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Emacs tutorial

Some hints to use GNU-emacs

Emacs is a modular and extensible text editor. Users can customize and use only the specific packages that are needed for their tasks.

Emacs is free software project with many years of development and a very active and friendly community.

Emacs can be used for multiple purposes, for instance:

• Edit files from different programming languages or any plain text
• Access a shell and execute tasks in a machine
• Write, edit and export text in multiple formats (html, odt, pdf…)
• Read texts (pdf, epub, html…)
• Create slides/presentations
• Build diagrams
• Browse the internet
• Explore and edit a computer file system
• Keep track of tasks using agenda, daily, contact list, "to-do" list…
• Arrange and track multiple projects and tasks
• Use your email
• Listen music and watch videos
• Many more…

Contents

• How to initialize emacs
• Find manuals and help to use emacs
• Movement and text edition
• Using 'meta' (M-x)
• Using 'Alt' (M)
• Using 'CTRL + x'
• Using 'CTRL'
• Using ddbd to keep your contacts
• Introduction to emacs org-mode
• Introduction to org babel: literating programming in emacs
• How to use 'dired'
• Dealing with packages in emacs
• Using R in emacs
• How to include bibliograpic references in org documents
• Links to learn more about emacs
• Using ledger in emacs
• Compiling emacs in GNU linux
• Including images in org files

Contenido

• Una breve introducción al uso de emacs

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