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
+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.
printer'' refer to those routines in Lisp that convert textual
representations of Lisp objects into actual Lisp objects, and vice
versa. @xref{Printed Representation}, for more details. You, the
-person reading this manual, are thought of as ``the programmer'' and are
-addressed as ``you''. ``The user'' is the person who uses Lisp
+person reading this manual, are thought of as the programmer and are
+addressed as ``you''. The user is the person who uses Lisp
programs, including those you write.
@cindex typographic conventions
@cindex buffer text notation
Some examples describe modifications to the contents of a buffer, by
-showing the ``before'' and ``after'' versions of the text. These
+showing the before and after versions of the text. These
examples show the contents of the buffer in question between two lines
of dashes containing the buffer name. In addition, @samp{@point{}}
indicates the location of point. (The symbol for point, of course, is
@smallexample
@group
(emacs-version)
- @result{} "GNU Emacs 23.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.4)
- of 2009-06-01 on cyd.mit.edu"
+ @result{} "GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16)
+ of 2015-06-01"
@end group
@end smallexample