-Windows
New Style calendar - Conversion To and From Other Calendars
newline - Inserting Text
newlines, hard and soft - Hard and Soft Newlines
newsreader - Email and Usenet News with Gnus
Next Error Follow mode - Compilation Mode
NFS and quitting - Quitting and Aborting
nil - Glossary
non-ASCII characters in .emacs - Non-ASCII Characters in Init Files
non-ASCII keys, binding - Non-ASCII Characters in Init Files
non-breaking hyphen - How Text Is Displayed
non-breaking space - How Text Is Displayed
non-greedy regexp matching - Syntax of Regular Expressions
non-integral number of lines in a window - Optional Mode Line Features
non-selected windows, mode line appearance - Optional Mode Line Features
Non-stop debugging in GDB - Multithreaded Debugging
non-strict locking (RCS) - Options for RCS and SCCS
nonincremental search - Nonincremental Search
normal hook - Hooks
nroff - Nroff Mode
ns-open-file event - Windowing System Events under macOS / GNUstep
ns-open-file-line event - Windowing System Events under macOS / GNUstep
ns-open-temp-file event - Windowing System Events under macOS / GNUstep
ns-power-off event - Windowing System Events under macOS / GNUstep
ns-show-prefs event - Windowing System Events under macOS / GNUstep
NSA - Mail Amusements
NSM - Network Security
number lines in a buffer - Customization of Display
numeric arguments - Numeric Arguments
nXML mode - SGML and HTML Modes

O

Objective C mode - C and Related Modes
obsolete command - Running Commands by Name
Occur Edit mode - Other Search-and-Loop Commands
Occur mode - Other Search-and-Loop Commands
octal escapes - How Text Is Displayed
Octave mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
omer count - Sexp Entries and the Fancy Diary Display
OOM killer - Running out of Memory
OPascal mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
open file - Visiting Files
open-parenthesis in leftmost column - Left Margin Convention
OpenDocument file - Document Viewing
operating on files in Dired - Operating on Files
operations on a marked region - Operating on the Region
options (command line) - Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
Org agenda - Org as an organizer
Org exporting - Org as an authoring system
Org mode - Org Mode
organizer - Org Mode
Oriya - Language Environments
out of memory - Running out of Memory
out of memory killer, GNU/Linux - Running out of Memory
outer border width, command-line argument - Internal and Outer Borders
Outline mode - Outline Mode
outline with multiple views - Viewing One Outline in Multiple Views
overlays at character position - Editing Format Information
override character terminal color support - Window Color Options
overscrolling - Scroll Bars
overwrapped search - Repeating Incremental Search
Overwrite mode - Minor Modes
OXPS file - Document Viewing

