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-GNU Emacs is much more than a text editor; over the years, it has
-expanded to become 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!
+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!
-And when you tire of all the work you can accomplish with it, Emacs
-contains games to play.
-
-@strong{Features include:}
+Features include:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-Special editing modes for @strong{27 programing languages}, including C,
+Special editing modes for @strong{27 programming languages}, including C,
C@t{++}, Fortran, Java, JavaScript, Lisp, Objective C, Pascal, Perl,
and Scheme.
@itemize @minus
@item
-Create @strong{PostScript output} from plain-text files (special editing
-modes for @LaTeX{} and @TeX{} are included).
+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
Flag, move, and delete files and sub-directories recursively
-(@strong{directory navigation}).
+@strong{(directory navigation).}
@item
Run @strong{shell commands} from inside Emacs, or even use Emacs itself
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.
+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
+And when you tire of all the work you can accomplish with it, Emacs
+contains games to play.
+
Emacs comes with an introductory online tutorial available in many
-languages. This book picks up where that tutorial ends. It explains
-the full range of Emacs's power and contains reference material useful
-to expert users.
+languages, and this 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.
Appendices are included, with specific material about X and GTK
resources, and with details for users of Macintosh and Microsoft OS.
-@strong{About the Author:}
+@strong{About the original and principal Author:}
Richard M.@: Stallman developed the first Emacs in 1975 and wrote GNU
Emacs in 1984/85. He has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a