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1 \input /home/gd/gnu/doc/texinfo.tex @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c %**start of header
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3 @setfilename back-cover
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4 @settitle GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
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5 @c %**end of header
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6 .
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7 @sp 7
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8 @center @titlefont {GNU Emacs Lisp}
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9 @sp 1
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11 @quotation
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12 Most of the GNU Emacs text editor is written in the programming
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13 language called Emacs Lisp. You can write new code in Emacs Lisp and
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14 install it as an extension to the editor. However, Emacs Lisp is more
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15 than a mere ``extension language''; it is a full computer programming
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16 language in its own right. You can use it as you would any other
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17 programming language.
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19 Because Emacs Lisp is designed for use in an editor, it has special
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20 features for scanning and parsing text as well as features for handling
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21 files, buffers, displays, subprocesses, and so on. Emacs Lisp is
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22 closely integrated with the editing facilities; thus, editing commands
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23 are functions that can also conveniently be called from Lisp programs,
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24 and parameters for customization are ordinary Lisp variables.
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26 This manual describes Emacs Lisp. Generally speaking, the earlier
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27 chapters describe features of Emacs Lisp that have counterparts in
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28 many programming languages, and later chapters describe features that
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29 are peculiar to Emacs Lisp or relate specifically to editing.
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30 @end quotation
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32 @hfil
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33 @bye
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