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\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
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@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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@c Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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@c
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@c %**start of header
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@setfilename back-cover
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@settitle GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
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@c %**end of header
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.
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@sp 7
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@center @titlefont {GNU Emacs Lisp}
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@sp 1
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@quotation
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Most of the GNU Emacs text editor is written in the programming
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language called Emacs Lisp. You can write new code in Emacs Lisp and
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install it as an extension to the editor. However, Emacs Lisp is more
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than a mere ``extension language''; it is a full computer programming
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language in its own right. You can use it as you would any other
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programming language.
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Because Emacs Lisp is designed for use in an editor, it has special
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features for scanning and parsing text as well as features for handling
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files, buffers, displays, subprocesses, and so on. Emacs Lisp is
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closely integrated with the editing facilities; thus, editing commands
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are functions that can also conveniently be called from Lisp programs,
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and parameters for customization are ordinary Lisp variables.
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This manual describes Emacs Lisp. Generally speaking, the earlier
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chapters describe features of Emacs Lisp that have counterparts in
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many programming languages, and later chapters describe features that
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are peculiar to Emacs Lisp or relate specifically to editing.
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@end quotation
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@hfil
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@bye
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