Emacs offers many features for writing programs and scripts in the Linux environment. Because it is an intimidating and complex program to understand, people are hungry for a through yet clear resource. This book details all of Emacs features and describes how other people are finding uses for it as well. Emacs can fulfill nearly every function of an OS. It can be a text editor, a Web browser, an e-mail application, a development environment, and much more. Emacs users can create files or access the Linux command-line with it. From explaining how to get up and running to teaching readers how to customize their own programs using Lisp, this book is a valuable reference for anyone interested in becoming more productive with Emacs.
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Larry Ayers is a freelance writer and Open-Source advocate. When not writing, he does computer consulting in his community. Larry has written for the Linux Gazette and Linux Journal.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Only XEmacs book around,
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This review is from: GNU Emacs and XEmacs (With CD-ROM) (Linux) (Paperback)
While I very much enjoy all of the emacs books, this one is the only one which has XEmacs specific info, e.g., using (gnuserv-start) to let XEmacs be an XEmacs server. If you want info specific to Xemacs, get this. For general emacs, the O'Reily and FSF books are a must. For more advanced works, other FSF books on LISP are also quite useful. This book has enough extra info to recommend it.
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good only as an intro,
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This review is from: GNU Emacs and XEmacs (With CD-ROM) (Linux) (Paperback)
This is good as an intro book. For expert users, check out the Emacs LISP reference and tutorial avail on GNU site. Too much words for an intro book though... new users can quickly get lost in the sea of terms. The glossary is not nearly as complete.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A major waste of paper and money,
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This review is from: GNU Emacs and XEmacs (With CD-ROM) (Linux) (Paperback)
This seminal work lacks badly both a focus and a meaningful content.The coverage of your needs as a programmer is takes a rather thin chapter. IMHO - one should better read the GNU Emacs and Xemacs manuals.
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What sets Emacs apart from other editors is the extent to which the "guts" of the program are exposed to the user. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
font locking, minibuffer commands, lisp files, minibuffer prompt, new keymap, adaptive scoring, recursive edit, setq statement, shell buffer, autosaved file, current major mode, insert this line, kill ring, emacs files, run cache, insert these lines, tab completion, customize group, completions window, dictionary window, mailbox format, info files, info documentation, current buffer, emacs lisp Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ctrl-x Ctrl-e, File Edit, Promotional Aspects, Ctrl-c Ctrl-c, Font Lock, Gnus Info, Overview of Basic, C-c C-p, Ctrl-x Ctrl-f, C-c C-z, Ctrl-u Ctrl-x, Dissociated Press, Page Down, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, General Public License, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, Bill Perry, C-c C-s, Ctrl-n Moves, Ctrl-p Moves, United States, World Wide Web, Anonymous Coward, Caareaieace Packages New!
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What sets Emacs apart from other editors is the extent to which the "guts" of the program are exposed to the user. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
font locking, minibuffer commands, lisp files, minibuffer prompt, new keymap, adaptive scoring, recursive edit, setq statement, shell buffer, autosaved file, current major mode, insert this line, kill ring, emacs files, run cache, insert these lines, tab completion, customize group, completions window, dictionary window, mailbox format, info files, info documentation, current buffer, emacs lisp Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ctrl-x Ctrl-e, File Edit, Promotional Aspects, Ctrl-c Ctrl-c, Font Lock, Gnus Info, Overview of Basic, C-c C-p, Ctrl-x Ctrl-f, C-c C-z, Ctrl-u Ctrl-x, Dissociated Press, Page Down, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, General Public License, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, Bill Perry, C-c C-s, Ctrl-n Moves, Ctrl-p Moves, United States, World Wide Web, Anonymous Coward, Caareaieace Packages New!
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