Harley Hahn's
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General Index 80 characters/line (IBM punch cards) 132 characters/line (IBM 1403 printer) Acknowledgments Alphameric Archive (see Installing Unix Software: archive) Argument ASCII code ASCII text Asimov, Isaac AT&T (see also Unix: History) Bash (see Shell: Bash) Brooks, Walter R. (see Freddy the Pig: Walter R. Brooks) Bucky Bits Buffers *Buffer List* buffer *Choices* buffer *Completions* buffer *Help* buffer *info* buffer *scratch* buffer *Shell Command Output* buffer *shell* buffer change to another buffer commands to control buffers compared to windows creating creating just for shell commands definition deleting display list of buffers major mode, each buffer has only one minor modes, each buffer can have as many as you want multiple buffers using the same file point, each buffer has its own read a file into a buffer read-only scrolling through using |
Case case insensitive case sensitive convert text to lowercase convert text to uppercase lowercase searching, upper- and lower case Unix commands uppercase Cicero, Marcus Tullius CLI (see User interfaces: command-line interface) Command line (see User interfaces: command-line interface) Command line editing history list key combinations to use starting Emacs (see Starting Emacs: from the command line) two different meanings with Microsoft Windows with OS X with Unix and Linux Command-line interface (see User interfaces: command-line interface) Command processor (see Shell) Command summaries (see Appendix B on page 231) Compiling files (see Installing Unix Software: compiling files) Completion commands completion list definition importance of modes, used to set search and replace commands, minimum sequences Computer paper Correcting text (see Text editing: correcting and modifying) Current directory (see Unix filesystem: current directory) Dedication Deleting text (see Text editing: deleting text) Delimiter Desktop environment (see User interfaces) Dired (Emacs file manager) commands reference card starting Disabled commands (see Emacs commands: disabled) Distribution DMG file (see Installing Emacs: using OS X) Dmitry Shkatov (see Shkatov, Dmitry) Dotfiles (see Unix filesystem: file names) Echo area (see Windows: echo area) Editing (see Text editing) Editor (see Text editor) .emacs initialization file auto-fill-mode, set when using text-mode default mode, how to set suggested customizations Emacs basic design buffer (see Buffer) command, definition of compared to vi/Vim completion (see Completion) correcting text (see Text editing: correcting and modifying text) definition deleting text (see Text editing: deleting text) entering text (see Text editing: entering text) games (see Emacs games) GNU Emacs help (see Help facility) importance of teaching yourself installing key sequences (see Emacs key sequences) keys (see Emacs keys) learning, strategy for meaning of name "Emacs" modes (see also Major modes, Minor modes) modifying text (see Text editing: correcting and modifying text) origin overview practicing read-only recovering data after system failure starting (see Starting Emacs) stopping three comprehensive help systems tools (see Emacs tools) versions windows (see Windows) working environment Emacs commands canceling a command command summaries (see Appendix B on page 231) correcting disabled echoing enabled input event key bindings long names, why? practicing redoing a command repeating a command typing undoing a command Emacs games Animate (moving text birthday greeting) Blackbox (puzzle game) Bubbles (colored bubbles game) Doctor (acts like a psychotherapist) Dunnet (text-based exploration game) Game of Life (two-dimensional grid-like universe) Gomoku (board game using markers) Landmark (watch simple neuro-network robot) Multiplication Puzzle (alphameric math puzzle) Peg Solitaire (board with holes and pegs) Pong Video Game (simulated ping-pong game) Snake (the Snake video game) Spook (generate subversive-sounding words) starting a program Tetris (the Tetris video game) Towers of Hanoi (visual recursive puzzle) Yow (acts like Zippy the Pinhead) Emacs key sequences (see also Emacs keys) correcting mistakes display information about a specific key sequence fixing <Alt-Ctrl-S> problem with Unity desktop environment key sequence, definition M-SPC key problems within a terminal window M-x, using to execute a specific command Macintosh keyboard, using Meta key problems within a terminal window prefix argument related to early Unix terminals searching (see Searching) strange key sequences, why so many? strategies for learning writing C- for <Ctrl> writing C-M- for <Ctrl>+<Meta> writing M- for <Meta> writing M-C- for <Meta>+<Ctrl> Emacs keys (see also Emacs key sequences) <Option> (Macintosh keyboard) Knight keyboard Meta key, history of Sail keyboard Symbolics keyboard Emacs Lisp comments (;) documentation lookup evaluates functions expressions function names that end in ".el" functions functions that define modes functions, display information about functions, display key bindings macro defun macros recursive programming used in .emacs initialization file variables Emacs tools Calendar (calendar and diary) Customize (change user options) Dired (see Dired (Emacs file manager)) Emacs Web browser Info documentation learning how to use a program Simple Emacs Spreadsheet (create/edit spreadsheet files) starting a program stopping a program Emacs tutorial Enabled commands (see Emacs commands: enabled) Files (see also Unix files and Unix filesystem) ASCII File commands to work with files compared to buffers definition read file contents into buffer save buffer to file switch to buffer containing specific file text File visiting a file Fortran, history Freddy the Pig books Boomschmidt's Stupendous and Unexcelled Circus Centerboro, New York Freddy and the Men From Mars Ignormus Leo the lion Martians Walter R. Brooks (author) Free Software Foundation (FSF) GNU (see GNU) FSF (see Free Software Foundation) Games (see Emacs games) GCC Gnome (see User interfaces) GNU General Public License history of Manifesto meaning of name "GNU" Project, The GNU compiler collection (see GCC) GNU Emacs (see Emacs) GPL (see GNU: General Public License) Graphical user interface (see User interfaces) Graphics GUI (see User interfaces) Hackers Hahn, Harley (see Harley Hahn) Hardware Harley Hahn "Everything we teach you is true..." "Here is a way to make a bit of money for yourself..." "Much of what I know about human nature..." "What are the best things in life?" "When computer experts need to talk..." biography early books personal note from Why I went to graduate school in San Diego. Why I wrote this book. Harley Hahn's Guide to Unix and Linux Heffalump Help facility buffer C-h to access the Emacs help facility display "hello" in many different languages display information about a Lisp function display information about a specific key sequence display information about current major and minor modes display key binding for a specific function Emacs tutorial (see Emacs tutorial) help options, display summary help window, maximizing Info facility (see Info facility) key bindings, display reference manuals (see Info facility) starting Home directory (see Unix filesystem: home directory) Host IBM compatible computers IBM PC IDE (integrated development environment) Ignormus (See Freddy the Pig: Ignormus) Info facility commands to read a node commands to select a node definition Emacs reference manual Emacs reference manual compared to Emacs Help facility Info reference manual (describes Info itself) learning nodes starting stopping Input event (see Emacs commands: input event) Inserting text (see Text editing: inserting text) Installing Emacs overview using a Linux manual installation using a package manager using Linux package manager APT using Linux package manager RPM using Microsoft Windows using OS X Installing Unix Software archive binary files compare packages to consumer apps compiling files extracting files important concepts metadata within an archive package package manager package managers for BSD package managers for Linux repository source file tarball zip file Investing, psychology of John McCarthy (see McCarthy, John) John Socha (see Socha, John) Joy, Bill Kajsa Anka Kernel Key binding (see Emacs commands: key binding) Killing text (see Text editing: killing text) King Solomon Knights of the Lambda Calculus (see Lisp: hackers, Knights of the Lambda Calculus) Line Numbers (see Text editing: line numbers) Linus Torvalds (see Torvalds, Linus) Linux Harley Hahn's Guide to Unix and Linux Debian distribution history installing Emacs (see Installing Emacs) Mint terminal emulators terminal windows (see Terminal wimdows) Ubuntu Ubuntu Dash Ubuntu Launcher Ubuntu Terminal program Ubuntu Unity desktop environment Unity desktop environment virtual terminals (see Virtual terminals: using with Linux) Lisp at MIT at Stanford University comments (;) computers evaluates functions expressions first homoiconic programming language functions hackers, Knights of the Lambda Calculus history keyboard macro defun reasons to learn recursive programming variables Lisp, Emacs (see Emacs Lisp) Lisp machine macOS (see Operating systems: OS X) Major modes buffer has only one major mode comprehensive list of major modes current major mode name displayed on mode line default, setting your