Previous: Setting up Emacs, Up: Install and first steps [Contents][Index]

### 1.3 First steps after activating ECB first time

This section of the ECB online-help is displayed automatically by ECB after activating ECB first time and describes what are the first basic steps:

1. Configure where ECB can find your sources:

   Call `M-x customize-option RET ecb-source-path RET` 8. This lets you customize the option `ecb-source-path` with the customize-feature of Emacs. This opens a customize-buffer where you can insert all the directories where ECB can find your source-files. Save your changes with the button “Save for future sessions” and then throw away this customize-buffer either by killing it with `M-x kill-buffer` or clicking at the button “Finish”.

2. Take a look at the most important options of ECB Call `M-x ecb-customize-most-important RET` and see a list of options which you should at least know that these options exist.
3. Read the online-help of ECB:

   The online-help of ECB is available via

   - - calling `M-x ecb-show-help`,
   - - pressing `C-c . h` or
   - - using the menu “ECB”.

   (The section you are currently reading is part of the online-help of ECB)

   The chapter “Common use-cases” is also very interesting!

4. Start working with ECB.

#### Footnotes

### (8)

This means first hitting the keys `M` (Meta- or Alt-key) and `x` simultaneously, inserting “customize-option” in the minibuffer, hitting RETURN, inserting “ecb-source-path” in the minibuffer and finally hitting RETURN again