GNU Emacs is the most popular and widespread of the Emacs family of editors. It is also the most powerful and flexible. Unlike all other text editors, GNU Emacs is a complete working environment -- you can stay within Emacs all day without leaving. The GNU Emacs Pocket Reference is a companion volume to O'Reilly's Learning GNU Emacs, which tells you how to get started with the GNU Emacs editor and, as you become more proficient, it will help you learn how to use Emacs more effectively.
This small book, covering Emacs version 20, is a handy reference guide to the basic elements of this powerful editor, presenting the Emacs commands in an easy-to-use tabular format.
Debra Cameron is president of Cameron Consulting. In addition to her love for Emacs, Deb researches and writes about emerging technologies and their applications. Her latest book, Optical Networking: A Wiley Tech Brief, published in 2002 by John Wiley & Sons, covers the practical applications of optical networking and was written in the hope that true broadband will be more widely deployed. Deb also edits OReilly titles, including DNS and Bind, DNS on Windows 2000, TCP/IP Network Administration, HTML and XHTML: The Definitive Guide, Java Security, Java Swing, Learning Java, and Java Performance Tuning. She has presented numerous videos for WatchIT.com, covering security and networking as well as e-business topics. She has moderated roundtables on PlanetIT on advanced networking and intranet design. Deb resides in Gaithersburg, Maryland with her husband Jim and their three children, Meg, David, and Bethany.
Comments about O'Reilly Media GNU Emacs Pocket Reference:
It covers a small amount of material given the large Emacs subject. But my main complaint is it doesn't have an index at the back of the book. If you don't use Emacs that often and you're not experienced with it, it's hard to find how to do X, Y, or Z. Given that Emacs likes to do things completely different from every other editor, it's frustrating to search for basic things... You're better off with with Emacs' own apropos help.
10/25/2000
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GNU Emacs Pocket Reference Review
By Vincent Foley
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Comments about O'Reilly Media GNU Emacs Pocket Reference:
Nice book, but you NEED to get the BIG one. This one will just remind key-binding. Get the real book.
