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diff --git a/doc/emacs/misc.texi b/doc/emacs/misc.texi index fbb8122a1b8..528cfa94c66 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/misc.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/misc.texi @@ -163,14 +163,13 @@ List killed groups (@code{gnus-group-list-killed}). List zombie groups (@code{gnus-group-list-zombies}). @kindex u @r{(Gnus Group mode)} -@findex gnus-group-unsubscribe-current-group +@findex gnus-group-toggle-subscription @cindex subscribe groups @cindex unsubscribe groups @item u Toggle the subscription status of the group -(@code{gnus-group-unsubscribe-current-group}) on the current line -(i.e., turn a subscribed group into an unsubscribed group, or vice -versa). Invoking this on a killed or zombie group turns it into an +(@code{gnus-group-toggle-subscription}) on the current line. +Invoking this on a killed or zombie group turns it into an unsubscribed group. @kindex C-k @r{(Gnus Group mode)} @@ -1021,7 +1020,10 @@ pending in the shell buffer and not yet sent. @findex comint-delete-output Delete the last batch of output from a shell command (@code{comint-delete-output}). This is useful if a shell command spews -out lots of output that just gets in the way. +out lots of output that just gets in the way. With a prefix argument, +this command saves the deleted text in the @code{kill-ring} +(@pxref{Kill Ring}), so that you could later yank it (@pxref{Yanking}) +elsewhere. @item C-c C-s @kindex C-c C-s @r{(Shell mode)} @@ -1757,6 +1759,13 @@ expression @code{(+ 1 2)} on the @samp{foo} server, and returns @code{3}. (If there is no server with that name, an error is signaled.) Currently, this feature is mainly useful for developers. + If your operating system’s desktop environment is +@url{https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/,,freedesktop.org-compatible} +(which is true of most GNU/Linux and other recent Unix-like GUIs), you +may use the @samp{Emacs (Client)} menu entry to connect to an Emacs +server with @command{emacsclient}. The daemon starts if not +already running. + @menu * TCP Emacs server:: Listening to a TCP socket. * Invoking emacsclient:: Connecting to the Emacs server. @@ -1864,6 +1873,12 @@ it to exit. Programs that use @env{EDITOR} usually wait for the editor---in this case @command{emacsclient}---to exit before doing something else. +@findex server-edit-abort + If you want to abandon the edit instead, use the @w{@kbd{M-x +server-edit-abort}} command. This sends a message back to the +@command{emacsclient} program, telling it to exit with abnormal exit +status, and doesn't save any buffers. + You can also call @command{emacsclient} with multiple file name arguments: @samp{emacsclient @var{file1} @var{file2} ...} tells the Emacs server to visit @var{file1}, @var{file2}, and so forth. Emacs @@ -2018,7 +2033,7 @@ evaluation performed is for side-effect rather than result. Connect to the Emacs server named @var{server-name}. (This option is not supported on MS-Windows.) The server name is given by the variable @code{server-name} on the Emacs server. If this option is -omitted, @command{emacsclient} connects to the first server it finds. +omitted, @command{emacsclient} connects to the default socket. If you set @code{server-name} of the Emacs server to an absolute file name, give the same absolute file name as @var{server-name} to this option to instruct @command{emacsclient} to connect to that server. @@ -2576,6 +2591,17 @@ Other Hexl commands let you insert strings (sequences) of binary bytes, move by @code{short}s or @code{int}s, etc.; type @kbd{C-h a hexl-@key{RET}} for details. + Hexl mode can also be used for editing text files. This could come +in handy if the text file includes unusual characters or uses unusual +encoding (@pxref{Coding Systems}). For this purpose, Hexl commands +that insert bytes can also insert @acronym{ASCII} and +non-@acronym{ASCII} characters, including multibyte characters. To +edit a text file with Hexl, visit the file as usual, and then type +@w{@kbd{M-x hexl-mode @key{RET}}} to switch to Hexl mode. You can now +insert text characters by typing them. However, inserting multibyte +characters requires special care, to avoid the danger of creating +invalid multibyte sequences: you should start typing such characters +when point is on the first byte of a multibyte sequence in the file. @node Saving Emacs Sessions @section Saving Emacs Sessions @@ -2947,6 +2973,15 @@ URLs. For more information, view the package commentary by typing @kbd{C-h P browse-url @key{RET}}. +@findex url-handler-mode + Emacs also has a minor mode that has some support for handling +@acronym{URL}s as if they were files. @code{url-handler-mode} is a +global minor mode that affects most of the Emacs commands and +primitives that deal with file names. After switching on this mode, +you can say, for instance, @kbd{C-x C-f https://www.gnu.org/ RET} to +see the @acronym{HTML} for that web page, and you can then edit it and +save it to a local file, for instance. + @node Goto Address mode @subsection Activating URLs @findex goto-address-mode |