From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: An article about Emacs for TUGboat Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:13:30 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87tvuo4oez.fsf@mbork.pl> <871shl3zf9.fsf@russet.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1518798893 30870 195.159.176.226 (16 Feb 2018 16:34:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:34:53 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list To: Marcin Borkowski Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 16 17:34:49 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1emiy4-00079p-Eh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:34:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38377 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1emj06-0002UN-DC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:36:42 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54070) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1emizA-0002Sd-Cf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:35:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1emiz6-0007Au-Fh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:35:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailhub-mx3.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.234.83]:46362) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1emiz6-00071V-4k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:35:40 -0500 Original-Received: (Haraka outbound); Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:35:34 +0000 Authentication-Results: mailhub-mx3.ncl.ac.uk; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=newcastle.ac.uk X-Haraka-RcptSummary: valid=0/0 invalid=0/0 unverified=0/0 relay=2/2 norelay=0/0 X-Haraka-Relay: true Received-SPF: Pass (mailhub-mx3.ncl.ac.uk: domain of newcastle.ac.uk designates 10.3.192.254 as permitted sender) receiver=mailhub-mx3.ncl.ac.uk; identity=mailfrom; client-ip=10.3.192.254; helo=mailhub-ncl3.ncl.ac.uk; envelope-from= X-Haraka-Fail-Pre: defendermx/rdns Original-Received: from mailhub-ncl3.ncl.ac.uk ([10.3.192.254]) by mailhub-mx3.ncl.ac.uk (DefenderMX/2.7.3) with ESMTPS id 30FF0FF6-6236-4FF1-A046-F576E84D0618.1 envelope-from (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 verify=FAIL); Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:35:34 +0000 Original-Received: from smtpauth.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.234.91]) by mailhub-ncl3.ncl.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1emiyz-0005qp-9l; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:35:33 +0000 Original-Received: from newhuaweiapstaff-10-51-18-154.ncl.ac.uk ([10.51.18.154] helo=localhost) by smtpauth.ncl.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1emiyz-0001p8-8o; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:35:33 +0000 In-Reply-To: <87tvuo4oez.fsf@mbork.pl> (Marcin Borkowski's message of "Sat, 10 Feb 2018 20:47:48 +0100") X-NCL-mrate: cflags=() mflags=() X-Haraka-Syntax: mail_case=upper mail_leading_spaces=N mail_trailing_spaces=N mail_missing_brackets=N rcpt_case=upper rcpt_leading_spaces=N rcpt_missing_brackets=N rcpt_trailing_spaces=N X-Haraka-HostID: 10.3.192.254 X-Haraka-SenderAuth: 10.3.192.254 newcastle.ac.uk X-Haraka-AccessMap: connect:10 OK X-Haraka-Domain-Info: domain="russet.org.uk" last_update=363 primary_ns="dns5.planethippo.com" serial=2017021810 refresh=3600 retry=7200 expiration=1209600 minimum=86400 flags="NS_SINGLE_IP, MX_IS_NS, MX_SINGLE" domain="newcastle.ac.uk" last_update=1 primary_ns="dns0.ncl.ac.uk" serial=2018021509 refresh=10800 retry=3600 expiration=604800 minimum=3600 flags="SOA_UPDATE_1" X-Haraka-SubjectNonLatin: 0 X-Haraka-NonLatin: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 128.240.234.83 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:116023 Archived-At: You might also be interested in adding some more geeky stuff such as the Rweave support in ESS, polymode or my own lentic which allows advanced literate programming. Phil Marcin Borkowski writes: > Hi all, > > I was asked by one of the editors of TUGboat (the journal of the TeX > Users' Group) to write an article about using Emacs for TeX. I am now > in the process of writing this paper. My idea is to first explain the > basic concepts of Emacs, and then proceed to AUCTeX and various ways of > customizing Emacs. I would be very glad if some more experienced Emacs > (and TeX) user could read my paper and suggest any enhancements. > > For the record, I want to explain Emacs using four main concepts: > > 1. Buffers. Like in Unix "everything is a file", in Emacs "everything > is a buffer". What in other editors is implemented using various things > (dialog windows, text input boxes, non-editable text areas, file > selection widgets, tree-like outlines etc.) is all buffers in Emacs. > > 2. Commands. Commands are pieces of Lisp which perform various tasks, > from inserting a character in a buffer to playing tetris. By writing > commands, the user can extend Emacs, or in fact build their own editor > (or other application, like an email client!) on top of it. > > 3. Keybindings. In Emacs, every key can be bound to a command. > > 4. Modes. This is how Emacs knows which key is bound to which command > in which buffer, thus making the previous three work well together and > enabling a smooth user experience. > > I understand this is an oversimplification - it must be in a 5-10-page > paper - but I think this more or less catches the spirit of Emacs. Does > anyone think I should add (or subtract;-)) something? > > Also, are there any volunteers to proofread the first draft of my paper? > (It should be ready in about a week, and I have to submit it in about > a month.) > > TIA, > > -- > Marcin Borkowski