Harley Hahn's Emacs Field Guide

This book is a brief tutorial and reference taking you from the basics of Emacs text editing to creating macros using shell commands. The book offers references to commands and syntax so that you have one place to go to find them. For those who use emacs as their interface to the world of Unix/Linux, Harley Hahn's unique manner of presentation is the perfect antidote to boring old text processing. Hahn focuses on the main items that almost every user will want to know, so this book is for equally those who want to learn from the beginning or those who are looking for the correct command or the correct syntax to get their code to run. § What You Will Learn: §§The basics of Emacs from editing to creating complicated macros§§To use Emacs effectively as the main interface to the Unix/Linux system§§U sing commands to extend the capabilities of your system, shortcuts and key combinations.§§The ins and outs of effective search on your Unix system§§ Who This Book is For: § This book is for Unix/Linux users of all levels either interested in a fun tutorial on Emacs or a reference to the rather unique commands and syntax of Emacs or both.