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<p>91.0.62.169: Don't direct-link xkcd as this doesn't show the tooltip-gag</p> <hr /> <div>'''WikEmacs''' (pronounced wikimacs) collects useful resources for working with [[GNU Emacs]]. You can call it ''A Community Maintained Emacs Wiki''.<br /> ----<br /> <br /> '''WikEmacs News'''<br /> <br /> We need more [[:Category:WikEmacs Contributor|WikEmacs Contributor]]s.<br /> <br /> '''Emacs News'''<br /> <br /> The latest stable release of Emacs is [[:Category:Emacs-23.4|Emacs-23.4]]. The next major release is [[:Category:Emacs-24.1|Emacs-24.1]] and is in ''Pretest'' stage.<br /> <br /> Emacs is available on all popular [[:Category:Operating System | Operating Systems]] including [[Installing Emacs on GNU/Linux | GNU/Linux]], [[Installing Emacs on FreeBSD |BSD]], [[Installing Emacs on OS X | OS X]] and [[Installing Emacs on Windows| Windows]]. It supports a variety of [[:Category:Programming languages|programming languages]].<br /> <br /> '''Explore this wiki''' using one of these trails.<br /> <br /> ; What is your comfort level with Emacs?<br /> : [[:Category:Beginner|Beginner]]<br /> : [[:Category:Intermediate|Intermediate]]<br /> : [[:Category:Expert|Expert]]<br /> : [[:Category:Vim User|Vim User]]<br /> : [[:Category:User Level|Other]]<br /> <br /> ; What do you want to accomplish now?<br /> : [[:Category:Install Or Upgrade|Install Or Upgrade]]<br /> : [[:Category:Customize Emacs|Customize Emacs]]<br /> : [[:Category:Tweak Key Bindings|Tweak Key Bindings]]<br /> : [[:Category:Tutorial|Learn more Emacs (Tutorials)]]<br /> <br /> ; What do you use Emacs for?<br /> :[[:Category:Text Editing|Text Editing]]<br /> :[[:Category:Programming|Programming]]<br /> :[[:Category:Document authoring|Document authoring]]<br /> :[[:Category:Organizer|Getting Organized]]<br /> :[[:Category:Email|Emailing]]<br /> :[[:Category:Chat|Chatting]]<br /> :[[:Category:Blogging|Blogging]]<br /> :[[:Category:Browse|Browsing]] <br /> : [[:Category:Workflow|Other]]<br /> <br /> ; How do you involve yourself with the community?<br /> : [[:Category:Emacs User]]<br /> : [[:Category:Emacs Contributor]]<br /> : [[:Category:WikEmacs Contributor]]<br /> : [[:Category:User Role|Other]]<br /> <br /> == Automation in Emacs ==<br /> <br /> * [[ Keyboard macros ]]<br /> * [[ Emacs Lisp ]]<br /> <br /> == Configuring Emacs ==<br /> <br /> * [[ Custom ]] for choosing and setting options.<br /> * Scripting your {{Manual|emacs|Init-File|Init File}} file using [[ Emacs Lisp ]].<br /> <br /> == Convenience ==<br /> <br /> * Completion and selection <br /> ** [[Ido]]: '''I'''nteractively '''do''' things<br /> ** [[Helm]]: incremental completion and selection (formerly [[Anything]])<br /> ** [[Icicles]]<br /> ** Abbrev and dabbrev<br /> ** Auto-complete and hippie-expand<br /> ** YaSnippet<br /> <br /> == Typesetting, Document Markup and Document Creation in Emacs ==<br /> <br /> Emacs supports a wide range of [[:Category:Markup languages|Markup languages]] to help you in your workflow of [[:Category:Workflow:Document authoring|document creation]].<br /> <br /> == Communication ==<br /> <br /> * [[ Blogging ]]<br /> * [[ Chat ]]<br /> * [[ Email ]]<br /> * [[ Feed reading ]]<br /> * [[ Microblogging ]]<br /> * [[ Usenet news ]]<br /> <br /> == Web browsing ==<br /> <br /> * Launching and interacting with an [[external browser]] from emacs<br /> * Using [[emacs as a browser's external editor]], either when entering text on web pages or when viewing a web page's source document or both.<br /> <br /> See also [[:Category:Workflow:Browsing|Workflow:Browsing]]<br /> <br /> == Shells and terminal emulation ==<br /> <br /> Within Emacs you can interact with various shells and other command-line/text-mode programs running as a sub-process within an Emacs terminal emulator:<br /> * [[ ansi-term ]]<br /> * [[ shell ]]<br /> * [[ term ]]<br /> * [[ multi-term ]]<br /> <br /> [[ eshell ]] is a shell (not a terminal emulator, nor a process hosted in one) written in pure [[ Emacs Lisp ]]. It is very powerful, flexible and customizable, but poorly documented at time of writing.<br /> <br /> Emacs itself is fully functional either in a terminal or a windowing system. Some keystrokes available under window systems may not work in a terminal and vice versa.<br /> <br /> == Accessibility ==<br /> <br /> * [http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/ Emacspeak] for the visually impaired.<br /> <br /> == Security and cryptography ==<br /> <br /> * [[ Gnu Privacy Guard ]] (GPG) support and integration<br /> <br /> == Getting Involved ==<br /> * IRC Channel<br /> <br /> * [[ Mailing list archives ]]<br /> <br /> * [http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/emacs/trunk/files Browsable source repository]<br /> <br /> [[Contributing to Emacs]]<br /> <br /> == Niche Uses ==<br /> <br /> * [[ Media player ]]<br /> * [[ Presentations ]]<br /> * [[ Screencasts ]]<br /> * [[ Statistics ]]<br /> * [[ Binary files]]<br /> * [[ Docview ]]<br /> * [[ Pictures ]]<br /> ** [[ Inline Images ]]<br /> ** [[ Artist mode ]]<br /> <br /> == Popular Culture and Community ==<br /> <br /> ; [http://xkcd.com/378/ Real Programmers]<br /> : Try {{Command|butterfly}} on your Emacs right now and unleash its powers.<br /> <br /> * Adding Emacs-style key bindings to other programs and operating systems.<br /> * St Ignucius and the Church of Emacs<br /> * Saving the world from &lt;tt&gt;vi&lt;/tt&gt;</div>

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