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'''WikEmacs''' (pronounced wikimacs) collects useful resources for working with [[GNU Emacs]]. You can call it ''A Community Maintained Emacs Wiki''.
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'''WikEmacs''' is here to stay. Spread the word!
  
The best way to make the most of this wiki is this:
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[[File:Emacs_parts.png|320px|thumb|right|Basic [[Emacs Terminology|terminology]] of typical Emacs GUI Frame]]
* Visit a page of interest
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* At the end of the page, there is a list of categories
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'''First time visitors''' can start [[#Explore WikEmacs|exploring WikEmacs]]. We have added lots of useful pages since the launch of WikEmacs.
* Click on individual categories and it will give you a list of all pages that will be of interest to you.
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We need more '''[[:Category:WikEmacs Contributor|WikEmacs contributors]]'''.  You can help the following way.
  
'''WikEmacs News'''
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{{Note| First of all, please take a minute to look at the
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[[WikEmacs:Guidelines|WikEmacs guidelines]] before you start editing.}}
  
We need more [[:Category:WikEmacs Contributor|WikEmacs Contributor]]s.  You can help the following way.
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* Priority tasks
* Add more content to [[Special:ShortPages]]
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** Add content. Please adopt the following approach - ''I found this on the web which was helpful. But it took me a lot of time to find it. Now that I have found it, I will put it in WikEmacs so that others can benefit from it''. You can start by documenting Emacs' support of your favorite programming language.
* Can you improve any of these [[:Category:Workflow|Workflows]]. Can you add more content to it?
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* Intermediate tasks
* Add more members to various [[Special:Categories]]
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** Provide tutorials or content for the [[:Category:Popular Package|popular packages]] or [[:Category:Built-in Package|built-in packages]].
* May be categorize one of these pages [[Special:UncategorizedPages]]
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** Add more content to [[Special:ShortPages|short pages]].
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** Document or add more [[:Category:Third Party Package|third party packages]].
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* Other tasks
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** Copy edit [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] or be a moral police.
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** Add more members to various [[Special:Categories|categories]].
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** Categorize one of these pages [[Special:UncategorizedPages|uncategorized pages]].
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** Follow the [http://wikemacs.org/api.php?hidebots=1&days=7&limit=50&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atom RSS feed] to watch edits, new users and help fighting vandalism (fortunately quite low).
  
 
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'''Emacs News'''
 
'''Emacs News'''
  
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.
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The latest stable release of Emacs is [[GNU Emacs 29|Emacs-29.4]] released on June 22nd, 2024. The precedent is [[GNU Emacs 28|Emacs-28.2]].
  
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]].
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Emacs is available on all popular [[:Category:Install Or Upgrade| operating systems]] including [[Installing Emacs on BSD |BSD]], [[Installing Emacs on GNU/Linux | GNU/Linux]], [[Installing Emacs on OS X | OS X]] and [[Installing Emacs on Windows| Windows]].  It supports a variety of [[:Category:Programming languages|programming languages]].
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== Explore WikEmacs ==
  
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To explore WikEmacs proceed as follows:
'''Explore this wiki'''
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* Search for or visit a page of interest
 
 
The best way to make the most of this wiki is this:
 
* Visit a page of interest
 
 
* At the end of the page, there is a list of categories
 
* At the end of the page, there is a list of categories
 
* Click on individual categories and it will give you a list of all pages that will be of interest to you.
 
* Click on individual categories and it will give you a list of all pages that will be of interest to you.
  
Please use one of the following trails.
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===  What is your comfort level with Emacs? ===
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* [[:Category:Beginner|Beginner]]
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* [[:Category:Intermediate|Intermediate]]
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* [[:Category:Expert|Expert]]
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** Are you a maintainer of a [[:Category:Built-in Package|Built-in Package]]? If you don't find information about your package, please add it. No one else can write about your package as well as you.
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** Have you developed any [[:Category:Third Party Package|Third Party Package]]s? Consider writing about what it is and how to use it.
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* [[:Category:Vim User|Vim User]]
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=== What do you want to accomplish now? ===
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* [[:Category:Install Or Upgrade|Install Or Upgrade]]
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* [[:Category:Customization|Customize Emacs]]
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* [[Key Bindings|Tweak Key Bindings]]
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* [[:Category:Tutorial|Learn more Emacs (Tutorials)]]
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* [[:Category:Emacs Lisp|Learn Emacs Lisp]]
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=== What do you use Emacs for? ===
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* [[:Category:Text Editing|Text Editing]]
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* [[:Category:Programming|Programming]]
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* [[:Category:Document authoring|Document authoring]]
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* [[:Category:Organizer|Getting Organized]]
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* [[:Category:Email|Emailing]]
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* [[:Category:Chat|Chatting]]
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* [[:Category:Blog|Blogging]]
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* [[:Category:Browse|Browsing]]
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* [[:Category:Entertainment|Entertainment]]
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* [[:Category:Workflow|Other]]
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=== How do you involve yourself with the community? ===
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* [[:Category:Emacs User|Emacs User]]
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* [[:Category:Emacs Contributor|Emacs Contributor]]
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* [[:Category:WikEmacs Contributor|WikEmacs Contributor]]
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* [[Financial_Support|Financial Supporter]]
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* [[:Category:User Role|Other]]
  
; What is your comfort level with Emacs?
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: [[:Category:Beginner|Beginner]]
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: [[:Category:Intermediate|Intermediate]]
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<div style="float: right; width: 49%;">
: [[:Category:Expert|Expert]]
 
