The Minimum You Need to Know About GUI Emacs

by Roland Hughes

Overview

The focus of this book is to trim away the "expert friendly" and "cryptic" reputation Emacs has gotten over the years. Emacs is a very powerful editor. GUI Emacs strives to make that power available to users who don't want an editor with a steep learning curve. Once you enable EDT mode and use the keypad for navigation and most editing functions, you will find very few cryptic keyboard shortcuts are actually necessary.

You will be taught how to obtain and install GUI (Gnu) Emacs. How to configure it to make your life easier and unlike far too many books covering Emacs, I point you to trusted repositories for any add-ons. The token bit of example code to show off various modes as well as the .emacs configuration file are all on SourceForge under themin-emacs project.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781939732118
Publisher:	Logikal Solutions
Publication date:	05/28/2024
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Roland Hughes is the president of Logikal Solutions, a business applications consulting firm specializing in OpenVMS platforms and Qt on Linux. Hughes serves as a lead consultant with over two decades of experience using computers and operating systems. With a degree in Computer Information Systems, the author's experience is focused on systems across a variety of diverse industries including heavy equipment manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, stock exchanges, tax accounting, and hardware value-added resellers, to name a few. Working throughout these industries has strengthened the author's unique skill set and given him a broad perspective on the role and value of technology in industry.This book series is an effort to pass along some of his insights and skills to the next generation.