13. Emacs Exiting and Help

Lesson Content

To close out of emacs

C-x C-c

If you have any open buffers, it will ask you to save it before closing out of emacs.

Confused?

C-h C-h : help menu

Undo

C-x u

As you can see Emacs has more moving parts, so the learning curve is a little steeper. In exchange though, you get a very powerful text editor.

Exercise

Visit the Emacs site to learn about more commands. Emacs

Quiz Question

# How do you access the help menu? > Try ```C-h C-h``` ( 'help-for-help' ) to access Emacs help. You can also use the 'Help' menu. The EmacsManual is available through 'Help' → 'Info' → 'Emacs' . The command names associated with the individual help keys can sometimes help you remember the keys themselves. 1. [ ] C-h 2. [ ] C-help 3. [ ] help 4. [x] C-h C-h