: [[:Category:Vim User|Vim User]]
 
: [[:Category:User Level|Other]]
 
  
; What do you want to accomplish now?
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==Help build WikEmacs==
: [[:Category:Install Or Upgrade|Install Or Upgrade]]
 
: [[:Category:Customize Emacs|Customize Emacs]]
 
: [[:Category:Tweak Key Bindings|Tweak Key Bindings]]
 
: [[:Category:Tutorial|Learn more Emacs (Tutorials)]]
 
  
; What do you use Emacs for?
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The following are suggestions for articles to write, along with the page of the GNU Emacs manual which documents this feature.  ('''Note:''' it's possible that an article for a given topic exists already under a different name.  In that case, please ensure that the article includes the link to the manual page, and then remove the topic from this list.)
:[[:Category:Text Editing|Text Editing]]
 
:[[:Category:Programming|Programming]]
 
:[[:Category:Document authoring|Document authoring]]
 
:[[:Category:Organizer|Getting Organized]]
 
:[[:Category:Email|Emailing]]
 
:[[:Category:Chat|Chatting]]
 
:[[:Category:Blogging|Blogging]]
 
:[[:Category:Browse|Browsing]]
 
: [[:Category:Workflow|Other]]
 
  
; How do you involve yourself with the community?
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: [[:Category:Emacs User]]
 
: [[:Category:Emacs Contributor]]
 
: [[:Category:WikEmacs Contributor]]
 
: [[:Category:User Role|Other]]
 
  
== Web browsing ==
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* [[Command-line startup options]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Entering-Emacs.html] and [https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Emacs-Invocation.html])
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* [[Built-in help]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Help.html])
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* [[Registers]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Registers.html])
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* [[:Category:Search|Search for text in a buffer]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Search.html])
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* [[Fixing typos]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Fixit.html])
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* [[Keyboard macros]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Keyboard-Macros.html])
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* [[Windows within a frame]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Windows.html])
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* [[Frames]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Frames.html])
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* [[International character sets]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/International.html])
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* [[Indentation]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Indentation.html])
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* [[Editing source code]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Programs.html])
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* [[Building software]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Building.html])
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* [[Maintaining source code repositories]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Maintaining.html])
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* [[Abbrevs]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Abbrevs.html])
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* [[Dired]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Dired.html])
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* [[Calendars and diaries]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Calendar_002fDiary.html])
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* [[Sending mail]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sending-Mail.html])
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* [[Rmail]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Rmail.html])
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* [[Gnus]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Gnus.html])
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* [[Document viewer]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Document-View.html])
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* [[Shell commands withing Emacs]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Shell.html])
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* [[Emacs server]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Emacs-Server.html])
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* [[Printing]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Printing.html])
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* [[Sorting]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sorting.html])
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* [[Picture mode]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Picture-Mode.html])
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* [[Editing binary files]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Editing-Binary-Files.html])
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* [[Saving Emacs sessions]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Saving-Emacs-Sessions.html])
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* [[Recursive editing]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Recursive-Edit.html])
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* [[Emulating other text editors]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Emulation.html])
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* [[Hyperlinking within Emacs]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Hyperlinking.html])
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* [[Games and fun]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Amusements.html])
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* [[Installing additional packages]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Packages.html])
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* [[Customising Emacs]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Customization.html])
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** [[Customize]] (simple interface) ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Easy-Customization.html])
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* [[Cancelling commands]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Quitting.html])
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* [[If Emacs is malfunctioning]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Lossage.html])
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* [[Reporting bugs]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Bugs.html])
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* [[Contributing to GNU Emacs]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Contributing.html])
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* [[Getting help from others]] ([https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Service.html])
  
* Launching and interacting with an [[external browser]] from emacs
 
* 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.
 
  
See also [[:Category:Workflow:Browsing|Workflow:Browsing]]
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[[Category:WikEmacs]]

Latest revision as of 18:05, 22 August 2024

WikEmacs is here to stay. Spread the word!

Basic terminology of typical Emacs GUI Frame

First time visitors can start exploring WikEmacs. We have added lots of useful pages since the launch of WikEmacs.


We need more WikEmacs contributors. You can help the following way.

Note: First of all, please take a minute to look at the WikEmacs guidelines before you start editing.
  • Priority tasks
    • Add content. Please adopt the following approach - I found this on the web which was helpful. But it took me a lot of time to find it. Now that I have found it, I will put it in WikEmacs so that others can benefit from it. You can start by documenting Emacs' support of your favorite programming language.
  • Intermediate tasks
  • Other tasks

Emacs News

The latest stable release of Emacs is Emacs-29.4 released on June 22nd, 2024. The precedent is Emacs-28.2.

Emacs is available on all popular operating systems including BSD, GNU/Linux, OS X and Windows. It supports a variety of programming languages.

Explore WikEmacs

To explore WikEmacs proceed as follows:

  • Search for or visit a page of interest
  • At the end of the page, there is a list of categories
  • Click on individual categories and it will give you a list of all pages that will be of interest to you.

What is your comfort level with Emacs?

What do you want to accomplish now?

What do you use Emacs for?

How do you involve yourself with the community?

Help build WikEmacs

The following are suggestions for articles to write, along with the page of the GNU Emacs manual which documents this feature. (Note: it's possible that an article for a given topic exists already under a different name. In that case, please ensure that the article includes the link to the manual page, and then remove the topic from this list.)