Preface;
Why Read This Book?;
Which Emacs Is Which?;
What's New in This Edition?;
GNU Emacs and the Free Software Foundation;
An Approach to Learning Emacs;
What We Haven't Included;
The Meta Key;
Conventions Used in This Book;
How to Contact Us;
Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: Emacs Basics;
1.1 Introducing Emacs!;
1.2 Understanding Files and Buffers;
1.3 A Word About Modes;
1.4 Starting Emacs;
1.5 About the Emacs Display;
1.6 Emacs Commands;
1.7 Opening a File;
1.8 Saving Files;
1.9 Leaving Emacs;
1.10 Getting Help;
1.11 Summary;
Chapter 2: Editing;
2.1 Moving the Cursor;
2.2 Deleting Text;
2.3 Marking Text to Delete, Move, or Copy;
2.4 Emacs and the Clipboard;
2.5 Editing Tricks and Shortcuts;
2.6 Canceling Commands and Undoing Changes;
2.7 Making Emacs Work the Way You Want;
Chapter 3: Search and Replace;
3.1 Different Kinds of Searches;
3.2 Search and Replace;
3.3 Checking Spelling Using Ispell;
3.4 Word Abbreviations;
Chapter 4: Using Buffers, Windows, and Frames;
4.1 Understanding Buffers, Windows, and Frames;
4.2 Working with Multiple Buffers;
4.3 Working with Windows;
4.4 Working with Frames;
4.5 More About Buffers;
4.6 More About Windows;
4.7 Holding Your Place with Bookmarks;
Chapter 5: Emacs as a Work Environment;
5.1 Executing Commands in Shell Buffers;
5.2 Using Dired, the Directory Editor;
5.3 Printing from Emacs;
5.4 Reading Manpages in Emacs;
5.5 Using Time Management Tools;
Chapter 6: Writing Macros;
6.1 Defining a Macro;
6.2 Tips for Creating Good Macros;
6.3 A More Complicated Macro Example;
6.4 Editing a Macro;
6.5 The Macro Ring;
6.6 Binding Your Macro to a Key;
6.7 Naming, Saving, and Executing Your Macros;
6.8 Building More Complicated Macros;
6.9 Executing Macros on a Region;
6.10 Beyond Macros;
Chapter 7: Simple Text Formatting and Specialized Editing;
7.1 Using Tabs;
7.2 Indenting Text;
7.3 Centering Text;
7.4 Using Outline Mode;
7.5 Rectangle Editing;
7.6 Making Simple Drawings;
Chapter 8: Markup Language Support;
8.1 Comments;
8.2 Font-Lock Mode;
8.3 Writing HTML;
8.4 Writing XML;
8.5 Marking up Text for TEX and LATEX;
Chapter 9: Computer Language Support;
9.1 Emacs as an IDE;
9.2 Writing Code;
9.3 C and C++ Support;
9.4 Java Support;
9.5 The Java Development Environment for Emacs (JDEE);
9.6 Perl Support;
9.7 SQL Support;
9.8 The Lisp Modes;
Chapter 10: Customizing Emacs;
10.1 Using Custom;
10.2 Modifying the .emacs File Directly;
10.3 Modifying Fonts and Colors;
10.4 Customizing Your Key Bindings;
10.5 Setting Emacs Variables;
10.6 Finding Emacs Lisp Packages;
10.7 Starting Modes via Auto-Mode Customization;
10.8 Making Emacs Work the Way You Think It Should;
Chapter 11: Emacs Lisp Programming;
11.1 Introduction to Lisp;
11.2 Lisp Primitive Functions;
11.3 Useful Built-in Emacs Functions;
11.4 Building an Automatic Template System;
11.5 Programming a Major Mode;
11.6 Customizing Existing Modes;
11.7 Building Your Own Lisp Library;
Chapter 12: Version Control;
12.1 The Uses of Version Control;
12.2 Version Control Concepts;
12.3 How VC Helps with Basic Operations;
12.4 Editing Comment Buffers;
12.5 VC Command Summary;
12.6 VC Mode Indicators;
12.7 Which Version Control System?;
12.8 Individual VC Commands;
12.9 Customizing VC;
12.10 Extending VC;
12.11 What VC Is Not;
12.12 Using VC Effectively;
12.13 Comparing with Ediff;
Chapter 13: Platform-Specific Considerations;
13.1 Emacs and Unix;
13.2 Emacs and Mac OS X;
13.3 Emacs and Windows;
Chapter 14: The Help System;
14.1 Using the Tutorial;
14.2 Help Commands;
14.3 Help with Complex Emacs Commands;
14.4 Navigating Emacs Documentation;
14.5 Completion;
Appendix A: Emacs Variables;
Appendix B: Emacs Lisp Packages;
Appendix C: Bugs and Bug Fixes;
Appendix D: Online Resources;
Appendix E: Quick Reference;
Colophon;