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Interestingly DuckDuckGo gives you a box with the Emacs command when you search for "C-x n" (although the quick reference they link to doesn't even include that
by kiiski 11y ago
Interestingly DuckDuckGo gives you a box with the Emacs command when you search for "C-x n" (although the quick reference they link to doesn't even include that command). Of course, if you want to know what a shortcut does in Emacs, you can just use "C-h C-h c <the shortcut>". Or if you want to know what a function does and what it's bound to, "C-h C-h f <funtion>".
- brudgers 11y agoThe reason DuckDuckGo returns nothing for "C-x n" is that it is unbound by default. Which makes it useful for writing extensions. Using the help system as "C-h k C-x n" tells me that it is unbound. That's information I cannot get with google...and can only infer from DDG's results. What I've realized is that problems like learning DDG's results for Emacs key bindings are XY problems. The right problem is learning Emacs help.