If you don't know enough about emacs to even know how to start it, I would be very wary of editing a real file. You might get stuck, or damage it by mistake. Learn how to use the editor on some test files.
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If you get past the learning stage, are you in a command window or using some kind of GUI? If a command window, how about:
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how to open existing emacs files with .cgi format
There is no such thing as an "emacs file", to my understanding. It is just a text file you are editing. Any text editor, including emacs, will edit the file. And there is no such thing as ".cgi format". If a cgi file is a text file, you can edit it. If it's a binary file, you will just see gobbledy-gook.
Hi,
I am working with xEmacs 21.1 patch 14.
I see I can configure it to be very User Friendly.
I can highlight variables, color them, and actually make it look like a Visual IDE.
How do I configure it?
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How can I do ftp using emacs. I strart the function by M-x ftp. It connects to the server where I can see the list of files. how can I do put or get there?
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I am using emacs to write c++ code. How to configure it to let the system highlight C++ keywords, variables, etc; and let it automatically indent, just like a common C++ IDE does?
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After I had successfully installed bash I wanted to install emacs. I downloaded the packages from IBM (emacs, emacs-nox, and emacs-X11), but I could not install emacs-X11. It needs libjpeg and libtiff, but I couldn't install both libs. Error messages:
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etags
etags(1) General Commands Manual etags(1)NAME
etags - Generates a tags file for the emacs or mule editor
SYNOPSIS
etags [-a | -append] [-C | -c++] [-D | -no-defines] [-i tagsfile2 | -include=tagsfile2] [-o tagsfile | -output=tagsfile] [-S |
-ignore-indentation] [-H | -help] [-V | -version] filename...
OPTIONS
Appends output to an existing vi-format tags file. (Supports operation of the emacs editor in vi mode.) Treats files with or extensions as
C++, rather than C, code. The etags command always treats files with extensions as C++ code. Does not create tag entries for C preproces-
sor definitions. If many header files are tagged, using this option may make the tags file much smaller. Includes a note in the output
tags file to indicate that, when searching for a tag, one should also consult the tagsfile2 tags file. Explicitly names the output tags
file; overrides the default name, which is TAGS. Instructs etags not to rely on indentation to determine nesting level. Currently, this
means not to assume that a closing brace in the first column is the final brace in a function or structure definition in C or C++ code.
Prints usage information. Prints the current version of the program.
OPERANDS
Specifies the input language source file, or files, to be processed.
DESCRIPTION
The etags program creates a tag table file in a format understood by the emacs editor. The program understands the syntax of C, C++, For-
tran, Pascal, and Lisp source files. It reads the source files specified on the command line and writes a tag table (named TAGS by default)
in the working directory. Recognition of the language used in an input file is based on the filename extension and file contents; there are
no options for specifying the language.
NOTES
The etags program is software distributed by the Free Software Foundation.
SEE ALSO
Commands: emacs(1), mule(1)etags(1)