# chrisdone-archive/elisp-guide

A quick guide to Emacs Lisp programming

Repository: https://github.com/chrisdone-archive/elisp-guide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/elisp-guide
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-03-19T04:53:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4382, "days_push": 1628, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1487, forks 94 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:52.059565+00:00)

## What it is
A concise guide to Emacs Lisp programming aimed at experienced Emacs users who want to write their own extensions. It covers core concepts like buffers, modes, and discoverability without being a full language tutorial.

## Use cases
- learn emacs lisp to extend my editor
- write my own emacs minor mode
- understand buffers and the point in elisp
- quick elisp guide for busy programmers
- how to define interactive functions in emacs
- learn paredit and buffer manipulation
- get started writing emacs extensions

## When to choose
- you already use Emacs and want to start writing extensions quickly
- you want a practical, concise alternative to long manuals
- you need guidance on modes, buffers, and standard elisp practices

## When to avoid
- you want a complete Emacs Lisp language tutorial from the ground up
- you are a complete beginner to programming
- you need an up-to-date reference for the latest Emacs versions

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: tutorials, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: editor-plugin
- tags: emacs-lisp, emacs, guide, elisp

## Member repositories
- chrisdone-archive/elisp-guide (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.059565+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:33:47.803656+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chrisdone-archive/elisp-guide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.059565+00:00, sha 929cdb197c97)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.