GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

Copyright © 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Edition 2.8
Revised for Emacs Version 21.2,
January 2002.


ISBN 1-882114-73-6

Published by the Free Software Foundation
59 Temple Place, Suite 330
Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

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(a) The FSF’s Back-Cover Text is: “You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.”

Cover art by Etienne Suvasa.

Short Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Lisp Data Types
• 3. Numbers
• 4. Strings and Characters
• 5. Lists
• 6. Sequences, Arrays, and Vectors
• 7. Hash Tables
• 8. Symbols
• 9. Evaluation
• 10. Control Structures
• 11. Variables
• 12. Functions
• 13. Macros
• 14. Writing Customization Definitions
• 15. Loading
• 16. Byte Compilation
• 17. Advising Emacs Lisp Functions
• 18. Debugging Lisp Programs
• 19. Reading and Printing Lisp Objects
• 20. Minibuffers
• 21. Command Loop
• 22. Keymaps
• 23. Major and Minor Modes
• 24. Documentation
• 25. Files
• 26. Backups and Auto-Saving
• 27. Buffers
• 28. Windows
• 29. Frames
• 30. Positions
• 31. Markers
• 32. Text
• 33. Non-ASCII Characters
• 34. Searching and Matching
• 35. Syntax Tables
• 36. Abbrevs and Abbrev Expansion
• 37. Processes
• 38. Emacs Display
• 39. Customizing the Calendar and Diary
• 40. Operating System Interface
• A. Emacs 20 Antinews
• B. GNU Free Documentation License
• C. GNU General Public License
• D. Tips and Conventions
• E. GNU Emacs Internals
• F. Standard Errors
• G. Buffer-Local Variables
• H. Standard Keymaps
• I. Standard Hooks
• Index
• New Symbols Since the Previous Edition

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