GNU Emacs Lisp

This is a high-quality, hardbound edition of the official GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, from the current Emacs Version 24.5 distribution. It is printed on acid free and lignin free paper, that meets all ANSI standards for archival quality paper. *** The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is also available for free within GNU Emacs itself, via the help system, or online. Professional users may find this hardbound edition convenient for frequent consultation, and an excellent copy for desktop reference. *** For each copy of this manual sold, 10% of its gross sale revenue is donated to the Free Software Foundation (FSF)....

Emacs Lisp is a simple, complete, and powerful programming language. It is the building block of GNU Emacs, which is an integrated development environment with special features for scanning and parsing text as well as for handling multiple files and sub-processors. This book will show you: * how to set variables and write function definitions * How to use "if" and "let" * How to write "while" loops and recursive loops * how to search for a word or expression * how to customize GNU Emacs for yourself, even when it is shared on a network. * how to debug programs * and much more. This tutorial an elementary introduction to teach non-programmers how to customize their work environment; it can also be used as an introduction ...