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The Craft of Text Editing

Emacs for the Modern World

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Craig A. Finseth

    1. St. Paul, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: What Is Text Editing All About

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 1-10

  3. Users

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 11-20

  4. User Interface Hardware

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 21-35

  5. Implementation Languages

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 36-42

  6. Editing Models

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 43-46

  7. File Formats

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 47-53

  8. The Internal Sub-Editor

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 54-81

  9. Redisplay

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 82-105

  10. User-Oriented Commands: The Command Loop

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 106-124

  11. Command Set Design

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 125-144

  12. Emacs-Type Editors

    • Craig A. Finseth
    Pages 145-148

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 149-220
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About this book

Never before has a book been published that describes the techniques and technology used in writing text editors, word processors and other software. Written for the working professional and serious student, this book covers all aspects of the task. The topics range from user psychology to selecting a language to implementing redisplay to designing the command set. More than just facts are involved, however, as this book also promotes insight into an understanding of the issues encountered when designing such software. After reading this book, you should have a clear understanding of how to go about writing text editing or word processing software. In addition, this book introduces the concepts and power of the Emacs-type of text editor. This type of editor can trace its roots to the first computer text editor written and is still by far the most powerful editor available.

Authors and Affiliations

  • St. Paul, USA

    Craig A. Finseth

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Craft of Text Editing

  • Book Subtitle: Emacs for the Modern World

  • Authors: Craig A. Finseth

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3188-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7827-6Published: 29 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3188-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 220

  • Topics: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Programming Techniques

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