P

Package - Emacs Lisp Packages
Package archive - Emacs Lisp Packages
package development source - Fetching Package Sources
package directory - Package Files and Directory Layout
package file - Package Files and Directory Layout
package menu - The Package Menu Buffer
package requirements - Package Installation
package security - Package Installation
package signing - Package Installation
package specification - Fetching Package Sources
package status - Package Statuses
pages - Pages
paging in Term mode - Term Mode
paragraph, base direction - Bidirectional Editing
Paragraph-Indent Text mode - Text Mode
paragraphs - Paragraphs
parasha, weekly - Sexp Entries and the Fancy Diary Display
parentheses, displaying matches - Matching Parentheses
parentheses, moving across - Moving in the Parenthesis Structure
parenthesis in column zero and fontification - Traditional Font Lock
parenthetical groupings - Moving in the Parenthesis Structure
parser-based font-lock - Parser-based Font Lock
partial completion - How Completion Alternatives Are Chosen
paste - "Cut and Paste" Operations on Graphical Displays
pasting - Yanking
patches, applying - Diff Mode
patches, editing - Diff Mode
patches, sending - Sending Patches for GNU Emacs
PCL-CVS - VC Directory Mode
PDB - Running Debuggers Under Emacs
PDF file - Document Viewing
pending, in incremental search - Regular Expression Search
per-buffer variables - Local Variables
per-connection local variables - Per-Connection Local Variables
per-directory local variables - Per-Directory Local Variables
Perl mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
Perldb - Running Debuggers Under Emacs
Persian - Language Environments
Persian calendar - Supported Calendar Systems
phases of the moon - Phases of the Moon
phrase, highlighting - Interactive Highlighting
Picture mode and rectangles - Picture Mode Rectangle Commands
pictures - Editing Pictures
Pike mode - C and Related Modes
pinch to scale - Text Scale
pinning Emacs to Windows task bar - How to Start Emacs on MS-Windows
planner - Org Mode
point - Point
point location - Cursor Position Information
point location, on MS-DOS - Text Files and Binary Files
Polish - Language Environments
Pong game - Games and Other Amusements
POP3 mailboxes - Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes
position and size of Emacs frame - Options for Window Size and Position
PostScript file - Document Viewing
PostScript mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
prefix argument commands, during incremental search - Not Exiting Incremental Search
prefix arguments - Numeric Arguments
prefix key - Keys
preprocessor highlighting - Other Commands for C Mode
pretty-printer - Indentation for Programs
prevent commands from exiting incremental search - Not Exiting Incremental Search
preview of registers - Registers
primary Rmail file - Basic Concepts of Rmail
primary selection - Cut and Paste with Other Window Applications
primary selection, when active region changes - Setting the Mark
printing - Printing Hard Copies
printing character - How Text Is Displayed
printing files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
Printing package - Printing Package
printing under MS-DOS - Subprocesses on MS-DOS
Prog mode - Hooks
program building - Compiling and Testing Programs
program editing - Editing Programs
program functions and variables, documentation lookup - Programming Language Documentation Lookup
project back-end - Working with Projects
project root - Working with Projects
projects - Working with Projects
Prolog mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
prompt - Using the Minibuffer
prompt, shell - Shell Prompts
PS file - Document Viewing
pull changes from upstream (VC) - Pulling/Pushing Changes into/from a Branch
Punjabi - Language Environments
push changes to upstream (VC) - Pulling/Pushing Changes into/from a Branch
puzzles - Games and Other Amusements
Python mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages

Q

query replace - Query Replace
quitting - Quitting and Aborting
quitting (in search) - Errors in Incremental Search
quitting Emacs - Exiting Emacs
quitting on MS-DOS - Keyboard Usage on MS-DOS
Quotation marks - Quotation Marks
quoting - Inserting Text
quoting file names - Quoted File Names

