Virtual Consoles - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

.gnu-emacs defines the file ~/.gnu-emacs-custom as custom-file. If users
make settings with the customize options in Emacs, the settings are saved to ~/
.gnu-emacs-custom.
With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, the emacs package installs the file site-start
.el in the directory /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp. The file site-start
.el is loaded before the initialization file ~/.emacs. Among other things,
site-start.el ensures that special configuration files distributed with Emacs add-
on packages, such as psgml, are loaded automatically. Configuration files of this type
are located in /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp, too, and always begin with
suse-start-. The local system administrator can specify systemwide settings in
default.el.
More information about these files is available in the Emacs info file under Init File:
info:/emacs/InitFile. Information about how to disable the loading of these
files (if necessary) is also provided at this location.
The components of Emacs are divided into several packages:
• The base package emacs.
• emacs-x11 (usually installed): the program with X11 support.
• emacs-nox: the program without X11 support.
• emacs-info: online documentation in info format.
• emacs-el: the uncompiled library files in Emacs Lisp. These are not required at
runtime.
• Numerous add-on packages can be installed if needed: emacs-auctex (LaTeX),
psgml (SGML and XML), gnuserv (client and server operation) and others.

9.2 Virtual Consoles

Linux is a multiuser and multitasking system. The advantages of these features can be
appreciated even on a stand-alone PC system. In text mode, there are six virtual consoles
available. Switch between them using Alt + F1 through Alt + F6 . The seventh console
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