Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours

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Summary

Although you didn't learn any new editing tools as you have in previous hours, you still gained very powerful knowledge about Emacs. You learned how to search for new commands, read additional information in the info pages, and customize all the different variables that make Emacs the most powerful editor available. (I haven't even covered Lisp programming yet!) It's now time to browse through some of the almost 400 pages of configuration options that customize offers. I'll bet you that if you're already a little familiar with Emacs, you'll find answers to a lot of questions you have had for some time, such as, "Why doesn't Emacs do it this way?"

Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours

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