Fundamental mode family Independent major modes parent mode (used to derive other modes) Prog mode family purpose: to edit particular type of text Special mode family Text mode family used to edit particular type of text which major mode to when not sure Man page (see Unix manual) Marked-up text McCarthy, John Microsoft Windows (see Operating systems: Microsoft Windows) Midnight Commander, TUI-based fine manager Minibuffer Minix Minor modes buffer can have multiple minor modes comphensive list of important minor modes purpose: to turn features on and off Mode line (see Windows: mode line) Modes all modes, display names all modes, display summary current major and modes, display information defined by Emacs Lisp functions definition of major and minor modes describe specific mode display information about a specific mode learning about major mode, definition names end in "-mode" setting setting, using completion Modifying text (see Text editing: correcting and modifying text) Money, secret way to make Multiuser system Norton, Peter Operating systems Linux (see Linux) Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows commands Microsoft Windows filenames OS X OS X filenames Unix (see Unix) Xinu XNU kernel OS X (see Operating systems: OS X) installing Emacs (see Installing Emacs: using OS X) Package (see Installing Unix Software: package; repository) Package management system (see Installing Unix Software: package manager) Pathname (see Unix filesystem: pathname) Personal notes Peter Norton (see Norton, Peter) Point (see Region: point) Queen of Sheba Read-only (see Emacs: read-only) Recovering data after system failure (see Emacs: recovering data after system failure) Region case, change count lines and characters cursor position definition format kill (erase) mark, definition mark, setting operating on point point, definition region, defining region, defining as entire buffer region, exchange mark and point setting and using shell command, use contents of region as data sort Regular expressions case sensitive characters to use definition range of characters searching for Richard Stallman (see Stallman, Richard) Ritchie, Dennis Root directory (see Unix filesystem) Scrolling (see Text editing: scrolling) Searching append kill ring entry to search string append word after point to search string corrections incremental search keys to use during a search keys to use during a search and replace non-incremental search practicing recursive editing, putting search and replace on hold recursive editing, when to use regular expressions (see Regular expressions) search and replace search for word in buffer without typing the word search string upper- and lower case word searching Shell Bash Bash configuration files Bash history commands (see Shell commands) default definition Korn Shell new shell, start from within Emacs script shell prompt (see Shell prompt) Shell commands create sorted list of all the Emacs commands multiple buffer just for shell commands prefix argument to indicate replace data with output single buffer just for shell commands sort all the lines in a buffer use contents of region as data using contents of region as data using without leaving Emacs Shell prompt # (Unix superuser shell prompt) $ (shell identifier) $ (Unix Bash shell prompt) % (Unix C-Shell prompt) ~ (home directory) ~ (Unix home directory within shell prompt) delimiter Shkatov, Dmitry (technical reviewer) Socha, John Software free open source proprietary Source files (see Installing Unix software: binary file) Source files (see Installing Unix software: source file) Stallman, Richard Starting Emacs & (using at end of command) -f option, using -nw option, using -Q option, using .emacs initialization file (see .emacs initialization file) alias, using from a terminal window from the command line read-only editor, as specifying a file to edit without specifying a document Stevenson, Robert Louis Stopping Emacs (see Emacs: stopping) Sun Microsystems Tannenbaum, Andrew Tarball (see Installing Unix software: tarball) TECO text editor Terminal emulators virtual terminal (see Virtual terminals) UXterm VT100 Xterm Terminal windows M-SPC problems Meta key problems starting Emacs (see Starting Emacs: from a terminal window) Terminals emulators (see Terminal emulators) graphics in the 1970s printing text using with Linux using with Unix video display VT100 VT52 Terminals, real (see Terminals) Terminals, virtual (see Virtual terminals) Text Text editing appending to kill ring entry blank line buffer, scrolling through case, changing character, counting characters, working with correcting and modifying text cursor, moving the deleting compared to killing deleting text