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diff --git a/app-doc/elisp-manual/metadata.xml b/app-doc/elisp-manual/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b47e13bb88ac --- /dev/null +++ b/app-doc/elisp-manual/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> +<herd>emacs</herd> +<longdescription> + Most of the GNU Emacs text editor is written in the programming language + called Emacs Lisp. You can write new code in Emacs Lisp and install it as an + extension to the editor. However, Emacs Lisp is more than a mere "extension + language"; it is a full computer programming language in its own right. You + can use it as you would any other programming language. + + Because Emacs Lisp is designed for use in an editor, it has special features + for scanning and parsing text as well as features for handling files, + buffers, displays, subprocesses, and so on. Emacs Lisp is closely integrated + with the editing facilities; thus, editing commands are functions that can + also conveniently be called from Lisp programs, and parameters for + customization are ordinary Lisp variables. + + This manual attempts to be a full description of Emacs Lisp. For a + beginner's introduction to Emacs Lisp, see An Introduction to Emacs Lisp + Programming, by Bob Chassell, also published by the Free Software + Foundation. This manual presumes considerable familiarity with the use of + Emacs for editing; see The GNU Emacs Manual for this basic information. +</longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |