From: "Harold Lee" <harold3@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Problem with .emacs
Date: 3 Nov 2006 13:47:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1162590437.885082.270850@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4r04adFol4vsU3@individual.net
Hendrik Bilges wrote:
> I guess I should really learn how to write stuff in .emacs...
I recommend starting emacs and testing Lisp expressions in the
*scratch* buffer (the buffer that comes up by default when emacs starts
successfully).
Type in an expression and type C-j (hold control + press j) to
evaluate it. For example, you can type numbers or strings, in addition
to more sophisticated expressions.
42
"hello"
(+ 1 2)
If you want to browse the list of functions available to you, try C-h f
(hold control + press h for help, then press f for functions). Then
type TAB and you'll get a completion list of all functions. A lot of
the names are descriptive and give you ideas of things to try out.
For a more formal education, check out the Gnu Emacs Lisp Reference
Manual here:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp-manual/
-Harold
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-03 21:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-03 4:47 Problem with .emacs Hendrik Bilges
2006-11-03 5:21 ` B. T. Raven
2006-11-03 5:39 ` Harold Lee
2006-11-03 6:01 ` Hendrik Bilges
2006-11-03 15:35 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-11-03 21:47 ` Harold Lee [this message]
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