Re: Contributing

[Matthew Wood <doowttam@gmail.com>]

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Awesome, that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!


On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>wrote:

> Matthew Wood <doowttam@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Thanks, I'll check out the bug list and some of the bigger packages I
> > rely on, too.
>
> > More information: I'm a web developer working on Linux and primarily
> > working in Perl, Python, Javascript, stuff like that. Probably not
> > anything directly applicable, unfortunately.
>
> If you are in to PHP, then there is a "rumour" that Emacs lacks good
> support for PHP.  May be you can try building one...
>
> Interestingly, there is no  Lisp...
>
> 1. Pick up some Elisp and CL.  Emacs comes with the following info
>    manuals.
>
>         * Emacs Lisp Intro: (eintr).  A simple introduction to Emacs
>           Lisp programming.
>
>         * CL: (cl).  Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs Lisp.
>
> 2. Elisp cookbook is a good resource.
>         http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ElispCookbook
>
> 3. For a quick list of good-to-know APIs see
>
>         http://wikemacs.org/wiki/Emacs_Lisp_Cheat_Sheet
>
>    The page is badly formatted but good.
>
> 4. Build Emacs from Bzr trunk and use it for your day to day use.
>    Sooner or later you may run in to some issues and you can take that
>    opportunity to complain.
>
>         http://emacswiki.org/emacs/BzrForEmacsDevs
>
>
> > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Jambunathan K
> > <kjambunathan@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >     Matthew Wood <doowttam@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >     > I'm interested contributing, but don't have a project in mind.
> >     The
> >     > contributing docs mention starting with a message here.
> >
> >
> >     May be you should tell us more?
> >
> >     How do you use your Emacs and to what ends. Are you a programmer
> >     and
> >     what languages do you program in? What are your interest areas?
> >     What
> >     platform do you use - Mac, Linux, Windows etc.
> >
> >     The easiest way to contribute is by filing bug reports, responding
> >     to
> >     and helping others in the MLs, IRC.
> >
> >     You can also contribute to any of the bigger packages like Gnus,
> >     Org
> >     mode, CEDET etc.
> >
> >     If you are serious about contributing, why not submit a(ny) patch
> >     of say
> >     20+ lines, asssign the copyright to FSF and have it integrated in
> >     to
> >     Emacs proper or GNU ELPA. See section titled `* Copyright
> >     Assignment'
> >     in etc/CONTRIBUTE.
> >
> >     Whether projects end up in your plate or not, lurking around in
> >     the
> >     mailing list of Emacs and sister projects can give you good
> >     perspective
> >     on the goings-on in Emacs world. You can join in when something
> >     rings
> >     a bell.
> >
> >
> >     > Looking through the archives, I found a message that basically
> >     said
> >     > that there wasn't a well organized list of projects for beginner
> >     > contributors. It suggested looking in etc/TODO and etc/NEWS for
> >     ideas.
> >     >
> >     > Is that still the best way to start? Or is there a better way
> >     now?
> >     >
> >     > Thanks.
> >     >
> >     > Matt Wood
> >     >
> >
> >
> >     --
>

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