R

raw bytes - Introduction to International Character Sets
RCS - Supported Version Control Systems
read-only buffer - Miscellaneous Buffer Operations
read-only text, killing - Options for Killing
reading mail - Reading Mail with Rmail
rebinding keys, permanently - Rebinding Keys in Your Init File
rebinding keys, this session - Changing Key Bindings Interactively
rebinding major mode keys - Rebinding Keys in Your Init File
rebinding mouse buttons - Rebinding Mouse Buttons
rebinding non-ASCII keys - Non-ASCII Characters in Init Files
recovering crashed session - Recovery After a Crash
rectangle - Rectangles
rectangle highlighting - CUA Bindings
rectangles and Picture mode - Picture Mode Rectangle Commands
rectangular region - Rectangles
recursive copying - Operating on Files
recursive deletion - Deleting Files with Dired
recursive editing level - Recursive Editing Levels
recursive editing, cannot exit - Recursive Editing Levels
recycle bin - Miscellaneous File Operations
redo - Undo
refreshing displayed files - Updating the Dired Buffer
regexp - Syntax of Regular Expressions
regexp search - Regular Expression Search
region - The Mark and the Region
region highlighting - Disabling Transient Mark Mode
region-rectangle - Rectangles
registered file - Concepts of Version Control
registers - Registers
registry, setting environment variables (MS-Windows) - The MS-Windows System Registry
registry, setting resources (MS-Windows) - X Resources
regular expression - Syntax of Regular Expressions
related files - Other Commands for C Mode
reload files - Saving Emacs Sessions
remember editing session - Saving Emacs Sessions
remote file access - Remote Files
remote host - Remote Host Shell
remote host, debugging on - Starting GUD
remote mailboxes, accessing by movemail - Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes
remote repositories (CVS) - Options specific for CVS
remove indentation - Indentation Commands
renaming files - Copying, Naming and Renaming Files
renaming files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
renaming version-controlled files - Deleting and Renaming Version-Controlled Files
repeating a command - Repeating a Command
replacement - Replacement Commands
reply to a message - Sending Replies
report an Emacs bug, how to - Understanding Bug Reporting
report bugs in Emacs - Checklist for Bug Reports
repository - Concepts of Version Control
reread a file - Reverting a Buffer
reserved key bindings - Customizing Key Bindings
resize images - Viewing Image Files
resize window - Deleting and Resizing Windows
resizing minibuffer - Editing in the Minibuffer
resizing windows - Deleting and Resizing Windows
resolving conflicts - Merging Branches
resource files for GTK+ - GTK+ resources
resource name, command-line argument - X Resources
resource values, command-line argument - X Resources
resources - X Resources
restore session - Saving Emacs Sessions
restriction - Narrowing
retrying a failed message - Sending Replies
reverse order in POP3 inboxes - Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes
reverse video, command-line argument - Window Color Options
revision - Concepts of Version Control
revision ID - Concepts of Version Control
revision ID in version control - Advanced Control in C-x v v
revision tag - Revision Tags
RGB triplet - Colors for Faces
right-to-left text - Bidirectional Editing
risky variable - Safety of File Variables
RLM - Bidirectional Editing
Rmail - Reading Mail with Rmail
Rmail file sorting - Sorting the Rmail File
Romanian - Language Environments
rosh hodesh - Sexp Entries and the Fancy Diary Display
rot13 code - Reading Rot13 Messages
rotating images - Viewing Image Files
Ruby mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
running a hook - Hooks
running info on files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
running Lisp functions - Compiling and Testing Programs
running man on files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
Russian - Language Environments

