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elisp cheatsheet

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Definitions

buffer vs window vs frame
modeline
echo area
minibuffer
font locking correct term for syntax highlighting. made up of faces of properties (color, font, text size …) that pretty-print the text
point another word for caret or cursor: visual marker where characters typed will appear
mark
region contiguous block of text bounded by point and mark. in other editors called “selection” or “highlight”
current buffer buffer that has the point
extented command functionality behind M-x

C-u C-M-x will call eval-defun with a prefix argument, which instruments the code for debugging: https://stackoverflow.com/a/22220509/1842221

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