Learn Emacs Lisp in 30 Minutes

Gavin Freeborn introduces the fundamentals of Emacs Lisp, covering syntax, variables, functions, and basic programming concepts in Emacs.

To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/GavinFreeborn/. The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. This tutorial is focused on Learning Emacs Lisp. I did my best to cram as much of the language into this video. While this should be more than enough to get started a few topics are still missing which I will be covering in a future video. Let me know what you think and if there is anything specific you would like to learn about. Notes From This Video: gist.github.com/Gavinok/5780b195c777b5ffa4842eebebdf13f7 ----------------► Wanna Support Me? ◀︎---------------- Github: github.com/sponsors/gavinok Patreon: patreon.com/gavinfreeborn ----------------► Wanna Checkout My Dots? ◀︎---------------- Vimrc: github.com/Gavinok/dotvim Emacs Config: github.com/Gavinok/emacs.d ----------------► Come Join The Community◀︎---------------- LBRY: odysee.com/@GavinFreeborn:d Matrix Space: matrix.to/#/%23gavinfreeborn:matrix.org Discord: discord.gg/JJk5KKU This video was sponsored by Brilliant 00:00 Start Of Video 02:53 Common Emacs Terms 04:38 Major and Minor modes 05:27 Basic Syntax 07:03 Basic Types 07:51 Quote 09:11 Quasiquote 10:16 Interactive functions 12:17 Keybindings 13:09 Keybindings in modern Emacs 13:42 Keybindings for specific filetypes 15:39 Namespacing 16:22 if, when, and unless 17:03 Whem & Unless 17:38 or and not 17:57 progn 19:00 Variables 19:32 Setting Variables 19:56 setopt 21:05 Lists 22:04 Iteration and Loops 22:19 cl-loop 22:47 While Loop 23:26 Start of unedited clips 23:34 dotimes 23:55 dolist 24:45 Hooks 26:20 A practical usecase for hooks 26:51 let and temp vars 27:58 Other videos you should check out 29:22 Conclusion