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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2007-09-06 04:25:08 +0000
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+\input /home/gd/gnu/doc/texinfo.tex @c -*-texinfo-*-
+@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
+@c Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
+@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
+@c
+@c %**start of header
+@setfilename back-cover
+@settitle GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
+@c %**end of header
+.
+@sp 7
+@center @titlefont {GNU Emacs Lisp}
+@sp 1
+
+@quotation
+ Most of the GNU Emacs text editor is written in the programming
+language called Emacs Lisp. You can write new code in Emacs Lisp and
+install it as an extension to the editor. However, Emacs Lisp is more
+than a mere ``extension language''; it is a full computer programming
+language in its own right. You can use it as you would any other
+programming language.
+
+ Because Emacs Lisp is designed for use in an editor, it has special
+features for scanning and parsing text as well as features for handling
+files, buffers, displays, subprocesses, and so on. Emacs Lisp is
+closely integrated with the editing facilities; thus, editing commands
+are functions that can also conveniently be called from Lisp programs,
+and parameters for customization are ordinary Lisp variables.
+
+ This manual describes Emacs Lisp. Generally speaking, the earlier
+chapters describe features of Emacs Lisp that have counterparts in
+many programming languages, and later chapters describe features that
+are peculiar to Emacs Lisp or relate specifically to editing.
+@end quotation
+
+@hfil
+@bye
+
+@ignore
+ arch-tag: ac7694c8-1f02-4b42-9531-33ba13b179e1
+@end ignore