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The standard emacs manual really is good. Sadly, it isn't always installed by default because of the GFDL¹. For instance to take your specific question on mod
by JNRowe 5y ago
The standard emacs manual really is good. Sadly, it isn't always installed by default because of the GFDL¹.
For instance to take your specific question on modes, the manual has the following to say about major modes:
Major modes provide specialized facilities for working on a
particular file type, such as a C source file (see Programs), or a
particular type of non-file buffer, such as a shell buffer (see
Shell). Major modes are mutually exclusive; each buffer has one and
only one major mode at any time.
Emacs also comes with very complete documentation for elisp in the info docs, which covers fixing problems and writing new code. There is whole section on working the built-in debuggers tucked away in the elisp manual.
¹ For example, on Debian you need emacs-common-non-dfsg from non-free to receive all the standard documentation.
- kingkongjaffa 5y agoDocumentation is fine and good, but I really would like more how-to and sort or recipes beyond sharing dot files, do you know of any good resources for this?
- Jtsummers 5y agohttps://www.emacswiki.org/ https://www.emacswiki.org/ That's a pretty good resource that turns up in a lot of my google searches on emacs topics when I do run into issues (rare these days, I've got my setup done and don't change much unless I add support for a new language).