Lisp, originally LISP, stands for list processing. This family of programming languages is the second-oldest one that’s still in use.

The current system allows snapshots of Emacs Lisp runtime states to be used as context for code documentation, initial and goal states for test cases, and examples for general purpose programming by ...

This emacs lisp adds link types for referencing Emacs Lisp language elements (function definitions, variable definitions, face definitions, libraries) in org-mode. Add the following link types: ...

EmacsConf is the premier Emacs conference. EmacsConf is a volunteer-run, community conference with sessions on all things GNU Emacs, Emacs Lisp, and popular Emacs features like Org-mode. The ...

Lisp isn't dead. Several flavors of Lisp are still around, of course. One flavor got standardized way back in 1994, and there's a solid, fast, FOSS implementation for most modern OSes… but it's a ...

Advancing with Emacs In the hands of an adept, Emacs is a symphony of functionality. Its customizability is boundless, with Emacs Lisp scripting bending the editor to the user's will. Packages enhance ...

An old joke is that Emacs is a text editor with an operating system included, given that its extensibility and customization often goes far beyond traditional text editors. Part of its well-earned … ...

This is the blue touchpaper that started Emacs, the GNU Project, and so the Free Software movement. That project built tools such as GCC which were used to create Linux, which itself kicked off the ...

There have been numerous compilers and interpreters for later versions of LISP and its descendants, such as Common Lisp, Emacs Lisp, Scheme, and Clojure.

But I don’t understand it. Why? Because it’s written in LISP, for GNU’s sake, and because it references all manner of cryptic internal variables that emacs uses under the hood.