S

s- - Modifier Keys
saved echo area messages - The Echo Area
saving a setting - Changing a Variable
saving buffer name in a register - Keeping File and Buffer Names in Registers
saving file name in a register - Keeping File and Buffer Names in Registers
saving files - Visiting Files
saving frame configuration in a register - Saving Window and Frame Configurations in Registers
saving keyboard macro in a register - Keyboard Macro Registers
saving keyboard macros - Naming and Saving Keyboard Macros
saving number in a register - Keeping Numbers in Registers
saving position in a register - Saving Positions in Registers
saving rectangle in a register - Saving Rectangles in Registers
saving sessions - Saving Emacs Sessions
saving text in a register - Saving Text in Registers
saving window configuration in a register - Saving Window and Frame Configurations in Registers
SCCS - Supported Version Control Systems
Scheme mode - Running an External Lisp
screen - The Organization of the Screen
screen display, wrong - Garbage on the Screen
screen line - Continuation Lines
screen reader software, MS-Windows - Miscellaneous Windows-specific features
script mode - Initial Options
script of a character - Modifying Fontsets
scroll bar (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
Scroll Bar mode - Scroll Bars
Scroll-all mode - Convenience Features for Window Handling
scrollbar width (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
scrolling - Scrolling
scrolling commands, during incremental search - Not Exiting Incremental Search
scrolling in the calendar - Scrolling in the Calendar
scrolling windows together - Convenience Features for Window Handling
SDB - Running Debuggers Under Emacs
search and replace in multiple files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
search and replace in multiple source files - Searching and Replacing with Identifiers
search customizations - Tailoring Search to Your Needs
search display on slow terminals - Tailoring Search to Your Needs
search for a regular expression - Regular Expression Search
search Internet for keywords - Word Search
search known bugs - Reading Existing Bug Reports and Known Problems
search mode, default - Tailoring Search to Your Needs
search multiple files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
search ring - Repeating Incremental Search
search, changing direction - Repeating Incremental Search
search, overwrapped - Repeating Incremental Search
search, wrapping around - Repeating Incremental Search
search-and-replace commands - Replacement Commands
searching - Searching and Replacement
searching Dired buffers - Navigation in the Dired Buffer
searching documentation efficiently - Help
searching in Rmail - Moving Among Messages
searching in webkit buffers - Embedded WebKit Widgets
searching multiple files via Dired - Other Dired Features
secondary selection - Secondary Selection
sections of manual pages - Man Page Lookup
security - Host Security
security, when displaying enriched text - Setting Other Text Properties
select all - Commands to Mark Textual Objects
selected buffer - Using Multiple Buffers
selected window - Concepts of Emacs Windows
selecting buffers in other windows - Displaying in Another Window
selection, primary - Cut and Paste with Other Window Applications
selective display - Selective Display
selective undo - Undo
self-documentation - Help
Semantic mode - Semantic
Semantic package - Semantic
sending mail - Sending Mail
sending patches for GNU Emacs - Sending Patches for GNU Emacs
Sendmail - Mail Sending
sentences - Sentences
server file - TCP Emacs server
server, using Emacs as - Using Emacs as a Server
server-side fonts - Fonts
set buffer font size - Text Scale
set of alternative characters, in regular expressions - Syntax of Regular Expressions
sets of files - Filesets
setting a mark - The Mark and the Region
setting variables - Examining and Setting Variables
settings - Easy Customization Interface
settings, how to save - Changing a Variable
sexp - Expressions with Balanced Parentheses
sexp diary entries - Sexp Entries and the Fancy Diary Display
sexp entries, in diary - Special Diary Entries
SGML mode - SGML and HTML Modes
shadow cluster - Shadowing Files
shadow files - Shadowing Files
shell commands - Running Shell Commands from Emacs
shell commands, Dired - Shell Commands in Dired
shell completion - Shell Mode
Shell mode - Shell Mode
shell scripts, and local file variables - Specifying File Variables
Shell-script mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
shelves in version control - VC Directory Commands
shift-selection - Shift Selection
Show Paren mode - Matching Parentheses
showing hidden subdirectories (Dired) - Hiding Subdirectories
shy group, in regexp - Backslash in Regular Expressions
signing files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
Simula mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
simulation of middle mouse button - Mouse Usage on MS-Windows
simultaneous editing - Protection against Simultaneous Editing
Sinhala - Language Environments
site init file - The Emacs Initialization File
size of file, warning when visiting - Visiting Files
size of minibuffer - Editing in the Minibuffer
skeletons - Commands for Human Languages
slashes repeated in file name - Minibuffers for File Names
SliTeX mode - TeX Mode
Slovak - Language Environments
Slovenian - Language Environments
Smerge mode - Comparing Files
SMTP - Mail Sending
Snake - Games and Other Amusements
socket activation, systemd, Emacs - Using Emacs as a Server
soft hyphen - How Text Is Displayed
soft newline - Hard and Soft Newlines
solitaire - Games and Other Amusements
sorting - Sorting Text
sorting diary entries - Fancy Diary Display
sorting Dired buffer - Updating the Dired Buffer
sorting Rmail file - Sorting the Rmail File
Spanish - Language Environments
specific version control system - Advanced Control in C-x v v
specification, for source packages - Fetching Package Sources
specify default font from the command line - Font Specification Options
specify dump file - Initial Options
specify end-of-line conversion - Specifying a Coding System for File Text
specifying fullscreen for Emacs frame - Options for Window Size and Position
speedbar - Speedbar Frames
spell-checking the active region - Checking and Correcting Spelling
spelling, checking and correcting - Checking and Correcting Spelling
splash screen - Initial Options
splitting columns - Two-Column Editing
splitting table cells - Commands for Table Cells
SQL mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
SRC - Supported Version Control Systems
src - Supported Version Control Systems
SSH - Remote Host Shell
SSL - Network Security
standard colors on a character terminal - Window Color Options
standard faces - Standard Faces
standard fontset - Defining Fontsets
start directory, MS-Windows - How to Start Emacs on MS-Windows
start iconified, command-line argument - Icons
starting Emacs - Entering Emacs
starting Emacs on MS-Windows - How to Start Emacs on MS-Windows
STARTTLS - Network Security
startup (command line arguments) - Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
startup (init file) - The Emacs Initialization File
startup fontset - Defining Fontsets
startup message - Initial Options
startup screen - Entering Emacs
stashes in version control - VC Directory Commands
string substitution - Replacement Commands
string syntax - Init File Syntax
stuck in recursive editing - Recursive Editing Levels
style (for indentation) - Customizing C Indentation
sub-expressions, in regular expressions - Backslash in Regular Expressions
subdirectories in Dired - Subdirectories in Dired
subprocesses on MS-Windows - Subprocesses on Windows 9X/ME and Windows NT/2K/XP/Vista/7/8/10
subscribe groups - Using the Gnus Group Buffer
subshell - Running Shell Commands from Emacs
subtree (Outline mode) - Outline Visibility Commands
Subversion - Supported Version Control Systems
Subword mode - MixedCase Words
summary (Rmail) - Summaries
summing time intervals - Summing Time Intervals
sunrise and sunset - Times of Sunrise and Sunset
Super (under MS-DOS) - Keyboard Usage on MS-DOS
Super, modifier key - Modifier Keys
suspending - Exiting Emacs
suspicious constructions in C, C++ - Other Commands for C Mode
SVN - Supported Version Control Systems
Swedish - Language Environments
switch buffers - Creating and Selecting Buffers
switches (command line) - Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
symbol search - Symbol Search
symbol, highlighting - Interactive Highlighting
symbolic links (and version control) - General Options
symbolic links (creation in Dired) - Operating on Files
symbolic links (creation) - Copying, Naming and Renaming Files
symbolic links (visiting) - File Name Aliases
synchronizing windows - Follow Mode
synchronous X mode - Table of X Resources for Emacs
syntax highlighting and coloring - Font Lock mode
syntax of regexps - Syntax of Regular Expressions
system-wide packages - Package Files and Directory Layout
systemd unit file - Using Emacs as a Server

