Xah Lee, 2005, ..., 2010-09-01
This is a emacs lisp tutorial. The tutorial is focused on practical needs, and gives many examples. This tutorial is concise and concrete. It assumes you already know a scripting language, such as perl, python, visual basic, JavaScript, PHP.
This tutorial is designed so that each lesson is self-contained. However, it is recommened you read all numbered items in the Elisp Basics section.
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Examples of using regex with custome elisp function for the replacement string on the current buffer or multiple files.
Writing commands that act on the current word, line, or region, and transform them in some way.
The following changes the text under cursor into another form.
The following takes the current word, paragraph, region, or buffer, as input and do several things, such as updating files, lookup web, etc.
. Current word ⇒ creates links and file.In the following examples, typically a function is applied to hundreds or thousands of text files, either to generate a report or modify each file.
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