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Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours

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Copyright

Introduction

• Which Version and Flavor Does the Book Cover?
• Keybindings
• Conventions Used in This Book
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors

Part I: Getting Started

Hour 1: Introduction to Emacs

• Overview of Emacs Features
• The Keyboard Quick Reference Card
• A Note on Configuring Emacs
• Using Different Emacs
• Summary

Hour 2: Using Emacs in Microsoft Windows

• What Is NT Emacs?
• Needed Directories
• Setting Up for Printing
• Things NT Emacs Does Not Do Well
• How to Tell Which Computer You Are On
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 3: Getting Started with Emacs

• Layout of the Screen
• Menus
• The Minibuffer
• Buffers, Windows, and Frames
• Point, Mark, and Region
• Modes
• Layout of the Keyboard
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 4: Basic Editing

• Inserting and Deleting Text
• Moving Around in the Buffer
• Cut, Copy, and Paste
• Editing a File
• Miscellaneous File Commands
• Document Templates
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 5: Recovering from Errors

• Undo and Redo
• Automatic Backup
• Recovering from a Crash
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 6: Editing Several Files at Once

• Working with Multiple Buffers
• Working with Windows and Frames
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Part II: Searching

Hour 7: Searching for Text in a Buffer

• Incremental Search
• Searching for Words
• Search and Replace
• Listing Lines that Match a Pattern
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 8: Searching for Text in Multiple Files

• Searching for a Definition in a Set of Files
• Using grep from Within Emacs
• Keeping Points in Buffers for Several Sessions (Bookmarks)
• Keeping Points in Buffers for the Current Session
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 9: Regular Expressions

• Regular Expression Crash Course
• Regular Expressions--Basics
• Regular Expression Searches
• Regular Expression Search-and-Replace
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Part III: Emacs Tools

Hour 10: The Emacs Help System and Configuration System

• General Help Facilities in Emacs
• Getting Extra Help Using the Info System
• Customizing Emacs's Features
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 11: Editing Utilities

• Using a Spelling Checker
• Automatically Replacing One String with Another
• Completing Text from Another Part of the Buffer
• Transposing and Changing Case
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 12: Visible Editing Utilities

• Changing the Font in Emacs
• Changing the Foreground and Background Color in UNIX
• Parentheses Matching
• Using a Visible Bell
• Highlighting Syntax Using Fonts and Colors
• Filling
• Getting Double Height Windows
• Rectangular Commands
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 13: Macros

• Writing a Simple Macro
• Repeating Macros
• Saving a Macro for Later Sessions
• Making Macros that Ask for Permission to Continue
• Further Interaction with the Macro
• Editing a Macro
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 14: Finding Differences Between Files

• Diffing Two Files with Ediff
• Diffing Two Files with a Common Ancestor
• Ediff Session
• Merging Files
• Using Ediff with Directories of Files
• Ediff and Version Control Systems
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 15: Getting an Overview of a File

• Focusing on Only Part of a Buffer
• Getting an Outline of Your Document
• Using Outline or Narrowing in Two Different Views of the Same File
• Folding Text: A Sort of Categorized Outline
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 16: Interfacing with the System

• Invocations
• Running Programs
• Writing Your Own Commands to Execute Programs
• Editing Directories
• Printing
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Part IV: Specialized Editing

Hour 17: Editing LaTeX/HTML Files

• HTML and Emacs
• The GNU Emacs HTML Mode
• Writing HTML with XEmacs
• Using Emacs in Conjunction with HTML Editors
• Writing and Processing LaTeX
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 18: Editing C, C++, and Java Files

• Advanced C-Based Language Editing
• Automatic Indentation
• Navigating C Preprocessor Directives
• Viewing Code with Expanded Macros
• File and Tag Browsing
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 19: Programming Utilities

• Version Control Systems
• Compiling Programs
• Debugging Programs
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Part V: Mail and News

Hour 20: Gnus Basics

• Introducing Gnus
• Setting Up Gnus
• Reading Mail and News
• Sending Mail and News
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 21: Advanced Gnus

• Customizing the Group Buffer
• Using a Database with Gnus
• Additional Summary Commands
• Scoring
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Part VI: Advanced Emacs

Hour 22: Learning Lisp Basics

• The Purpose of Lisp
• Values in Lisp
• Assigning Variables
• Function Definitions
• Organization of Your Configurations
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 23: Binding Keys and Creating Menus

• Keyboard Modifiers
• Keyboard and Events
• Mouse and Events
• Key Sequences and Keymaps
• Making Personal Keybindings
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Hour 24: Installing Emacs Add-Ons

• Simple and Complex Add-Ons
• Installing an Add-On
• Loading Techniques
• Filenames and Interpreters
• Controlling Options
• Hooks
• Adapting Functions
• A Sampling of Emacs Packages
• Summary
• Q&A
• Exercises

Appendix A: Installing Functions and Packages from the CD

• sams-lib.el
• igrep.el
• cust-stub.el
• folding.el
• pager.el
• template.el
• flyspell.el
• bbdb.el

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