Starting and Exiting

Startup

To start emacs from the UNIX prompt, type:

% emacs [options] FILE1 [[FILE2] [FILE3] ... ]]

This also will work on NT if you use a UNIX shell or the lame cmd.exe command prompt.

Options


`-l FILE'
`--load=FILE'
     Load a file FILE of Lisp code with the function `load'.

`--eval EXPRESSION'
     Evaluate Lisp expression EXPRESSION.

`--insert=FILE'
     Insert the contents of FILE into the current buffer. This is like
     what `M-x insert-file' does.

`-d DISPLAY'
`--display=DISPLAY'
     Use the X Window System and use the display named DISPLAY to open
     the initial Emacs frame.

`-nw'
`--no-windows'
     Don't communicate directly with X, disregarding the `DISPLAY'
     environment variable even if it is set.

`-q'
`--no-init-file'
     Do not load your Emacs init file `~/.emacs', or `default.el'
     either.

`-u USER'
`--user=USER'
     Load USER's Emacs init file `~USER/.emacs' instead of your own.

Exiting

"C-x C-c" or "

M-x
save-buffers-kill-emacs

Aborting Whatever

"C-g" will abort whatever operation that you are performing. Use it as often as you like.

Saving Buffers