GNU Emacs manual
by Richard M. Stallman · first published 1986
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…'just an editor' you're working against its design rather than with it. No. This is exactly the sort of talk that turns people off from Emacs. You can use it as "just an editor." Indeed, read the GNU Emacs Manual. It almost entirely describes "just an editor." An excellent editor. The user needs to consult the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual only if extending Emacs is desirable. Comments like this one suggest…
on “Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs” ↗…when you try to open Gmail then? I discovered a land of wonder full of funny animals, meaningful laws texts (I mean GNU license) and documentation to read until the end of your life. In 2008 I ordered GNU Emacs Manual 16th edition with a tee shirt, the reference card is still on my desk. This piece of software is usable, accessible, documented, and it is still possible to use it 30 years after it's creation. Let's…
on “New GNU Emacs website” ↗GNU Emacs Manual...the printed version. Which reminds me to say that print is a book structure.
on “Ask HN: Best book structure” ↗…perhaps even try to question their mental or emotional state. Vim on the other hand, is very different in this, there are in fact plenty of users who do use it with zero customizations, daily. > read the GNU Emacs Manual. Okay. Let's do it... M-x info-emacs-manual - the very first two sentences - "Emacs is an advanced, extensible, customizable, self-documenting editor. This manual describes how to edit with Emacs and…
on “Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs” ↗