From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: question Date: 02 Aug 2006 05:45:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <9073380.1154469889766.JavaMail.www@wwinf4004> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1154511944 10613 80.91.229.2 (2 Aug 2006 09:45:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:45:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 02 11:45:43 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G8DI3-00033V-Du for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:45:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G8DI2-0003Fb-Qe for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:45:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G8DHs-0003En-8h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:45:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G8DHo-0003Cx-OS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G8DHo-0003Cp-IK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:45:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [67.59.132.6] (helo=mail.agora-net.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1G8DKt-0002e9-QA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:48:19 -0400 Original-Received: from ttn by mail.agora-net.com with local (Exim 4.50) id 1G8DHm-0006Id-Km; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:45:06 -0400 Original-To: alinsoar@voila.fr In-Reply-To: <9073380.1154469889766.JavaMail.www@wwinf4004> Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 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:57995 Archived-At: A Soare writes: > I wish to become specialist in Emacs LISP. > > I am looking forward to start with something. probably you can help yourself (and emacs as a by-product) best by realizing that you already are a specialist (at something outside of emacs). as you apply your specialty to improving emacs, you will most likely find yourself becoming a generalist, and the tool for that transformation, emacs lisp. wrt hacking emacs to impress a third party, i can suggest you play w/ M-x zone -- its performance can be improved in addition to its depth and range of esthetic expression. moreover, the results can be appreciated by non-programmer emacs users. in my case: acquaintance -> zone.el hacking / courtship -> marriage (a bit simplified, you understand... ;-) good luck in your search! thi