From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sundar Vasan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Learning emacs sources Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:06:11 -0700 Message-ID: <63acfd6c0907291506o36f1563ena3e951f491c28c85@mail.gmail.com> References: <4314c1f70907281928j44085466p229bab8204ea9ff2@mail.gmail.com> <8763dc5g2s.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1248905218 5434 80.91.229.12 (29 Jul 2009 22:06:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:06:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, tiefeng wu To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 30 00:06:51 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MWHIP-00058T-G5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:06:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35676 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWHIO-00019U-J3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:06:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWHHx-0000zc-5O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:06:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWHHs-0000xY-H9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:06:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37969 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWHHs-0000xU-E5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:06:16 -0400 Original-Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.198.248]:33856) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWHHr-00044V-T2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:06:16 -0400 Original-Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id f25so506784rvb.6 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:06:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=OEVeoAPU3Sp2dH6f1CE7z8q5G9irucn4hsGi1QJ5Nng=; b=mwvLOakF2TXfLmy429iDC7trUv+v2WO5hBxKgp9824/PQbGHZrD/hHwpw1+lEMXvJk avPhVM92LgTERQ31rCN4z60bgLhB6nLlZW6/1a4WuPG7OHFOhdnv16NBWmVj52aXeqyC RHH9/XoqbzeD/tChmlAyC2a6hrX7+4kmE4o5A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=UoMFgp+5XyIDC4swq4+lAL+OsYPZUz0UGvwuk8VvkdeHkrAlZHGmKYjfdv21FGzAOm bQErnHQqDrbgPfjIZ0CYVj+qvQ8iHfftejADIC2sNtOeX68grG/+ZgHO31UyIB7xyZwT /ENfi2Vpq1Vu+d3+hlllufomSMgxfoMkxKW4w= Original-Received: by 10.141.28.4 with SMTP id f4mr252709rvj.117.1248905171022; Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:06:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8763dc5g2s.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:113361 Archived-At: On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Chong Yidong wrote: > Reading the source in one go is probably not feasible. =A0If you are > interested in how one particular part of Emacs works, a good strategy is > to read the relevant part of the Lisp manual, try to formulate a set of > specific questions, then ask this mailing list. > Are there any simple bugs that I could work on? That would give me a lot more focus than just looking randomly. Adding/updating docs is something else that I was thinking about as a good way to start (esp since I can look at it from a newbie perspective as I'm fairly new to emacs). That would also help me learn more about emacs. But I'm not sure where to begin. Any suggestions?