entering text erasing text (see Text editing: killing text, Text editing: deleting text) filling text indentation inserting text kill ring kill ring entry killing compared to deleting killing text line numbers, displaying line numbers, jumping to lines, counting lines, joining two into one lines, working with major modes, which ones to use mode-less editor next window, scrolling through numeric argument paragraph definition paragraphs, working with practicing prefix argument redisplaying the screen reformatting text repeating a command multiple times searching (see Searching) scrolling sentence definition sentences, working with spelling mistakes, correcting spelling, checking transposing characters, words, lines whitespace words, counting yanking text Text editor Text-based user interface (see User interfaces) Thompson, Ken Time travel Time-sharing system Tools (see Emacs tools) Torvalds, Linus TUI (see User interfaces) Typing mistakes (see Text editing: correcting and modifying text) Unity (see User interfaces) Unix A/UX (from Apple) account BSD command line (see User interfaces: command-line interface) files (see Unix files) filesystem (see Unix filesystem) Harley Hahn's Guide to Unix and Linux history in the 1970s manual (see Unix manual) password print (meaning "display") root userid signal, end of file (eof) signal, interrupt (intr) superuser system administrator terminal (see Terminals) userid vi/Vim text editor workstations Unix commands case sensitive command line editing (see Command line editing) command summaries (see Appendix B on page 231) directory commands, list of most important echoing file commands, list of most important format history list (see Command line editing) installing Emacs (see Installing Emacs) long options making corrections pager programs short options syntax what happens when you enter a command? Unix files device files directory file, definition folder named pipes ordinary file parent directory proc files pseudo files special files subdirectory subfolder Unix filesystem .. (parent directory) . (current directory) ~ (home directory) current directory directories, list of most important directory commands, list of most important directory names dotfiles file commands, list of most important file names file permissions, read-only is not the same as Emacs read-only-mode filename Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) hier command to display hierarchy home directory home directory contains .emacs file number of files on a Ubuntu Linux system parent directory path pathname pathname, absolute pathname, relative root directory tree-structured filesystem working directory Unix keys command line editing (see Command line editing) Macintosh keyboard making corrections sending the eof signal sending the intr signal writing ^ for <Ctrl> Unix manual Unix shell (see Shell) Usenet User interfaces command-line interface (CLI) desktop desktop environment focus Gnome desktop environment graphical user interface (GUI) KDE desktop environment text-based user interface (TUI) Unity desktop environment Users Utilities vi/Vim text editor (see Unix: vi/Vim text editor) Virtual console (see Virtual terminals) Virtual terminals Virtual, meaning of Visit a file (see Files: visiting a file) Walter R. Brooks (see Freddy the Pig: Walter R. Brooks) Windows commands to control windows compared to buffers creating current window definition deleting echo area help window, maximizing mode line mode line shows current major mode mode line status characters mode line, [ ] characters, recursive editing moving next window next window, scrolling through selected window sizing splitting using Windows, Microsoft (see Operating systems: Microsoft Windows) installing Emacs (see Installing Emacs: using Microsoft Windows) Wisdom "Everything we teach you is true..." (Harley Hahn) "Here is a way to make a bit of money for yourself..." (Harley Hahn) "I have always thought of myself..." (Isaac Asimov) "Much of what I know about human nature..." (Harley Hahn) "My turn will come too, eventually..." (Isaac Asimov) "Perhaps writers are so self-absorbed..." (Isaac Asimov) "When computer experts need to talk..." (Harley Hahn) "Who said Emacs was for beginners?" (Harley Hahn) Emacs is a way of life. Emacs is good for your brain. Importance of teaching yourself Emacs. Our tools shape our minds. What are the best things in life? What to get your mother for her birthday. Why I wrote this book. Wonderful Mother's Day gift. Working directory (see Unix filesystem: current directory) X Window Zip file (see Installing Unix software: zip file) Zippy the Pinhead Talks to the Emacs Psychotherapist |
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