Ask Dr. Tiger

Here are links to answers for all the Unix and Emacs questions that Dr. Tiger has answered.  At the present time their is no mechanism for you to submit new questions to be answered.  We hope to have this arranged in the future.

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Unix Questions

My files are contained in all of these directories.  How do I keep track of them and navigate through the directories?

How can I quickly look at a text file?

How do I manipulate files in my directories?

How do I print files?

Sometimes I can't stop one of my programs.  How can I manage the processes that I have running?

I'd like to find a program to do a particular operation.   How can I find out what might do what I need and how to use it?

Is there a way to make shortcuts to execute commands?

I keep running into quota problems.  How can I find out where I'm using up all my space?

Sometimes I would like to search for something in a collection of files.  What's the best way to do this?

Sometimes I want to execute a command again.  Are there any ways to repeat commands?

Emacs Tips

This emacs editor is overwhelming.  How do I do the simple things like starting and saving files?

I have seen reference to files, windows, buffers and frames.   What do all of these terms represent?

Windows and frames seem to be out of my control. Is this true?

How do I edit text or cut-and-paste from one location to another?

Are there faster ways to move around in a file than holding down the cursor key?

How do I search for text in one of my files?

How do I replace strings of text in Emacs?

Does Emacs provide any support for working with Java files?

My finger gets tired doing multiple cursor moves in a row.   Is there a way to tell Emacs to execute a command multiple times?

My instructor is taking points off for the spelling in my comments and the text files I submit.  I'm an awful speller.  Can emacs check spelling for me?