1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254748703321

Autore

Hahn Harley

Titolo

Harley Hahn's Emacs Field Guide [[electronic resource] /] / by Harley Hahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : Apress : , : Imprint : Apress, , 2016

ISBN

1-4842-1703-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 276 p. 75 illus., 10 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

005.72

005.52

Soggetti

Programming languages (Electronic computers)

Natural language processing (Computer science)

Operating systems (Computers)

Input-output equipment (Computers)

Computer programming

Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Operating Systems

Input/Output and Data Communications

Programming Techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. All About Emacs -- 2. Unix for Emacs Users -- 3. Installing Emacs -- 4. The Emacs Keyboard -- 5. Starting and Stopping Emacs -- 6. Commands, Buffers, Windows -- 7. The Text Editing Work Environment -- 8. The Cursor; Line Numbers; Point and Mark; The Region -- 9. Kill and Delete; Move and Copy; Correct Mistakes; Spelling; Fill -- 10. Search -- Appendix A. Personal Notes -- Appendix B. Command Summaries.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Harley Hahn demystifies Emacs for programmers, students, and everyday users. The first part of the book carefully creates a context for your work with Emacs. What exactly is Emacs? How does it relate to your personal need to work quickly and to solve problems? Hahn then explains the technical details you need to



understand to work with your operating system, the various interfaces, and your file system. In the second part of the book, Hahn provides an authoritative guide to the fundamentals of thinking and creating within the Emacs environment. You start by learning how to install and use Emacs with Linux, BSD-based Unix, Mac OS X, or Microsoft Windows. Written with Hahn's clear, comfortable, and engaging style, Harley Hahn's Emacs Field Guide will surprise you: an engaging book to enjoy now, a comprehensive reference to treasure for years to come. What You Will Learn Special Emacs keys Emacs commands Buffers and windows Cursor, point, and region Kill/delete, move/copy, correcting, spell checking, and filling Searching, including regular expressions Emacs major modes and minor modes Customizing using your .emacs file Built-in tools, including Dired Games and diversions Who This Book Is For Programmers, students, and everyday users, who want an engaging and authoritative introduction to the complex and powerful Emacs working environment.