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(Top): Add xref to Mac chapter; explain Windows better. (Intro): Refer to "graphical" terminals, rather than X.

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@iftex
@unnumbered Preface

  This manual documents the use and simple customization of the Emacs
editor.  The reader is not expected to be a programmer; simple
customizations do not require programming skill.  But the user who is not
interested in customizing can ignore the scattered customization hints.

  This is primarily a reference manual, but can also be used as a
primer.  For complete beginners, it is a good idea to start with the
on-line, learn-by-doing tutorial, before reading the manual.  To run the

last report they charge $2.25 per copy.  Another useful publication is LCS
TM-165, @cite{A Cookbook for an Emacs}, by Craig Finseth, available from
Publications Department, Laboratory for Computer Science, 545 Tech Square,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA@.  The price today is $3.

This edition of the manual is intended for use with GNU Emacs installed
on GNU and Unix systems.  GNU Emacs can also be used on VMS, MS-DOS
(also called MS-DOG), Windows NT, and Windows 95 systems.  Those systems use
different file name syntax; in addition, VMS and MS-DOS do not support
all GNU Emacs features.  We don't try to describe VMS usage in this
manual.  @xref{MS-DOS}, for information about using Emacs on MS-DOS.
@end iftex

@node Distrib, Intro, Top, Top
@unnumbered Distribution

in Lisp but are written in C for efficiency.  Although only a programmer
can write an extension, anybody can use it afterward.  @xref{Top,
Emacs Lisp Intro, Preface, eintr, An Introduction to Programming in
Emacs Lisp}, if you want to learn Emacs Lisp programming.

   When run under the X Window System, Emacs provides its own menus and
convenient bindings to mouse buttons.  But Emacs can provide many of the
benefits of a window system on a text-only terminal.  For instance, you
can look at or edit several files at once, move text between files, and
edit files while running shell commands.

@include screen.texi
@include commands.texi
@include entering.texi
@include basic.texi

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@iftex
@unnumbered Preface

  This manual documents the use and simple customization of the Emacs
editor.  The reader is not expected to be a programmer; simple
customizations do not require programming skill.  The user who is not
interested in customizing can ignore the scattered customization hints.

  This is primarily a reference manual, but can also be used as a
primer.  For complete beginners, it is a good idea to start with the
on-line, learn-by-doing tutorial, before reading the manual.  To run the

last report they charge $2.25 per copy.  Another useful publication is LCS
TM-165, @cite{A Cookbook for an Emacs}, by Craig Finseth, available from
Publications Department, Laboratory for Computer Science, 545 Tech Square,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA@.  The price today is $3.

This edition of the manual is intended for use with GNU Emacs
installed on GNU and Unix systems.  GNU Emacs can also be used on VMS,
MS-DOS (also called MS-DOG), Microsoft Windows, and Macintosh systems.
Those systems use different file name syntax; in addition, VMS and
MS-DOS do not support all GNU Emacs features.  @xref{MS-DOS}, for
information about using Emacs on MS-DOS and Windows.  @xref{Mac OS},
for information about using Emacs on Macintosh.  We don't try to
describe VMS usage in this manual.
@end iftex

@node Distrib, Intro, Top, Top
@unnumbered Distribution

in Lisp but are written in C for efficiency.  Although only a programmer
can write an extension, anybody can use it afterward.  @xref{Top,
Emacs Lisp Intro, Preface, eintr, An Introduction to Programming in
Emacs Lisp}, if you want to learn Emacs Lisp programming.

   When running on a graphics terminal, Emacs provides its own menus
and convenient handling of mouse buttons.  But Emacs provides many of
the benefits of a window system even on a text-only terminal.  For
instance, you can look at or edit several files at once, move text
between files, and edit files while running shell commands.

@include screen.texi
@include commands.texi
@include entering.texi
@include basic.texi