<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Emacspeak User's Guide</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.59"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Legal Notice" HREF="legal-notice.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" >Emacspeak User's Guide</A ></H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Jennifer Jobst</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" >jobst@us.ibm.com</P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="PUBDATE" >December 4, 2001<BR></P ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >December 3, 2001</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: JEJ</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Changed license to GFDL</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >November 12, 2001</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: JEJ</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.0 DRAFT</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >October 19, 2001</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: JEJ</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN10" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This document helps Emacspeak users become familiar with Emacs as an audio desktop and provides tutorials on many common tasks and the Emacs applications available to perform those tasks. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="legal-notice.html" >Legal Notice</A ></DT ><DT >2. <A HREF="introduction.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="introduction.html#WHAT-IS-EMACSPEAK" >What is Emacspeak?</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="introduction.html#ABOUT-THIS-TUTORIAL" >About this tutorial</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="before-you-begin.html" >Before you begin</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="before-you-begin.html#GETTING-STARTED" >Getting started with Emacs and Emacspeak</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="before-you-begin.html#EMACS-CONVENTIONS" >Emacs Command Conventions</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="before-you-begin.html#GETTING-HELP.SGML" >Getting Help</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.3.1. <A HREF="before-you-begin.html#AEN89" >Getting help in Emacs</A ></DT ><DT >3.3.2. <A HREF="before-you-begin.html#AEN149" >Getting help on Emacspeak commands</A ></DT ><DT >3.3.3. <A HREF="before-you-begin.html#MAN-PAGES" >Viewing the Linux online man pages</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="system-administration.html" >System Administration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="system-administration.html#CHANGING-YOUR-PASSWORD" >Changing your password</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="system-administration.html#INSTALLING-APPLICATIONS" >Installing applications</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.2.1. <A HREF="system-administration.html#ABOUT-EMACS-APPLICATIONS" >About Emacs applications</A ></DT ><DT >4.2.2. <A HREF="system-administration.html#DOWNLOADING-APPLICATIONS" >Downloading your application</A ></DT ><DT >4.2.3. <A HREF="system-administration.html#UNCOMPRESSING-FILES" >Uncompressing files</A ></DT ><DT >4.2.4. <A HREF="system-administration.html#INSTALLING-RPMS" >Installing RPMs</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="working-with-files.html" >Working with files</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="working-with-files.html#DOWNLOADING-FILES" >Downloading files</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="working-with-files.html#FIND-A-FILE" >Finding a file</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="working-with-files.html#FTPING-A-FILE" >FTPing a file</A ></DT ><DT >5.4. <A HREF="working-with-files.html#FILE-MANIPULATION" >Manipulating files</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.4.1. <A HREF="working-with-files.html#USING-THE-COMMAND-LINE" >Using the command line</A ></DT ><DT >5.4.2. <A HREF="working-with-files.html#USING-THE-DIRECTORY-EDITOR" >Using the directory editor</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="working-online.html" >Working online</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.1. <A HREF="working-online.html#BROWSING-THE-INTERNET" >Browsing the Internet</A ></DT ><DT >6.2. <A HREF="working-online.html#CHATTING-ONLINE" >Chatting online</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.2.1. <A HREF="working-online.html#AIM" >AOL Instant Messenger for Emacs (TNT)</A ></DT ><DT >6.2.2. <A HREF="working-online.html#ERC" >ERC</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6.3. <A HREF="working-online.html#USING-EMAIL" >Using e-mail</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >6.3.1. <A HREF="working-online.html#VM" >VM</A ></DT ><DT >6.3.2. <A HREF="working-online.html#RMAIL" >Rmail</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >7. <A HREF="productivity.html" >Productivity</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.1. <A HREF="productivity.html#WRITING-CODE" >Coding in Emacs</A ></DT ><DT >7.2. <A HREF="productivity.html#CUSTOMIZATION" >Customizing Emacspeak</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.2.1. <A HREF="productivity.html#CHANGING-THE-SPEECH-RATE" >Changing the speech rate</A ></DT ><DT >7.2.2. <A HREF="productivity.html#AUDITORY-ICONS" >Auditory Icons for Emacspeak</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7.3. <A HREF="productivity.html#READING-ADOBE-ACROBAT-FILES" >Reading Adobe Acrobat files</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.3.1. <A HREF="productivity.html#USING-XPDF" >Using Xpdf</A ></DT ><DT >7.3.2. <A HREF="productivity.html#USING-ADOBES-CONVERTER" >Using Adobe's converter</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >7.4. <A HREF="productivity.html#CALENDAR-AND-APPOINTMENTS" >Scheduling appointments and calendar events</A ></DT ><DT >7.5. <A HREF="productivity.html#WRITING-TEXT" >Writing text in Emacs</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >7.5.1. <A HREF="productivity.html#WRITING-PRINT-PDF-POSTSCRIPT" >Writing for print, PDF, or postscript</A ></DT ><DT >7.5.2. <A HREF="productivity.html#WRITING-FOR-ONLINE" >Writing for online viewing</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DD ><DT >8. <A HREF="entertainment.html" >Entertainment</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >8.1. <A HREF="entertainment.html#BURNING-A-CD" >Burning a CD</A ></DT ><DT >8.2. <A HREF="entertainment.html#PLAYING-CDS" >Playing CDs</A ></DT ><DT >8.3. <A HREF="entertainment.html#MP3S" >Playing mp3s</A ></DT ><DT >8.4. <A HREF="entertainment.html#PLAYING-A-GAME" >Playing games</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >9. <A HREF="acknowledgments.html" >Acknowledgments</A ></DT ><DT >10. <A HREF="wish-list.html" >Wish list for version 2.0</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="legal-notice.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" 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