Saving in emacs

Save yourself potential headaches by saving frequently. To save files in emacs (Figure 4.20), follow these steps.

Figure 4.20. Saving is very important—at least if you want to keep the results of your efforts.

To Save Text in emacs:

  • hairyspiders Press to let emacs know that another command is coming, and then to save. Finally, type the filename (hairyspiders, in this example) you want to use for the file, ...

Get Unix Third Edition: Visual Quickstart Guide now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.