The GNU Emacs Architecture: Unlocking the Core [pdf] (diva-portal.org)
146 points by cenazoic 4 days ago
iLemming 4 days ago
It looks great. I have not read it to completion just yet, but merely scrolling through the document leaves me with a feeling that the author got tired and decided "this is a good stopping point."
To be fair, writing a book about Emacs is a Sisyphean effort by definition - this sea is a bottomless abyss of hackery abundance, and any meaningful effort to explain it is worth a celebration.
anthk 3 days ago
The Emacs' bundled documentation on Elisp (both the intro and the rest) are pretty much complete enough.
On Elisp and multithreading/processing, well, just look at bordeaux-threads in Common Lisp where the support is not universal for Clisp. SBCL and ECL work, but...
FergusArgyll 4 days ago
I have a silly little vibe coded extension where I can star certain HN commenters so I know who to look for in which threads (just puts a small symbol next to the username)
You are for emacs, happy to see you here... :)
cenazoic 4 days ago
This is a bachelor's thesis from University of Uppsala submitted in March 2026.
I was having trouble accessing the Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet site (linked in headline) directly, so uploaded it here (link expires in 3 days):
gwern 4 days ago
goodmythical 4 days ago
Maximum download limit reached
LargoLasskhyfv 4 days ago
Confirmed. Headline is working for me, though. (Meanwhile?)
aaptel an hour ago
This is great! You should make a web version or add it to the wiki.
I started the Hacker's guide on the emacs wiki many years back. I think this doc was much needed.
hgp22 3 days ago
Love to see that Emacs can still capture the atention of new CS students.