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<H2><A NAME="other_resources"></A> <A NAME="s6">6. Other Resources </A></H2>
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<P>This section covers books, web sites, newsgroups, mailing lists,
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and other places you can find more information about Emacs.
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<H2><A NAME="ss6.1">6.1 Books</A>
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<P>There are a a few really good books available for learning
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Emacs. In addition to these, you'll find that many Linux and Unix
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books also contain a chapter or two about Emacs (and <CODE>vi</CODE>).
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<H3>Learning GNU Emacs</H3>
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<P>Authors: Debra Cameron, Bill Rosenblatt, Eric S. Raymond
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<P>Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates -
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<A HREF="http://www.ora.com/">http://www.ora.com/</A><P>
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<P><B>Commentary:</B> This is probably the best book to start
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with. After you've read the HOWTO and looked through the FAQ this book
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serves as a comprehensive and very approachable tutorial.
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<H3>Writing GNU Emacs Extensions</H3>
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<P>Author: Bob Glickstein
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<P>Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates -
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<A HREF="http://www.ora.com/">http://www.ora.com/</A><P>
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<P><B>Commentary:</B> After you've used Emacs for a while and have
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decided that you'd like to try writing your own mode or maybe try out
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some advanced customization, this is the book for you. While it
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doesn't attempt to teach Lisp, it does contain a brief introduction to
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the language.
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<H3>Programming in Emacs Lisp: An Introduction</H3>
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<P>Author: Robert J. Chassell
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<P>From the README file:
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This is an elementary introduction to programming in Emacs Lisp for
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people who are not programmers, and who are not necessarily interested
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in programming, but who do want to customize or extend their computing
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environment.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>You can retrieve the manual in its entirety via anonymous FTP from
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the GNU FTP server:
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<A HREF="ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/gnu/emacs/">ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/gnu/emacs/</A>.
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<P><B>Commentary:</B> This a good introductory manual for Emacs
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Lisp--even if you're not a heavy-duty programmer.
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<H3>The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual</H3>
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<P>Author: Richard Stallman
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<P>Publisher: The Free Software Foundation -
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<A HREF="http://www.fsf.org/">http://www.fsf.org/</A><P>
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<P>You can retrieve the manual in its entirety via anonymous FTP from
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the GNU FTP server:
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<A HREF="ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/gnu/emacs/">ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/gnu/emacs/</A>.
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<P>
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<P><B>Commentary:</B> This is the definitive guide to the Emacs Lisp
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programming language.
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<H2><A NAME="ss6.2">6.2 Web Sites</A>
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</H2>
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<H3>EMACSulation</H3>
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<P>EMACSulation is a column written by Eric Marsden that appears in
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the on-line magazine Linux Gazette located at
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/">http://www.linuxgazette.com/</A>. The most recent column as of
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this writing is located at
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue39/marsden.html">http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue39/marsden.html</A>. Scan to the
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bottom of the article for links to previous ones.
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<H2><A NAME="ss6.3">6.3 Newsgroups</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Search you local news feed for newsgroups which contain the string
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``emacs'' and you'll probably find many. Those which my server carries
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are:
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<UL>
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<LI>comp.emacs</LI>
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<LI>comp.emacs.sources</LI>
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<LI>gnu.emacs</LI>
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<LI>gnu.emacs.bug</LI>
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<LI>gnu.emacs.help</LI>
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<LI>gnu.emacs.sources</LI>
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</UL>
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<H2><A NAME="ss6.4">6.4 Mailing Lists</A>
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</H2>
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<P>There is a mailing list for GNU Emacs which is hosted by the Free
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Software Foundation. See the web site
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<A HREF="http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs">http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs</A> for more
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information.
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<P>The only mailing list devoted to Emacs that I know of right now is
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the NT-Emacs list. It is a list for folks who are using the Micro$oft
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Windows version of Emacs. See the NT-Emacs FAQ
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<A HREF="http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html">http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html</A> for
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more information.
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<H2><A NAME="ss6.5">6.5 The Emacs Lisp Archive</A>
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</H2>
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<P>From the Emacs Lisp Archive README:
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The Emacs Lisp archives on ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu contain
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various pieces and packages of Emacs Lisp code. Emacs Lisp is the
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language used to extend the GNU Emacs editor published by the Free
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Software Foundation. Although much Emacs Lisp code is included in the
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GNU Emacs distribution, many people have written packages to interface
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with other systems, to better support editing the programming language
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they use, to add new features, or to change Emacs' default behavior.
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Most of the contents of this archive have been written by individuals
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and distributed publicly over the Internet through the info-emacs or
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info-gnu-emacs mailing lists or the comp.emacs, gnu.emacs, or
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gnu.emacs.sources newsgroups.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>The archives are available via anonymous FTP from
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/emacs-lisp/">ftp://ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/emacs-lisp/</A>.
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<P>
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<P><B>NOTE:</B> As far as I can tell, the Emacs Lisp Archive is
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slowly becoming out of date. I see very few new (or updated) packages
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appearing there, though I know they exist. They <EM>do</EM> get posted
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to the <CODE>comp.emacs.sources</CODE> newsgroup. (Feel free to correct me
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if this is wrong.)
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