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<h3>Rock your Emacs</h3>
<span class="label label-default">Room 32-141</span> <span class="session-speaker"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#sturmfels">Ben Sturmfels</a></span>
- <p>Do you love Emacs, but have never understood the strange code with lots of brackets? You're missing out on one of the great joys of Emacs — customising it to work exactly the way you want. It turns out that Emacs is little more than an interpreter for Lisp code interpreter, and once you know a little Emacs Lisp, almost anything is possible.</p>
+ <p>Do you love Emacs, but have never understood the strange code with lots of brackets? You're missing out on one of the great joys of Emacs — customizing it to work exactly the way you want. It turns out that Emacs is a full Lisp code interpreter, so once you know a little Emacs Lisp, almost anything is possible.</p>
- <p>After attending this tutorial, you will know how to:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>make persistent customisations to your Emacs</li>
+ <p>After attending this tutorial, you will know how to:
+ <ul>
<li>read basic Emacs Lisp code</li>
<li>modify Emacs Lisp code as well as writing your own</li>
- <li>customise behaviour for distinct modes</li>
+ <li>make persistent customizations to your Emacs</li>
<li>bind your favourite commands to keys</li>
- <li>answer your own questions with the amazing documentation system</li>
+ <li>answer your own questions with the amazing help system</li>
<li>use built-in Emacs Lisp development tools like the debugger</li>
- <li>write your own reusable modules for Emacs customisations</li>
</ul>
- <p>This workshop will be enjoyed most if you already have a little programming experience.</p>
+ Programming experience is helpful but not required. Bring your Emacs and type along.</p>
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