NWE Help: Other Programs: Emacs

NWE Home :: Help :: Others :: Emacs

This page and subsequent pages provide a succinct introduction to Emacs, and offer other resources geared toward its use in the NWE. We suggest you start with the preface (the first link below) and follow the sequence through the quickstart, the general Emacs page, and then the Emacs tutorial.

This help is geared toward XEmacs, the more graphical version of Emacs, which you can use by opening a shell and typing ssh gibson, then Emacs &. The version of Emacs installed on our main servers may differ from that shown here.

• What is XEmacs or emacs:: What Emacs is, and why you might like it
• Step by Step Quickstart:: Launch Emacs, open a file, make changes to it, and save it with this quickstart
• General Emacs:: Good day-to-day reference for Emacs novices and power users alike
• Writing HTML with Emacs:: A good guide to writing HTML in the NWE using Emacs
• Emacs tutorial:: Starting the built-in Emacs tutorial
• Panic Page:: What to do when Emacs crashes or just won't cooperate with you
• Command reference:: Detailed documentation for some Emacs key functions (great for remote use)
• Advanced Emacs:: Further information on using and customizing Emacs
• Online tutorial:: The Emacs tutorial, formatted for Web viewing
• Cheat Sheet:: Handy list of common commands

Should you find a problem with these pages, or consider Emacs too difficult, use Pico or the asWe text editor to create HTML.

This help originally produced by the Wrecking Crew and may vary a bit from our usual help style.

The libraries of the University of Chicago offer this tutorial and guide.