emacs does everything [ was: Re: F/OS & the blind ]

[Jerry Feldman]

On Wednesday 07 December 2005 3:17 pm, Paul Lussier wrote:
> fj1200 at comcast.net writes:
> > Is this simply an emacs script????
>
> Is what simply an emacs script?
>
> Technically, there are no emacs "scripts".  There are .el files,
> which, for lack of a better analogy, are like 'include' files.
>
> Each .el module loaded into emacs (usually via your .emacs file, but
> not necessarilly) extends emacs somehow, providing you with a new set
> of functions, variables, and/or key-bindings to do neat and wonderful
> things.
Actually, they are more like OS modules. They can be either source or 
compiled. Compiled extensions have the extension .elc.

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