Text Editing with Emacs

By Justin Burrell

In this course, you’ll learn the essentials of working with Emacs.

7.8 hours
  • 40 Lessons
  • 5 Hands-On Labs
  • 5 Course Quizzes

About the course

In this course, Text Editing with Emacs, you’ll learn the essentials of working with Emacs. First, you’ll explore installing Emacs and associated terminology. Next, you’ll discover navigating within Emacs and how to get help. Finally, you’ll learn how to manipulate text and use some built-in features of this powerful editor. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Emacs needed to proficiently use it for editing text.

  • Chapter 1 1 Lesson Introduction 1:52

    Introduction

    1:52
  • Chapter 2 6 Lessons Introducing Emacs 37:33

    What Is Emacs?

    7:24

    Emacs Buffers, Windows, and Frames

    4:57

    Additional Emacs Terminology

    4:13

    Major and Minor Modes

    3:07

    A Note About OS X, iTerm2, and Instant Shell

    2:52

    Introducing Emacs

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 3 9 Lessons Getting Started with Emacs 1:56:05

    Section Introduction: Getting Started with Emacs

    1:04

    Installing and Running Emacs

    10:03

    Escape, Meta, Alt, Control, Shift (Emacs)

    9:01

    Getting Help

    10:52

    Configuring Emacs

    8:33

    Demonstration: Configuring and Customizing Emacs

    8:14

    Installing and Starting Emacs

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Section Review: Getting Started with Emacs

    8:18

    Getting Started with Emacs

    30:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 4 11 Lessons Getting Around in Emacs 1:48:56

    Section Introduction: Getting Around in Emacs

    1:21

    Finding a File and Saving a Buffer

    10:50

    Basic Navigation in a Buffer

    11:25

    Buffer Switching, Killing, and Undoing

    12:29

    Window Management

    7:39

    Selecting a Region of Text

    11:16

    Searching in Emacs

    9:42

    Demonstration: Searching in Emacs

    6:58

    Exploring Emacs Navigation

    10:00 Hands-On Lab

    Section Review: Getting Around in Emacs

    12:16

    Getting Around in Emacs

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 5 12 Lessons Editing Text with Emacs 2:18:31

    Section Introduction: Editing Text with Emacs

    1:03

    Killing or Deleting?

    10:03

    Yanking Text with Emacs (Paste)

    5:13

    Search and Replace

    10:44

    Working with Emacs Kill and Yank

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Transposing in Emacs

    4:54

    Line Joining and Splitting

    5:40

    Working with Whitespace

    9:04

    Using Indentation

    7:11

    Indenting Text and Removing Whitespace with Emacs

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Section Review: Editing Text with Emacs

    9:39

    Editing Text with Emacs

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 6 4 Lessons Emacs Shells 1:01:16

    Emacs Shells

    7:07

    Demonstration: Using Emacs Shells

    9:09

    Exploring Emacs Shells

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Exploring Emacs Shells

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 7 2 Lessons Conclusion 6:40

    Course Summary

    5:28

    Conclusion and What's Next

    1:12

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

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