Emacs for Authors

Posted on January 12th, 2005 by Sacha Chua

http://www.therandymon.com/papers/emacs-for-writers.pdf

A book writer has written a guide on how to use Emacs in lieu of mainstream word processors. Check it out!

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Vasudev Ram Subscribed to comments via email

Jan 12, 2008 at 11:34 pm

That book on Emacs for writers sounds like it might useful - thanks Will check it out.

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Sacha Chua

Jan 13, 2008 at 8:48 am

Vasudev: Yeah, it's a nice book!

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