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diff --git a/doc/emacs/back.texi b/doc/emacs/back.texi new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dc4e218d378 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/emacs/back.texi @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- +@c This is part of the Emacs manual. +@c Copyright (C) 1985--1987, 1993--1995, 1997, 2001--2021 Free Software +@c Foundation, Inc. +@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. +@c +@c %**start of header +@setfilename back-cover +@settitle GNU Emacs Manual +@include docstyle.texi +@c %**end of header +. +@sp 7 +@center @titlefont {GNU Emacs Manual} +@sp 1 + +@quotation +GNU Emacs is much @strong{more than a text editor;} over the years, it +has expanded to become @strong{an entire workflow environment,} +impressing programmers with its integrated debugging and +project-management features. It is also a multi-lingual word +processor, can handle all your email and Usenet news needs, display +web pages, and even has a diary and a calendar for your appointments! + +Features include: + +@itemize @bullet +@item +Special editing modes for @strong{27 programming languages,} including C, +C@t{++}, Fortran, Java, JavaScript, Lisp, Objective C, Pascal, Perl, +and Scheme. + +@item +Special @strong{scripting language modes} for Bash, other common shells, +and creating Makefiles for GNU/Linux, UNIX, Windows/DOS, and VMS +systems. + +@item +Support for typing and displaying in @strong{60 non-English languages,} +including Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, +Russian, Vietnamese, and all Western European languages. + +@item +The ability to: + +@itemize @minus +@item +Create @strong{PostScript output} from plain-text files (special +editing modes for @LaTeX{} and @TeX{} are included). + + +@item +@strong{Compile} and @strong{debug} from inside Emacs. + +@item +Maintain program @strong{ChangeLogs.} + +@item +Flag, move, and delete files and sub-directories recursively +@strong{(directory navigation).} + +@item +Run @strong{shell commands} from inside Emacs, or even use Emacs itself +as a shell (Eshell). + +@item +Enjoy the use of extensive @strong{merge} and @strong{diff} functions. + +@item +Take advantage of built-in support for many @strong{version control +systems,} including Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, Subversion, and CVS. + +@item +And much more! +@end itemize +@end itemize + +Emacs comes with an introductory online tutorial available in many +languages, and this nineteenth edition of the manual picks up where +that tutorial ends. It explains the full range of the power of Emacs, +now up to @strong[version 27.2,} and contains reference material +useful to expert users. It also includes appendices with specific +material about X and GTK resources, and with details for users of +macOS and Microsoft Windows. + +And when you tire of all the work you can accomplish with Emacs, enjoy +the games that come with it. + +@strong{About the original and principal author:} + +Richard M.@: Stallman developed the first Emacs in 1976 and wrote GNU +Emacs in 1984/85. He has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a +MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's +Pioneer award, the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, and +the ACM Software and System Award, as well as several doctorates +@emph{honoris causa.} +@end quotation + +@hfil +@bye + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ |