Emacs Manual Notes

Here be notes from reading the emacs manual:

GNU Emacs manual
Open the manual in the Info browser
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C-h r
    
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Todo

[ ] Read the Info guide (press h)
[X] The the Intro section (press n)
[ ] Collect sections of interest into org notes
[ ] Read Screen > Point

Notes

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Intro

advanced, self-documenting, customizable, extensible editor
We call Emacs “advanced” because …
“Self-documenting” means that at any time you can …
“Customizable” means that you can …
“Extensible” means that you can go beyond simple customization …

Important General Concepts

Screen Organization

frame - graphical window
menu bar
tool bar
echo area
window
- Where the buffer is
- scroll bar
- mode line
- only one active window at a time

Funamental Editing Commands

Important Text-Changing Commands

Major Structures of Emacs

Advanced Features

Recovery from Problems

Quiting

Lossage

Contributing

Service