But if i can not find the .emacs file in my home directory on the
server, what can i do??

thanks !




 Taka Fukuda <fukuda@computer.org> wrote in message news:<8665hcoef8.wl%fukuda@computer.org>...
> Hi Jason
>     
> At Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:29:55 +0800,
> Jason wrote:
> > 
> > I start my emacs(ver:21.3) now, but the help system is disabled! When I hit
> > C-h, it just delete a character like "backspace". I installed emacs at
> > /home/myname/emacs-21.3-installed, and manual pages were stored at
> > /home/myname/emacs-21.3-installed/man.How can I enable emacs's help system?
> > Thanks a lot!
> 
>     I guess that your help system is not disabled, but maybe
>     you have changed the key binding of help-for-help
>     command.  You can invoke help by typing 
>     
>     M-x help-for-help
>     
>     If you like to do that by hitting C-h, find the lines like
>     
>     (global-unset-key "\^h")
>     (global-set-key "\^h" 'delete-backward-char)
> 
>     in your .emacs, and delete them both.
>     
>     Best regards,