Emacs_topics

Emacs Basics:

• Understanding the Emacs interface.
• Navigating buffers and windows.
• Basic editing commands.

Buffers and Windows:

• Understanding buffers.
• Working with multiple buffers.
• Splitting and managing windows.

Basic Editing Commands:

• Cut, copy, and paste.
• Undo and redo.
• Searching and replacing.

Modes:

• Understanding major and minor modes.
• Mode-specific keybindings.

Customization:

• Configuring Emacs settings.
• Installing and managing packages.
• Creating and modifying key bindings.

File and Text Manipulation:

• Opening, saving, and closing files.
• Searching and replacing text.
• Working with multiple files.

Code Navigation:

• Moving between functions and sections.
• Using tags and code folding.

Coding Assistance:

• Syntax highlighting and indentation.
• Code completion and snippets.

Advanced Editing Commands:

• Macros.
• Registers.
• Advanced search and replace.

Version Control:

• Integrating Emacs with Git or other version control systems.

Org Mode:

• An excellent tool for organizing your life, notes, and tasks.

Programming Language Support:

• Setting up Emacs for specific languages.
• Exploring language-specific features.

Advanced Editing Techniques:

• Macros and keyboard macros.
• Regular expressions and advanced search.

Integration with External Tools:

• Running tests and builds from within Emacs.
• Integrating with debuggers.

Emacs Lisp:

• Basic Emacs Lisp concepts.
• Creating custom functions and modes.

Article Links:

• How to organize workflow using org-mode written in a simple, nontechnical, writing style
• Begginer's guide to emacs
• Emacs is sexy!
• Why emacs
• How to open file in emacs
• How to blog with Emacs
• 6 things you should be doing with emacs