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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2014-05-02 15:28:10 +0300 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2014-05-02 15:28:10 +0300 |
commit | a419eaa751695009cc4048b0efd97ad67bb84614 (patch) | |
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Improve indexing in trouble-related sections of Emacs User manual.
doc/emacs/trouble.texi (Lossage, DEL Does Not Delete, Stuck Recursive)
(Screen Garbled, Text Garbled, After a Crash, Emergency Escape)
(Bug Criteria, Understanding Bug Reporting, Checklist, Service):
Improve indexing.
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/trouble.texi b/doc/emacs/trouble.texi index bf7c6175dcb..f0cbbcc5721 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/trouble.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/trouble.texi @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ facility. @node Lossage @section Dealing with Emacs Trouble +@cindex troubleshooting Emacs This section describes how to recognize and deal with situations in which Emacs does not work as you expect, such as keyboard code mixups, @@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ Emacs. @subsection If @key{DEL} Fails to Delete @cindex @key{DEL} vs @key{BACKSPACE} @cindex @key{BACKSPACE} vs @key{DEL} +@cindex @key{DEL} does not delete Every keyboard has a large key, usually labeled @key{BACKSPACE}, which is ordinarily used to erase the last character that you typed. @@ -212,6 +214,8 @@ Customization}. @node Stuck Recursive @subsection Recursive Editing Levels +@cindex stuck in recursive editing +@cindex recursive editing, cannot exit Recursive editing levels are important and useful features of Emacs, but they can seem like malfunctions if you do not understand them. @@ -225,6 +229,9 @@ top-level}. @xref{Recursive Edit}. @node Screen Garbled @subsection Garbage on the Screen +@cindex garbled display +@cindex display, incorrect +@cindex screen display, wrong If the text on a text terminal looks wrong, the first thing to do is see whether it is wrong in the buffer. Type @kbd{C-l} to redisplay @@ -242,6 +249,8 @@ bug in Emacs that appears for certain terminal types. @node Text Garbled @subsection Garbage in the Text +@cindex garbled text +@cindex buffer text garbled If @kbd{C-l} shows that the text is wrong, first type @kbd{C-h l} to see what commands you typed to produce the observed results. Then try @@ -348,6 +357,7 @@ enable them by running the shell command @samp{ulimit -c unlimited} @node After a Crash @subsection Recovery After a Crash +@cindex recovering crashed session If Emacs or the computer crashes, you can recover the files you were editing at the time of the crash from their auto-save files. To do @@ -394,6 +404,7 @@ not make a backup of its old contents. @node Emergency Escape @subsection Emergency Escape +@cindex emergency escape On text terminals, the @dfn{emergency escape} feature suspends Emacs immediately if you type @kbd{C-g} a second time before Emacs can @@ -528,6 +539,8 @@ not feel obliged to read this list before reporting a bug. @node Bug Criteria @subsection When Is There a Bug +@cindex bug criteria +@cindex what constitutes an Emacs bug If Emacs accesses an invalid memory location (``segmentation fault''), or exits with an operating system error message that @@ -580,6 +593,8 @@ with the manual, one of them must be wrong; that is a bug. @node Understanding Bug Reporting @subsection Understanding Bug Reporting +@cindex bug reporting +@cindex report an Emacs bug, how to @findex emacs-version When you decide that there is a bug, it is important to report it @@ -636,8 +651,8 @@ separate bug report for each. @node Checklist @subsection Checklist for Bug Reports - -@cindex reporting bugs +@cindex checklist before reporting a bug +@cindex bug reporting, checklist Before reporting a bug, first try to see if the problem has already been reported (@pxref{Known Problems}). @@ -1192,6 +1207,9 @@ file in the Emacs distribution. @node Service @section How To Get Help with GNU Emacs +@cindex help in using Emacs +@cindex help-gnu-emacs mailing list +@cindex gnu.emacs.help newsgroup If you need help installing, using or changing GNU Emacs, there are two ways to find it: |