GNU Emacs Manual - Help Summary

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Here is a summary of the defined help commands.

`C-h a regexp `RET``
  Display a list of commands whose names match regexp (`apropos-command`).
`C-h b`
  Display a table of all key bindings in effect now, in this order: minor mode bindings, major mode bindings, and global bindings (`describe-bindings`).
`C-h c key`
  Print the name of the command that key runs (`describe-key-briefly`). Here `c` stands for `character'. For more extensive information on key, use `C-h k`.
`C-h f function `RET``
  Display documentation on the Lisp function named function (`describe-function`). Since commands are Lisp functions, a command name may be used.
`C-h h`
  Display the ``hello'` file, which shows examples of various character sets.
`C-h i`
  Run Info, the program for browsing documentation files (`info`). The complete Emacs manual is available on-line in Info.
`C-h k key`
  Display the name and documentation of the command that key runs (`describe-key`).
`C-h l`
  Display a description of the last 100 characters you typed (`view-lossage`).
`C-h m`
  Display documentation of the current major mode (`describe-mode`).
`C-h n`
  Display documentation of Emacs changes, most recent first (`view-emacs-news`).
`C-h p`
  Find packages by topic keyword (`finder-by-keyword`).
`C-h s`
  Display current contents of the syntax table, plus an explanation of what they mean (`describe-syntax`). See section The Syntax Table.
`C-h t`
  Enter the Emacs interactive tutorial (`help-with-tutorial`).
`C-h v var `RET``
  Display the documentation of the Lisp variable var (`describe-variable`).
`C-h w command `RET``
  Print which keys run the command named command (`where-is`).
`C-h C coding `RET``
  Describe coding system coding (`describe-coding-system`).
`C-h C `RET``
  Describe the coding systems currently in use.
`C-h I method `RET``
  Describe an input method (`describe-input-method`).
`C-h L language-env `RET``
  Describe information on the character sets, coding systems and input methods used for language environment language-env (`describe-language-environment`).
`C-h C-c`
  Display the copying conditions for GNU Emacs.
`C-h C-d`
  Display information about getting new versions of GNU Emacs.
`C-h C-f function `RET``
  Enter Info and go to the node documenting the Emacs function function (`Info-goto-emacs-command-node`).
`C-h C-k key`
  Enter Info and go to the node where the key sequence key is documented (`Info-goto-emacs-key-command-node`).
`C-h C-p`
  Display information about the GNU Project.
`C-h `TAB` symbol `RET``
  Display the Info documentation on symbol symbol according to the programming language you are editing (`info-lookup-symbol`).

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