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-!!
''[Emacs] is a nice operating system -
it just lacks a good editor.''
+
''[Emacs] is a nice operating system —
it just lacks a good editor.''
A programmers' text editor and [IDE]. See emacs(1).
-Its icon is a kitchen sink, and there's very good reason for that. Its core is an [Elisp] interpreter which can be used to implement extensions, of which literally hundreds have been written -
including a complete WebBrowser, MailClient, NewsReader, and almost anything else you could (n)ever need.
+Its icon is a kitchen sink, and there's very good reason for that. Its core is an [Elisp] interpreter which can be used to implement extensions, of which literally hundreds have been written —
including a complete WebBrowser, MailClient, NewsReader, and almost anything else you could (n)ever need.
-[Unix] programmers tend to settle on either
Emacs or [vi|Vim] as their main programming environment
, then pick on each other
for their choices
.
+ ''A young man studying in the temple went seeking the priest. He asked the priest “Master, does
Emacs possess the Buddha nature?” The priest had resided in the temple for a good many year
, and was very wise. He thought
for a while, and then answered: “I don’t see why not, it’s got bloody well everything else.” The young man then achieved enlightenment shortly after
.''
-''"Master
, does
Emacs have
the buddha nature?" "Why not
, it has everything else!"''
+[Unix] programmers tend to settle on either [Emacs] or [vi|Vim] as their main programming environment
, then pick on each other for their choices.
+
+For a decent introduction to using [
Emacs], look at our slides on
the UnixTutorials page.
+
+If you are having trouble with copy&paste in [Emacs] (or XEmacs) under [X11]
, [check this quick tip | http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6162].
