Another emacs manual. V18. December 1986.
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bdevel · 2022-04-05 02:40



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bdevel · 2022-04-05 02:43

I'd be interested in anyone has an earlier edition. Also, anyone know
what that scan artifact is on the left edge?

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fuzzmonkey35 · 2022-04-05 04:24

Aww that’s exactly the version I have running in my old PowerMac with
System 8. Wish I could get my hands on a scan of that book.

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[deleted] · 2022-04-05 13:11

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nad6234 · 2022-04-05 14:03

I was using v18 in 1988 on a Prime 750 mini. Nice find.

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bigfig · 2022-04-05 18:48

As I recall it used a plastic spline to bind the pages.  I first
learned emacs back then and it was painful.

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bigfig · 2022-04-05 18:52

[Not so pricey](https://www.alibris.com/Gnu-Emacs-Manual-
Version-18-Richard-M-Stallman/book/2634726)

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fuzzmonkey35 · 2022-04-05 18:59

Good find. Better price than what I saw in Amazon and AbeBooks.
Thanks!

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Ytrog · 2022-04-06 07:26

How different is it to the current version?

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fuzzmonkey35 · 2022-04-06 14:05

Being used to modern Emacs I could barely move around let alone set up
text formatting the way I wanted it. No viper-mode. No word wrapping.
I printed out an old quick reference sheet for v18 to help me get
started.

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Ytrog · 2022-04-06 14:06

Ah interesting.