11.9 Help Files

The Emacs help commands described above display the state of data bases within Emacs. Emacs has a few other help commands that display pre-written help files. These commands all have the form C-h C-char; that is, C-h followed by a control character.

The other C-h options display various files containing useful information.

C-h C-c

Displays the Emacs copying conditions (describe-copying). These are the rules under which you can copy and redistribute Emacs.

C-h C-d

Displays information on how to download or order the latest version of Emacs and other GNU software (describe-distribution).

C-h C-e

Displays the list of known Emacs problems, sometimes with suggested workarounds (view-emacs-problems).

C-h C-f

Displays the Emacs frequently-answered-questions list (view-emacs-FAQ).

C-h C-n

Displays the Emacs “news” file, which lists new Emacs features, most recent first (view-emacs-news).

C-h C-p

Displays general information about the GNU Project (describe-project).

C-h C-t

Displays the Emacs to-do list (view-todo).

C-h C-w

Displays the full details on the complete absence of warranty for GNU Emacs (describe-no-warranty).