Learn GNU Emacs

Author: (USA) Kamran
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: GNUEmacs is the most popular, widely distributed, powerful, and flexible UNIX text editor in the Emacs editor family. The key difference from other text editors is that it is a complete working environment, allowing users to complete various daily tasks using Emacs. This book introduces the basics of Emacs step by step. As you progress through the book, your Emacs proficiency will improve from beginner to a level capable of handling moderately complex customization and programming tasks. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the new features in Emacs 19.30, covering fonts and colors, pull-down menus, scroll bars, enhanced X window system support, and proper binding for most standard keyboard shortcuts. Additionally, the book introduces the built-in news reader program Gnus and the transparent interface for the file transfer protocol, ange-ftp mode.