- Paperback: 536 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; Third Edition edition (Dec 20 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0596006489
- ISBN-13: 978-0596006488
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.8 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 885 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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...will give you a firm grounding in all of emacs basic features, as well as a tour of its more advanced features... -- Jeff Clites, MACTech, Dec 2001
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
GNU Emacs is the most popular and widespread of the Emacs family of editors. It is also the most powerful and flexible. Unlike all other text editors, GNU Emacs is a complete working environment--you can stay within Emacs all day without leaving. Learning GNU Emacs, 3rd Edition tells readers how to get started with the GNU Emacs editor. It is a thorough guide that will also "grow" with you: as you become more proficient, this book will help you learn how to use Emacs more effectively. It takes you from basic Emacs usage (simple text editing) to moderately complicated customization and programming.
The third edition of Learning GNU Emacs describes Emacs 21.3 from the ground up, including new user interface features such as an icon-based toolbar and an interactive interface to Emacs customization. A new chapter details how to install and run Emacs on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, including tips for using Emacs effectively on those platforms.
Learning GNU Emacs, third edition, covers:
- How to edit files with Emacs
- Using the operating system shell through Emacs
- How to use multiple buffers, windows, and frames
- Customizing Emacs interactively and through startup files
- Writing macros to circumvent repetitious tasks
- Emacs as a programming environment for Java, C++, and Perl, among others
- Using Emacs as an integrated development environment (IDE)
- Integrating Emacs with CVS, Subversion and other change control systems for projects with multiple developers
- Writing HTML, XHTML, and XML with Emacs
- The basics of Emacs Lisp
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Useful but frustrating....,
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This review is from: Learning GNU Emacs (Paperback)
I find that the book itself is good and informative. Other reviewers have said that it is not advanced enough, but the book description itself says that the book is intended for new Emacs users.I must say, though, that it is a little frustrating to read. I thought the copy editors at O'Reilly would be more on-the-ball; obviously I was mistaken. Even within the first fifty (50) pages, there are numerous formatting, spelling, and punctuation errors. Also, I have found mis-matched parentheses, something that definitely would have been caught if the authors wrote the manuscript using Emacs. I suppose I expected better from a book that has Eric Raymond as one of the authors. Overall it is a good book, and a useful reference. I have learned a lot, and will continue learning as I go.
3.0 out of 5 stars
easy things lengthily described,
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This review is from: Learning GNU Emacs (Paperback)
The title "learning GNU Emacs is deceiving". It is an introduction to Emacs.If you plan to use Emacs for software development, it is definitively not sufficient. Moreover, while introducing a feature, the author think useful to write a full paragraph to explain you why you need it (for instance, why you need the command UNDO). The positive point is that the features discussed are explained step by step so that you are sure that if you read the whole section you will understand and be able to reproduce. Finally "GNU Emacs Manual" by R Stallman is the reference an Emacs user will need.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stuff you never knew even existed plus Eric Raymond :),
By "mass_nerder" (Panama City, FL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Learning GNU Emacs (Paperback)
Great book .... I've used emacs for 4 years (right around) and i've gained a wealth of knowledge that i never knew .... So; if your going to use Emacs -- get this ... actually I'd get the 3rd edition -- but you still can't go wrong with this -- even if you are using 21.3 ;-)Plus Eric Raymond even has contribution involved (can't help it ... I'm a fan) so had to mention that.
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