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 Basic Editing Commands
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    We now give the basics of how to enter text, make corrections, and
 save the text in a file.  If this material is new to you, you might
 learn it more easily by running the Emacs learn-by-doing tutorial.  To
 use the tutorial, run Emacs and type `Control-h t'
 (`help-with-tutorial').
 
    To clear the screen and redisplay, type `C-l' (`recenter').

 
 
* Inserting Text      Inserting text by simply typing it.
* Moving Point        How to move the cursor to the place where you want to
 			  change something.
* Erasing             Deleting and killing text.
* Undo                Undoing recent changes in the text.
* Files Basic Files.   Visiting, creating, and saving files.
* Help Basic Help.     Asking what a character does.
* Blank Lines         Commands to make or delete blank lines.
* Continuation Lines  Lines too wide for the screen.
* Position Info       What page, line, row, or column is point on?
* Arguments           Numeric arguments for repeating a command.
* Repeating           A short-cut for repeating the previous command.

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