
Discover the complete Emacs course by exploring basics, navigation, search, font features, keyboard macros, multiple cursors, and plugins to unleash the editor's cross-platform power.
Emacs is more than a text editor; its ecosystem includes terminal, project planner, mail and news readers, calendar, web browser, and file manager, all keyboard controlled via M-x.
Install Emacs.
Windows Users: There's an install video in the section "Extra Resources"
Linux and Apple users: Use your package manager
Demonstrates Emacs window management: split horizontally or vertically with c-x 2 or c-x 3, switch with c-x o, and close with c-x 1, using text and terminal side by side.
Use Emacs search in the mini buffer to find text, jump between matches with control keys, perform replace via the percent prompt, and save with ctrl-x; search across files.
Learn to use the multiple cursors plugin in Emacs. Perform cursor edits with ctrl-space, ctrl-right, ctrl-g to deselect, and ctrl-c then ctrl-< to edit occurrences.
download and extract the Emacs package for Windows, run the mix executable from the bin directory, then customize themes and teams by editing the mix file.
Did you know that the most productive command line experts exploit the powerful features of the Emacs text editor?
The problem is that if you want to get really good with Emacs it can take you an extremely long time if you're trying to learn it on your own.
That's why this Emacs course was created.
This course gives you the absolute shortest path to learning the basics. It also provides you the fastest way to learn advanced features.
By the time you finish the Emacs course you'll know how to:
When you start the course, you'll be able to use Emacs almost immediately. I want to make sure you get up and running as quickly as possible. That's why at the beginning of the course you'll learn how to start Emacs, how to make simple edits, and how to save your changes.
After that, we'll unleash the power of Emacs with windows, multiple cursors, file navigation all through step-by-step instruction.
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