T

t - Glossary
tab bar (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
tab bar mode - Tab Bars
tab line - Window Tab Line
tab stops - Tab Stops
table creation - Creating a Table
table dimensions - Table Miscellany
table for HTML and LaTeX - Table Miscellany
table mode - Editing Text-based Tables
table recognition - Table Recognition
table to text - Converting Between Plain Text and Tables
tabs - Indentation
tabs, on the Tab Bar - Tab Bars
tag - Find Identifier References
tags and tag tables - Tags Tables
tags for version control - Revision Tags
tags, C++ - Tags Tables
tags-based completion - Completion for Symbol Names
TaiViet - Language Environments
Tajik - Language Environments
Tamil - Language Environments
Tar mode - File Archives
Tcl mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
TCP Emacs server - TCP Emacs server
Telnet - Remote Host Shell
Telugu - Language Environments
templates - Commands for Human Languages
temporary windows - Displaying non-editable buffers.
Term mode - Term Mode
terminal emulators, mouse support - Using a Mouse in Text Terminals
terminal, serial - Serial Terminal
termscript file - Checklist for Bug Reports
Tetris - Games and Other Amusements
TeX encoding - TeX Mode Miscellany
TeX mode - TeX Mode
text - Commands for Human Languages
text and binary files on MS-DOS/MS-Windows - Text Files and Binary Files
text buttons - Following References with the Mouse
text colors, from command line - Window Color Options
text cursor - Displaying the Cursor
Text mode - Text Mode
text properties at point - Introduction to International Character Sets
text properties of characters - Editing Format Information
text terminal - Text Terminals
text to table - Converting Between Plain Text and Tables
text-based tables - Editing Text-based Tables
text-based tables, splitting cells - Commands for Table Cells
text/enriched MIME format - Enriched Text
Thai - Language Environments
Tibetan - Language Environments
tilde (~) at end of backup file name - Single or Numbered Backups
time (on mode line) - Optional Mode Line Features
time intervals, summing - Summing Time Intervals
time stamps - Updating Time Stamps Automatically
timeclock - Summing Time Intervals
TLS - Network Security
TLS encryption (Rmail) - Retrieving Mail from Remote Mailboxes
TODO item - Org as an organizer
toggling marks (in Dired) - Dired Marks vs. Flags
TOML mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
tool bar (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
tool bar mode - Tool Bars
Tool Bar position - Tool Bars
Tool Bar style - Tool Bars
tooltip help - Help on Active Text and Tooltips
tooltips - Tooltips
tooltips (haiku) - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
top level - The Mode Line
touchscreen events - Mouse Input
tower of Hanoi - Games and Other Amusements
traditional font-lock - Traditional Font Lock
trailing whitespace - Useless Whitespace
trailing whitespace, in patches - Diff Mode
Tramp - Remote Files
Transient Mark mode - Disabling Transient Mark Mode
Transport Layer Security - Network Security
transposition of expressions - Expressions with Balanced Parentheses
trash - Miscellaneous File Operations
tree-sitter library, supported major modes - Major Modes for Programming Languages
triple clicks - Rebinding Mouse Buttons
troubleshooting Emacs - Dealing with Emacs Trouble
truenames of files - File Name Aliases
truncation - Line Truncation
tty Emacs in haiku - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
TTY menu faces - Standard Faces
Turkish - Language Environments
two directories (in Dired) - Operating on Files
two-column editing - Two-Column Editing
types of log file - Types of Log File
TypeScript mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
typos, fixing - Commands for Fixing Typos
tzolkin calendar system - Supported Calendar Systems

U

Ukrainian - Language Environments
unbalanced parentheses and quotes - Commands for Editing with Parentheses
uncompression - Accessing Compressed Files
undeletion (Rmail) - Deleting Messages
undigestify - Digest Messages
undisplayable characters - Introduction to International Character Sets
undo - Undo
undo limit - Undo
undoing window configuration changes - Convenience Features for Window Handling
Unibyte operation - Unibyte Editing Mode
Unicode - Introduction to International Character Sets
Unicode characters, inserting - Inserting Text
Unicode Collation Algorithm (UCA), and ls-lisp.el - Emulation of ls on MS-Windows
unique buffer names - Making Buffer Names Unique
unmarking files (in Dired) - Dired Marks vs. Flags
unsaved buffers, killing - Killing Buffers
unsaved customizations, reminder to save - Saving Customizations
unsubscribe groups - Using the Gnus Group Buffer
untranslated file system - Text Files and Binary Files
unused lines - Useless Whitespace
unzip archives - File Archives
upcase file names - Transforming File Names in Dired
updating Dired buffer - Updating the Dired Buffer
upstream repository - Pulling/Pushing Changes into/from a Branch
upstream source, for packages - Fetching Package Sources
URL, viewing in help - Help Mode Commands
URLs - Following URLs
URLs, activating - Activating URLs
Usenet news - Email and Usenet News with Gnus
user name for remote file access - Remote Files
user option - Easy Customization Interface
user options, changing - Changing a Variable
using Nextstep services (macOS) - Windowing System Events under macOS / GNUstep
UTF-8 - Language Environments

V

variable - Variables
variables, changing - Changing a Variable
VC - Version Control
VC change log - VC Change Log
VC commands, in Dired buffers - Version Control
VC Directory buffer - VC Directory Mode
VC filesets - Basic Editing under Version Control
VC log buffer, commands in - VC Change Log
VC mode line indicator - Version Control and the Mode Line
vc-log buffer - VC Change Log
verifying digital signatures on files (in Dired) - Operating on Files
Verilog mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
version control - Version Control
version control log - Types of Log File
version control status - Version Control and the Mode Line
vertical border - Scroll Bars
Vertical Scroll Bar - Scroll Bars
vertical scroll bars, command-line argument - Other Display Options
VHDL mode - Major Modes for Programming Languages
Vietnamese - Language Environments
View mode - View Mode
viewing web pages in help - Help Mode Commands
views of an outline - Viewing One Outline in Multiple Views
visiting files - Visiting Files
visiting files, command-line argument - Action Arguments
visual line - Continuation Lines
Visual Line mode - Visual Line Mode
visual order - Bidirectional Editing

