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Emacs Beginner's HOWTO
This document introduces Linux users to the Emacs editor. It assumes minimal familiarity with
vi
or a similar editor.
1.
Introduction
1.1 Copyright
1.2 Audience and Intent
1.3 What is Emacs?
2.
Running Emacs
2.1 Starting & Quitting Emacs
2.2 Some Terminology
2.3 Keyboard Basics
2.4 Tutorial, Help, & Info
3.
Emacs Modes
3.1 Major vs. Minor Modes
3.2 Programming Modes
3.3 Authoring
3.4 Other Modes
4.
Customizing Emacs
4.1 Temporary Customization
4.2 Using a
.emacs
File
4.3 The Customize Package
4.4 X Windows Display
5.
Popular Packages
5.1 VM (Mail)
5.2 Gnus (Mail and News)
5.3 BBDB (A rolodex)
5.4 AucTeX (another TeX mode)
6.
Other Resources
6.1 Books
6.2 Web Sites
6.3 Newsgroups
6.4 Mailing Lists
6.5 The Emacs Lisp Archive
7.
Credits
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