{"product_id":"learning-gnu-emacs-paperback","title":"Learning GNU Emacs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDebra Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarc Loy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGNU Emacs is the most popular and widespread of the Emacs family of editors. It is also the most powerful and flexible. Unlike all other text editors, GNU Emacs is a complete working environment--you can stay within Emacs all day without leaving. \u003ci\u003eLearning GNU Emacs\u003c\/i\u003e, 3rd Edition tells readers how to get started with the GNU Emacs editor. It is a thorough guide that will also \"grow\" with you: as you become more proficient, this book will help you learn how to use Emacs more effectively. It takes you from basic Emacs usage (simple text editing) to moderately complicated customization and programming. The third edition of \u003ci\u003eLearning GNU Emacs\u003c\/i\u003e describes Emacs 21.3 from the ground up, including new user interface features such as an icon-based toolbar and an interactive interface to Emacs customization. A new chapter details how to install and run Emacs on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, including tips for using Emacs effectively on those platforms. \u003ci\u003eLearning GNU Emacs\u003c\/i\u003e, third edition, covers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to edit files with Emacs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing the operating system shell through Emacs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to use multiple buffers, windows, and frames \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCustomizing Emacs interactively and through startup files \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriting macros to circumvent repetitious tasks \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmacs as a programming environment for Java, C++, and Perl, among others \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing Emacs as an integrated development environment (IDE) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrating Emacs with CVS, Subversion and other change control systems for projects with multiple developers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriting HTML, XHTML, and XML with Emacs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe basics of Emacs Lisp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e The book is aimed at new Emacs users, whether or not they are programmers. Also useful for readers switching from other Emacs implementations to GNU Emacs.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDebra Cameron is president of Cameron Consulting. In addition to her love for Emacs, Deb researches and writes about emerging technologies and their applications. Her latest book, Optical Networking: A Wiley Tech Brief, published in 2002 by John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons, covers the practical applications of optical networking and was written in the hope that true broadband will be more widely deployed. Deb also edits OReilly titles, including DNS and Bind, DNS on Windows 2000, TCP\/IP Network Administration, HTML and XHTML: The Definitive Guide, Java Security, Java Swing, Learning Java, and Java Performance Tuning. She has presented numerous videos for WatchIT.com, covering security and networking as well as e-business topics. She has moderated roundtables on PlanetIT on advanced networking and intranet design. Deb resides in Gaithersburg, Maryland with her husband Jim and their three children, Meg, David, and Bethany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Elliott is a senior software engineer at Singlewire Software, with two decades of professional experience as a systems developer. He started designing with objects well before work environments made it convenient, and has a passion for building high-quality Java tools and frameworks to simplify the tasks of other developers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Loy is a trainer and media specialist in Cincinnati, OH. When he's not working with digital video and DVDs, he's programming in Java-land. (In the interest of full disclosure, he does vacation in Ruby-world.) He can still be found teaching the odd Perl and Java course out in Corporate America, but even on the road he'll have his MacBook Pro and a video project with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Raymond is an Open Source evangelist and author of the highly influential paper \"The Cathedral and the Bazaar\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Rosenblatt is president of GiantSteps\/Media Technology Strategies, a consulting firm in New York City. Before founding GiantSteps, Bill was CTO of Fathom, an online content and education company associated with Columbia University and other scholarly institutions. He has been a technology executive at McGraw-Hill and Times Mirror, and head of strategic marketing for media and publishing at Sun Microsystems. 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