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Help Summary
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   Here is a summary of the defined help commands.

`C-h a REGEXP <RET>'
     Display a list of commands whose names match REGEXP
     (`apropos-command').

`C-h b'
     Display a table of all key bindings in effect now, in this order:
     minor mode bindings, major mode bindings, and global bindings
     (`describe-bindings').

`C-h c KEY'
     Show the name of the command that KEY runs
     (`describe-key-briefly').  Here `c' stands for "character."  For
     more extensive information on KEY, use `C-h k'.

`C-h f FUNCTION <RET>'
     Display documentation on the Lisp function named FUNCTION
     (`describe-function').  Since commands are Lisp functions, a
     command name may be used.

`C-h h'
     Display the `HELLO' file, which shows examples of various character
     sets.

`C-h i'
     Run Info, the program for browsing documentation files (`info').
     The complete Emacs manual is available on-line in Info.

`C-h k KEY'
     Display the name and documentation of the command that KEY runs
     (`describe-key').

`C-h l'
     Display a description of the last 100 characters you typed
     (`view-lossage').

`C-h m'
     Display documentation of the current major mode (`describe-mode').

`C-h n'
     Display documentation of Emacs changes, most recent first
     (`view-emacs-news').

`C-h P'
     Display info on known problems with Emacs and possible workarounds
     (`view-emacs-problems').

`C-h p'
     Find packages by topic keyword (`finder-by-keyword').

`C-h s'
     Display the current contents of the syntax table, plus an
     explanation of what they mean (`describe-syntax').  Note: Syntax.

`C-h t'
     Enter the Emacs interactive tutorial (`help-with-tutorial').

`C-h v VAR <RET>'
     Display the documentation of the Lisp variable VAR
     (`describe-variable').

`C-h w COMMAND <RET>'
     Show which keys run the command named COMMAND (`where-is').

`C-h C CODING <RET>'
     Describe coding system CODING (`describe-coding-system').

`C-h C <RET>'
     Describe the coding systems currently in use.

`C-h I METHOD <RET>'
     Describe an input method (`describe-input-method').

`C-h L LANGUAGE-ENV <RET>'
     Display information on the character sets, coding systems, and
     input methods used for language environment LANGUAGE-ENV
     (`describe-language-environment').

`C-h C-c'
     Display the copying conditions for GNU Emacs.

`C-h C-d'
     Display information about getting new versions of GNU Emacs.

`C-h C-f FUNCTION <RET>'
     Enter Info and go to the node documenting the Emacs function
     FUNCTION (`Info-goto-emacs-command-node').

`C-h C-k KEY'
     Enter Info and go to the node where the key sequence KEY is
     documented (`Info-goto-emacs-key-command-node').

`C-h C-p'
     Display information about the GNU Project.

`C-h <TAB> SYMBOL <RET>'
     Display the Info documentation on symbol SYMBOL according to the
     programming language you are editing (`info-lookup-symbol').