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31 Most of the GNU Emacs text editor is written in the programming
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32 language called Emacs Lisp. You can write new code in Emacs Lisp and
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33 install it as an extension to the editor. However, Emacs Lisp is more
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34 than a mere ``extension language''; it is a full computer programming
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35 language in its own right. You can use it as you would any other
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36 programming language.
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38 Because Emacs Lisp is designed for use in an editor, it has special
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39 features for scanning and parsing text as well as features for handling
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40 files, buffers, displays, subprocesses, and so on. Emacs Lisp is
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41 closely integrated with the editing facilities; thus, editing commands
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42 are functions that can also conveniently be called from Lisp programs,
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43 and parameters for customization are ordinary Lisp variables.
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45 This manual describes Emacs Lisp. Generally speaking, the earlier
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47 many programming languages, and later chapters describe features that
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48 are peculiar to Emacs Lisp or relate specifically to editing.
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56 ISBN-1-882114-04-3
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