
FreeLisp User's Guide
4 The Editor
FreeLisp is supplied with a text editor which you can use to write files of Lisp code. (In fact, you can use it to create text files of any sort, in just the same way as you might use a Windows text editor such as Notepad.) If you have used the EMACS text editor, you will find that the FreeLisp editor is very similar to this. If you have not used EMACS before, then this chapter will tell you all you need to know.
The advantage of the FreeLisp editor is the ability to perform a wide range of operations by using keyboard commands. These operations range from simple tasks such as navigating around a file, to more complex actions which have been specifically designed to ease the task of writing Lisp code.
You can learn to use the editor effectively in a very short space of time: as well as a variety of keyboard commands, there are many menu commands available. Although you will get best use out of the editor when you have learned a number of the keyboard commands, by using the menus you can use the editor effectively right from the start.
- 4.1 - The FreeLisp editor and other Windows editors
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- 4.2 - Basic principles
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- 4.3 - Getting started with the editor
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- 4.4 - Cutting, copying and pasting
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- 4.5 - Searching and replacing text
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- 4.6 - Echo area
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- 4.7 - Using Lisp-specific commands
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- 4.8 - Help with editing
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FreeLisp User's Guide - 5 FEB 1996

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