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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 1996-06-17 18:09:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 1996-06-17 18:09:30 +0000 |
| commit | 289e5a55152df0d3725ac05304f77db22f25fec0 (patch) | |
| tree | 246f58c6654121762c2ee9d539cdb7ce13dac620 /etc | |
| parent | 6c0fc42885a344c35482f402f849a008b960c2ad (diff) | |
| download | emacs-289e5a55152df0d3725ac05304f77db22f25fec0.tar.gz emacs-289e5a55152df0d3725ac05304f77db22f25fec0.zip | |
Mention ESC ESC ESC instead of M-x top-level.
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| -rw-r--r-- | etc/TUTORIAL | 17 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/etc/TUTORIAL b/etc/TUTORIAL index 22f0e694625..8c1c1bee031 100644 --- a/etc/TUTORIAL +++ b/etc/TUTORIAL | |||
| @@ -790,20 +790,15 @@ level". This is indicated by square brackets in the mode line, | |||
| 790 | surrounding the parentheses around the major mode name. For | 790 | surrounding the parentheses around the major mode name. For |
| 791 | example, you might see [(Fundamental)] instead of (Fundamental). | 791 | example, you might see [(Fundamental)] instead of (Fundamental). |
| 792 | 792 | ||
| 793 | To get out of the recursive editing level, type | 793 | To get out of the recursive editing level, type ESC ESC ESC. That is |
| 794 | M-x top-level<Return>. | 794 | an all-purpose "get out" command. You can also use it for eliminating |
| 795 | extra windows, and getting out of the minibuffer. | ||
| 795 | 796 | ||
| 796 | >> Try that now; it should display "Back to top level" | 797 | >> Type M-x to get into a minibuffer; then type ESC ESC ESC to get out. |
| 797 | at the bottom of the screen. | ||
| 798 | |||
| 799 | In fact, you were ALREADY at top level (not inside a recursive editing | ||
| 800 | level) if you have obeyed instructions. M-x top-level does not care; | ||
| 801 | it gets out of any number of recursive editing levels, perhaps zero, | ||
| 802 | to get back to top level. | ||
| 803 | 798 | ||
| 804 | You can't use C-g to get out of a recursive editing level because C-g | 799 | You can't use C-g to get out of a recursive editing level because C-g |
| 805 | is used for discarding numeric arguments and partially typed commands | 800 | is used for canceling commands and arguments WITHIN the recursive |
| 806 | WITHIN the recursive editing level. | 801 | editing level. |
| 807 | 802 | ||
| 808 | 803 | ||
| 809 | * GETTING MORE HELP | 804 | * GETTING MORE HELP |