Harley Hahns Emacs Field Guide In this book Harley Hahn demystifies Emacs for programmers students and everyday users. The first part of the book carefully creates a context for your work with Emacs. What exactly is Emacs How does it relate to your personal need to work quickly and to solve problems Hahn then explains the technical details you need to understand to work with your operating system the various interfaces and your file system. In the second part of the book Hahn provides an authoritative guide to the fundamentals of thinking and creating within the Emacs environment. You start by learning how to install and use Emacs with Linux BSD based Unix Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows. Written with Hahns clear comfortable and engaging style Harley Hahns Emacs Field Guide will surprise you: an engaging book to enjoy now a comprehensive reference to treasure for years to come. What You Will Learn Special Emacs keys Emacs commands Buffers and windows Cursor point and region Kill delete move copy correcting spell checking and filling Searching including regular expressions Emacs major modes and minor modes Customizing using your .emacs file Built in tools including Dired Games and diversions Who This Book Is For Programmers students and everyday users who want an engaging and authoritative introduction to the complex and powerful Emacs working environment. 1. All About Emacs 2. Unix for Emacs Users 3. Installing Emacs 4. The Emacs Keyboard 5. Starting and Stopping Emacs 6. Commands Buffers Windows 7. The Text Editing Work Environment 8. The Cursor; Line Numbers; Point and Mark; The Region 9. Kill and Delete; Move and Copy; Correct Mistakes; Spelling; Fill 10. Search Appendix A. Personal Notes Appendix B. Command Summaries.