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a05074b9 | 2 | @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. |
95df8112 | 3 | @c Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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4 | @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
5 | @c | |
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6 | @c %**start of header |
7 | @setfilename back-cover | |
8 | @settitle GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual | |
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10 | . | |
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12 | @center @titlefont {GNU Emacs Lisp} | |
13 | @sp 1 | |
14 | ||
15 | @quotation | |
16 | Most of the GNU Emacs text editor is written in the programming | |
17 | language called Emacs Lisp. You can write new code in Emacs Lisp and | |
18 | install it as an extension to the editor. However, Emacs Lisp is more | |
19 | than a mere ``extension language''; it is a full computer programming | |
20 | language in its own right. You can use it as you would any other | |
21 | programming language. | |
22 | ||
23 | Because Emacs Lisp is designed for use in an editor, it has special | |
24 | features for scanning and parsing text as well as features for handling | |
25 | files, buffers, displays, subprocesses, and so on. Emacs Lisp is | |
26 | closely integrated with the editing facilities; thus, editing commands | |
27 | are functions that can also conveniently be called from Lisp programs, | |
28 | and parameters for customization are ordinary Lisp variables. | |
29 | ||
30 | This manual describes Emacs Lisp. Generally speaking, the earlier | |
31 | chapters describe features of Emacs Lisp that have counterparts in | |
32 | many programming languages, and later chapters describe features that | |
33 | are peculiar to Emacs Lisp or relate specifically to editing. | |
34 | @end quotation | |
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36 | @hfil | |
37 | @bye |