Emacs Docs

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Emacs Docs

The documentation website Emacs deserves

Overview

Emacs Docs is a modern documentation website created to provide users with easy access to manuals for Emacs and its related packages. The creator of the site aimed to offer a more user-friendly alternative to browsing manuals online or within the Emacs application by compiling authoritative references in Markdown or big-single-page HTML format.

Features

  • Included Manuals: Offers manuals for Emacs core, Emacs Lisp, Org Mode, AUCTeX, and Magit.
  • Licensing Requirements: Ensures all included manuals are licensed under free documentation licenses like GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 or Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
  • Conversion Scripts: Provides scripts to convert HTML manuals to Markdown format, although these scripts are a work in progress.
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