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(efaq)Common requests

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Common requests
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Setting up a customization file

Debugging a customization file

Colors on a TTY

Displaying the current line or column

Displaying the current file name in the titlebar

Turning on abbrevs by default

Turning on auto-fill by default

Associating modes with files

Working with unprintable characters

Highlighting a region

Controlling case sensitivity

Wrapping words automatically

Spell-checkers

Checking TeX and *roff documents

Changing load-path

Using an already running Emacs process

Compiler error messages

Indenting switch statements

Customizing C and C++ indentation

Horizontal scrolling

Overwrite mode

Turning off beeping

Turning the volume down

Automatic indentation

Matching parentheses

Hiding #ifdef lines

Repeating commands

Valid X resources

Evaluating Emacs Lisp code

Changing the length of a Tab

Inserting > at the beginning of each line

Underlining paragraphs

Repeating a command as many times as possible

Forcing the cursor to remain in the same column

Forcing Emacs to iconify itself

Using regular expressions

Replacing text across multiple files

Documentation for etags

Disabling backups

Disabling auto-save-mode

Going to a line by number

Modifying pull-down menus

Deleting menus and menu options

Turning on syntax highlighting

Scrolling only one line

Replacing highlighted text

Editing MS-DOS files

Filling paragraphs with a single space

Escape sequences in shell output