05-20-2008
Scratch Mode
Open up emacs.
Press C-x C-b. (opens up list of buffers)
Click *scratch*.
While the cursor is in the bottom screen, hit C-x 1 (this is just to make it easier to read).
Delete the text in between the semicolons (which should be all of it).
Type what you want to (for example, (+ 2 2)).
Press C-x C-e. (this evaluates the list)
Your result (in this case, 4) will be displayed in the minibuffer (the small line at the bottom).
NOTE: This is just for small statements such as (+ 2 2), I'm guesing, because I'm a newb as well.
Also, a good guide to elisp (Emacs Lisp) is
Programming in Emacs Lisp
Hope I helped.
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INFO(5) File Formats Manual INFO(5)
NAME
info - readable online documentation
DESCRIPTION
The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online documents. It can be read by emacs(1) and info(1) among other pro-
grams.
Info files are usually created from texinfo(5) sources by makeinfo(1), but can be created from scratch if so desired.
For a full description of the Texinfo language and associated tools, please see the Texinfo manual (written in Texinfo itself). Most
likely, running this command from your shell:
info texinfo
or this key sequence from inside Emacs:
M-x info RET m texinfo RET
will get you there.
AVAILABILITY
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo-<version>.tar.gz
or any GNU mirror site.
REPORTING BUGS
Please send bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
SEE ALSO
info(1), install-info(1), makeinfo(1), texi2dvi(1),
texindex(1).
emacs(1), tex(1).
texinfo(5).
FSF
GNU Info INFO(5)