W

Watching expressions in GDB - Watch Expressions
wdired mode - Editing the Dired Buffer
Web - Following URLs
web pages, viewing in help - Help Mode Commands
web search - Word Search
webkit widgets - Embedded WebKit Widgets
weeks, which day they start on - Beginning or End of Week, Month or Year
Welsh - Language Environments
what constitutes an Emacs bug - When Is There a Bug
wheel-down, a mouse event - Mouse Commands for Editing
wheel-left, a mouse event - Mouse Commands for Editing
wheel-right, a mouse event - Mouse Commands for Editing
wheel-up, a mouse event - Mouse Commands for Editing
whitespace character - Indentation
Whitespace mode - Useless Whitespace
whitespace, trailing - Useless Whitespace
wide block cursor - Displaying the Cursor
widening - Narrowing
widgets at buffer position - Editing Format Information
width and height of Emacs frame - Options for Window Size and Position
width of the vertical scroll bar - Scroll Bars
wildcard characters in file names - Visiting Files
Windmove package - Convenience Features for Window Handling
window configuration changes, undoing - Convenience Features for Window Handling
Window Divider mode - Window Dividers
window manager, keys stolen by - Kinds of User Input
Windows clipboard support - Mouse Usage on MS-DOS
windows in Emacs - Multiple Windows
Windows system menu - Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows
windows, synchronizing - Follow Mode
Windows-1255 - Language Environments
Winner mode - Convenience Features for Window Handling
word processing - Enriched Text
word search - Word Search
word wrap - Visual Line Mode
words - Words
words, case conversion - Case Conversion Commands
work file - Concepts of Version Control
working tree - Concepts of Version Control
World Wide Web - Following URLs
wrapped search - Repeating Incremental Search
wrapping - Continuation Lines
WYSIWYG - Enriched Text

X

X cutting and pasting - Cut and Paste with Other Window Applications
X defaults file - Fonts
X input method coding systems - Coding Systems for X Keyboard Input
X input method coding systems, overriding - Coding Systems for X Keyboard Input
X input methods (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
X Logical Font Description - Fonts
X resources - X Resources
X resources file - Fonts
X resources on Haiku - Installation and usage peculiarities under Haiku
X resources, not loading - Initial Options
X selection - Cut and Paste with Other Window Applications
XDB - Running Debuggers Under Emacs
XDG_CONFIG_HOME - The Emacs Initialization File
XIM (X resource) - Table of X Resources for Emacs
XIM, X Input Methods - Unibyte Editing Mode
XLFD - Fonts
XML schema - SGML and HTML Modes
XPS file - Document Viewing
xref - Find Identifier References
xref backend - Find Identifier References
XREF mode - Commands Available in the *xref* Buffer
xterm - Using a Mouse in Text Terminals
xwidget - Embedded WebKit Widgets
Xwidget-WebKit mode - Embedded WebKit Widgets
xwidget-webkit-edit-mode - Embedded WebKit Widgets

Y

y or n prompt - Yes or No Prompts
yahrzeits - Converting From Other Calendars
yahrzeits, and sexp diary entries - Sexp Entries and the Fancy Diary Display
yanking - Yanking
yanking previous kills - Yanking Earlier Kills
yes or no prompt - Yes or No Prompts

Z

Zmacs mode - Disabling Transient Mark Mode
zone - Games and Other Amusements

Symbols

~/.config/emacs/init.el file - The Emacs Initialization File
~/.emacs file - The Emacs Initialization File
~/.netrc file - Keeping Persistent Authentication Information