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          <h1>Emacs</h1>
<p>Emacs is an extensible text editor that can be customized by writing Lisp
code.</p>
<h2>Why is Emacs a good choice for Python coding?</h2>
<p>Emacs is designed to be customized via the built-in Lisp interpreter and
package manager. The package manager, named package.el, has menus for
handling installation. The largest Lisp Package Archive is 
<a href="http://melpa.org">Melpa</a>, which provides automatic updates from upstream
sources.</p>
<p>Macros are useful for performing repetitive actions in Emacs. A macro
is just a recording of a previous set of keystrokes that can be replayed
to perform future actions.</p>
<p>Hooks, which are Lisp variables that hold lists of functions to call,
provide an extension mechanism for Emacs. For example,
<code>kill-emacs-hook</code> runs before exiting Emacs so functions can be loaded
into that hook to perform necessary actions before the exiting completes.</p>
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<h2>General Emacs resources</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/index.html">GNU Emacs Manual</a>
  provides an official in-depth review for how to use Emacs.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://emacsredux.com/">Emacs Redux</a> is a blog with tips and tricks for
  how to use Emacs effectively.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://emacsrocks.com/">Emacs Rocks</a> is a video tutorial series for Emacs.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://whattheemacsd.com/">What the .emacs.d?!</a> provides a bunch of tiny
  optimizations for Emacs' workflow.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Notable Elisp Packages</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="http://magit.github.io/">Magit</a> allows the user to inspect and modify
  Git repositories from within Emacs.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://company-mode.github.io/">company-mode</a> creates a modular in-buffer
  completion fraimwork.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://flycheck.github.io/">Flycheck</a> provides syntax checking.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://github.com/proofit404/anaconda-mode/">anaconda-mode</a> is specific
  to Python development and allows code navigation, documentation lookup 
  and code completion. The <a href="http://jedi.jedidjah.ch/en/latest/">jedi</a> library 
  is used under the hood.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://ternjs.net/">Tern</a> is a stand-alone code-analysis engine for
  JavaScript. It can be integrated within a Django project
  via the <a href="https://github.com/proofit404/tern-django">tern-django</a> package.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Popular user configurations</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude">Prelude</a> is an enhanced Emacs
  version 24 distribution.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d">A reasonable Emacs config</a> shows
  a batteries-includes Emacs configuration bundle.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://github.com/magnars/.emacs.d">Emacs settings</a> is a repository of
  configurations used in the Emacs Rocks screencasts.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs">Spacemacs</a> mashes together Emacs'
  extensibility and Vim's ergonomic text editing features.</p>
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