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Try to clarify some text regarding Emacs Lisp and Common Lisp.

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Bruce A. Mah 2003-08-08 20:38:02 +00:00
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<para>Instead of using a proprietary macro language for
configuration, Emacs uses a version of Lisp specially adapted
for editors, known as Emacs Lisp. This can be quite useful if
you want to go on and learn something like Common Lisp, as
it is considerably smaller than Common Lisp (although still
quite big!).</para>
for editors, known as Emacs Lisp. Working with Emacs Lisp can
be quite helpful if you want to go on and learn something like
Common Lisp. Emacs Lisp has many features of Common Lisp,
although it is considerably smaller (and thus easier to
master).</para>
<para>The best way to learn Emacs Lisp is to download the <ulink
URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/emacs/elisp-manual-19-2.4.tar.gz">Emacs