At Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:21:48 -0600 [email protected] (John Hasler) wrote: > > rhkramer writes: > > Is there such a mail list? > > Try https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs . > (I have no experience with it.) > > There is also extensive built-in documentation. > > > does (or can) EMACS use UTf-8 > > Yes. > > > can EMACS do what I think is known as soft or dynamic word wrap -- I > > mean word wrap without inserting line end characters to wrap the > > lines of a paragraph > > You probably want visual line mode. > > > is there somewhere a guide to LISP syntax that makes analogies to > > things like Algol or C > > Lisp is too different for that to make sense. But you don't need to > know lisp to use Emacs. Customization can be done via a menu system.
*Syntacally* LISP has almost no syntax at all. Unlike Algol or C, which have lots of sometime complex syntax rules, LISP has almost no syntax rules at all. Only a handfull of special characters. There are only two syntacic terms: lists and atoms. Atoms are symbols (eg alphanumerics), numbers (integers, rational numbers, floating point numbers, and bignums), characters, strings. But yes, LISP is a very different animal from Algol or C, or really most other languages. > > Large files are not a problem. -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services
